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President's Note | What It Means to Be Your Professional Home

Jun 1, 2026/Column

In this issue of APTA Magazine, we focus on the second pillar of APTA's Strategic Framework for 2030: Empowering Our Members. The goal of this pillar? To provide a professional home for all PTs and PTAs. This is not an abstract goal. It's a daily practice — one that shows up in how we listen, how we

Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model

CJR is a payment model being tested for episodes of care related to total knee and total hip replacements (MS-DRG 469 and 470) under Medicare. One track of the CJR model qualifies as an Advanced APM under QPP.

How PT-PTA Teams Are Expanding Access to Care

Aug 1, 2026/Feature

Physical therapists and physical therapist assistants are redefining collaboration to improve access, efficiency, and patient outcomes.

The Top Five Takeaways From APTA CSM

Jun 1, 2026/Article

What we learned together during the largest educational and networking physical therapy event in the country.

A Critical Addition: Embedding PTs Into Emergency Departments

Jun 1, 2025/Feature

How incorporating physical therapists in emergency medicine can improve patient outcomes.

Physical Therapy's Role in Hospital at Home

Jul 1, 2025/Feature

Hospital-level care is moving into patients’ homes — and PTs are helping lead the way in this evolving model.

Pro Bono Practice: Serving the Public Good

Jun 1, 2025/Feature

A look at ways physical therapists are working with uninsured and underinsured patients.

Short-Handed: Workforce Projections Predict Profession Shortages

Jun 1, 2025/Feature

A new APTA report outlines forecasts of a supply shortage of physical therapists through 2037.

Success Story | Helping Others Find Their Footing Through Mentoring

Jun 1, 2025/Success Story

One hospital’s mentoring program is empowering clinicians to confidently treat vestibular disorders — and transforming patient outcomes along the way.

Defining Moment | Kindness Spreads Kindness

Jun 1, 2025/Column

An unexpected reunion between a PT and a patient 59 years later reveals the enduring power of human connection in healing.