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'Choosing Wisely' App Now Available

Aug 2, 2017/News

The ABIM Foundation has unveiled the first "Choosing Wisely" app for iPhone, a tool that enables consumers and clinicians to access recommendations on procedures that tend to be done frequently, yet whose usefulness is called into question by evidence.

APTA Resource Makes it Easy to Deliver Personalized Comments On Proposed Home Health Rule

Aug 22, 2017/News

If a rule from CMS is adopted as proposed, PTs and PTAs who work in home health could find themselves in a very different payment environment as early as 2019. APTA offers a template letter for PTs and PTAs who want to comment on the proposed 2018 HH PPS.

Final IRF, SNF Rules for 2018 Vary Little From Proposed Rules Calling for 1% Increases, Quality Reporting Changes

Aug 1, 2017/News

The final 2018 rules for IRFs and SNFs released by CMS don't vary much from the proposed versions issued this spring, following through with proposals for an overall 1% payment increase, changes to reporting requirements, and updates to the list of ICD-10-CM codes.

CMS MAC Claims Review Process Will Move to More Targeted System

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.

The Good Stuff: Members and the Profession in Local News, July 2017

Jul 19, 2017/News

An occasional series that highlights recent, mostly local media coverage of physical therapy and APTA members, with an emphasis on good news and stories of how individual PTs and PTAs are transforming health care and society every day.

Survey Reveals Differences in Readiness for Payment Reform Among Large Health Care Organizations

Jul 19, 2017/News

A new report from EY (formerly Ernst and Young) points out some significant differences in the ways larger health care providers are preparing—or not preparing—for value-driven care.

Statehouse Roundup: Licensure Compact Progress; Chapters Press for Changes to Direct Access, Pain Management Policy, Payment, and More

Apr 2, 2019/News

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JAMA Oncology: Telerehab Makes a Difference in Patients With Advanced-Stage Cancer

Apr 8, 2019/Review

"Collaborative telerehabilitation" isn't a regular part of care for patients with advanced-stage cancer, but maybe it should be, say researchers.

It's Never Too Late: Study Finds Beginning PA Later in Life Reduces Mortality Risk Nearly as Much as Remaining Active From Adolescence

Mar 26, 2019/Review

Your 40-something patient thinks that after 4 decades of relative physical inactivity, there's no point in starting now. Tell your patient to think again.

From Move Forward Radio: Motivated by Physical Therapy Experience, Woman Is Inspired to Give Back

Mar 29, 2019/News

Sometimes physical therapy doesn't just heal an injury, it changes the course of a patient's life for the better. Colleen Rapp, a press operator for the Denver Post, thought her physically demanding job was exercise enough—until she got a wholistic view of her health status from her physical therapist