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Specialist Certification

Maximize your PT potential by achieving ABPTS board certification in any of ten clinical specialty areas.

Medicaid Payment

Medicaid covers health services for millions of America’s most vulnerable patient populations, including those who depend on physical therapy.

Cultivating PT-PTA Relationships as a Student

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.

Physical Therapy Fair Copays Model Legislation

Dec 23, 2019/Template

This model legislation may used as a base to craft language to have limited fair copays enacted in your state. 

APTA Clinical Specialization Policy

Oct 1, 2025/Policies & Bylaws

House policy: Clinical specialization in physical therapy is a voluntary and unrestricted process.

Inaction by Congress Triggers No-Exceptions Therapy Cap in 2018

Dec 22, 2017/News

Congress has recessed without addressing the Medicare therapy cap in any meaningful way. The inaction is particularly disappointing for APTA and other stakeholders given that a bipartisan agreement had been reached to permanently end the hard cap.

APTA Pelvic Health: Pelvic Girdle Pain in the Antepartum Population Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG+)

May 1, 2017/CPG

Recommendations for clinical reasoning processes in the examination and intervention of females with prenatal pelvic girdle pain.

Study: Physical Therapy May Be Underused Among Patients With OA

Dec 1, 2017/News

Patients with OA may be underusing nonsurgical therapies such as physical therapy, say authors of a recent study published in Arthritis Care & Research. The use of physical therapy, a guideline-recommended first-line treatment, is “a key area for improvement,” researchers write.

Accreditation of Physical Therapy Education Programs

Sep 20, 2018/Policies & Bylaws

House position: APTA's Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education is the  one agency for accreditation of physical therapy education programs.