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Spending Deal Reached: Includes Some Relief From Fee Schedule Cuts

Mar 8, 2024/Article

The package includes a 1.68% boost to the fee schedule but falls short of totally eliminating the cut to dozens of providers.

APTA President's Message | 2025 in Motion: Celebrating Our Progress and Shaping Our Future

Dec 1, 2025/Column

APTA President Kyle Covington, PT, DPT, PhD, summarizes some of the association’s 2025 highlights in his latest column.

Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I)

Jun 16, 2013/Test & Measure

Measures fear of falling during both easy and difficult physical activities and social activities.

NEXT 2018: Maley Lecture: Health Care Must Adopt a Biopsychosocial Model

Jul 2, 2018/News

The health care system needs to evolve from a medical to a biopsychosocial model, asserted Robert Palisano, PT, ScD, FAPTA, in the 23rd Maley Lecture, delivered during NEXT 2018.

'Fundamentally Flawed': APTA's Comments on CMS' Plan Around PTAs, OTAs Target Potential Harms

Aug 30, 2019/News

The big picture: a bad plan for determining when services are delivered by a PTA or OTA The US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) proposed physician fee schedule rule for 2020 includes provisions that would require providers to navigate a complex system intended to identify when outpatient

Advocating For A Mindset Shift

Feb 25, 2018/Perspective

I'm not saying that a patient's success in therapy is contingent on luck. But there are more factors at play than what they do in therapy.

And the Beat Goes On: APTA's Commercial Payer Advocacy

Apr 21, 2021/Roundup

Lots of payers with multiple plans mean the conversation never stops. Here are a few advocacy efforts that APTA is pursuing.

State Legislative Advocacy: ND Imaging Win, Compact Growth, and More

Apr 16, 2021/Roundup

Many state legislatures are still in session, but positive changes are already in the works. Here's a progress report.

CMS Fast-Tracks 'Breakthrough Devices,' Clarifies 'Reasonable and Necessary'

Sep 15, 2020/Review

CMS has proposed a new pathway that could result in quicker coverage of cutting-edge FDA-approved medical devices.

Proposed CMS Home Health Rule Includes Major Change to Payment System

Jul 3, 2018/News

CMS issued a proposed rule for home health payment that resurrects elements for an entirely new payment methodology by, among other changes, shifting care from 60-day to 30-day episodes and removing therapy service-use thresholds from case-mix parameters.