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Rehabilitative and habilitative services are among the essential health benefits that need to be maintained — and even expanded.
Jul 1, 2025/News
APTA and AOTA are working to ensure the new plan of care exception is accurately reflected in Medicare guidance and educational resources.
Oct 29, 2025/News
On Sept. 18, Humana Military announced a change in TRICARE policy regarding the supervision requirements for physical therapist assistants in private practice. The change, which came into effect Jan. 1, indicates that general supervision is now acceptable for PTAs supervised by physical therapists instead
Jan 2, 2020/News
NOTE: While comments to this story are welcome, if you want to add your voice to the advocacy effort, please follow the "what you can do" instructions in the last paragraph to contact the NCCI contractor directly. Thanks! The US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) unveiled an unwelcome
Sep 10, 2019/News
APTA's consumer-focused website adopted a new name—and a new look—to support consumer understanding of physical therapy.
Apr 29, 2019/News
Working across health care disciplines isn't a pipe dream: it's an increasingly important fact of professional life for physical therapists (PTs) and physical therapists assistants (PTAs). And physical therapy education programs are helping future PTs and PTAs respond to this reality by adapting curricula
Oct 28, 2023/Event
Join us for APTA's Optimizing Access to Pelvic Health, powered by Select Medical.
Jun 29, 2017/News
Days after the Senate introduced a bill that threatens to weaken required essential health benefits, a trio of coalitions sponsored a briefing on Capitol Hill to highlight the value of rehabilitation and habilitation services,
Nov 19, 2018/Perspective
Stories were shared about the things we learned, the people we met, the memorable conversations we had, and our biggest takeaways.
Sep 27, 2021/Podcast
PTJ talks with Pamela Dunlap about fear-avoidance beliefs and how measurement of those beliefs can help clinicians identify people at a greater risk of disability after vestibular disorder.