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Jun 3, 2020/Author
Alice Bell, PT, DPT, is a senior specialist, health policy and payment at APTA. She is a board-certified clinical specialist in geriatric physical therapy. Before joining APTA in 2017, she was a practicing clinician for 35 years and involved in Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation demonstration
Jan 31, 2020/News
Here's how CMS could truly put "patients over paperwork."
Mar 30, 2018/News
An HHS OIG report makes claims about physical therapy billing under Medicare, and both CMS and APTA are pointing out how flawed processes and misinterpretations are coloring the findings.
Apr 2, 2018/News
"Combat athletes"—individuals who compete in sports such as boxing, wrestling, mixed martial arts, and Brazilian jiu jitsu—subject their bodies to intensely demanding situations that can lead to serious injury. But PTs and PTAs can be instrumental in helping them recover from (and even prevent) those
Mar 13, 2018/Perspective
I have been fortunate to work in a facility that values and has mastered the utilization of the PT–PTA intraprofessional team.
Aug 19, 2020/Roundup
Recent media coverage of physical therapy and APTA members.
Aug 22, 2023/Roundup
It's not all about the cuts. CMS is also signaling the possibility of some major positive changes — and your opinion matters.
Feb 24, 2021/News
You don't have to miss out on APTA's virtual conference — register now, and access content until March 31.
Jul 14, 2019/Perspective
I didn't realize is how difficult my early-career transition would be..
Didi Matthews, PT, DPT, a board-certified clinical specialist in neurologic physical therapy, will deliver the sixth Lynda D. Woodruff Lecture on June 18 at 7 p.m. ET.