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Dec 2, 2019/Perspective
It was not until I began working in outpatient care and seeing problems with payment, that I realized the importance of getting involved with advocacy.
Jan 8, 2017/Review
With childhood cancer mortality rates falling over the past 4 decades, some researchers say it's time to take a closer look at better ways of supporting the psychosocial and quality-of-life needs of patients and their families during treatment—including making yoga a part of the mix. That's the premise
Mar 1, 2020/Article
The PDGM is not intended to be used to make treatment or staffing decisions that reduce or compromise patient care.
Jan 7, 2022/Resource
We've compiled a summary on the numerous changes to 2022 Medicare regulations related to payment under the Physician Fee Schedule, the PTA differential, remote therapeutic monitoring codes, and more.
Dec 9, 2020/News
Register early for the nation's largest physical therapy conference (virtual this year), and get in on all the perks.
Feb 11, 2019/Perspective
I wouldn't be where I am today if it wasn't for APTA.
Aug 21, 2017/News
CMS will move away from its current practice of randomly selecting claims for audit in favor of a more targeted approach that it hopes will streamline the process and result in fewer appeals.
Sep 20, 2017/News
In the middle of packed semesters, students from dozens of schools across the country participated in a nationwide effort to press for repeal of the therapy cap. In four days, more than 10,000 emails, letters, faxes, and phone calls went out to members of Congress
Oct 15, 2018/News
Now available for free download: MedPAC's latest version of "Payment Basics," a series of informational sheets that describe the need-to-know elements of 20 different Medicare payment systems.
Nov 1, 2019/Feature
In 1991, Kimberly Steinbarger, PT, MHS, had a minor injury that did not heal as expected. She had jammed her finger in a door and, 2 weeks later, found it odd that the swelling had not subsided. Making matters more alarming, one morning she noticed that the same finger on her other hand had swelled up.