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Oct 14, 2025/Article
Note: This article was updated in May 2026 to link to the FAQ that Cigna created for APTA. Effective Oct. 1, Cigna Healthcare implemented a new site-of-care review process for outpatient hospital physical therapy and occupational therapy services.
Apr 5, 2023/Perspective
APTA's DEI Toolkit can help you learn, develop, and engage around critical concepts.
Apr 30, 2025/News
The rule offers limited insight into the new administration's plans for MA policy.
Aug 22, 2017/Test & Measure
This is an eight-item scale that examines a person’s level of function when performing activities that are related to Upper Extremity Disorders.
Jan 5, 2024/Test & Measure
Measures limitations and unidimensionality of prior existing functional status outcomes such as the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS).
Jun 1, 2016/Feature
Clinician-scientists bridge a key gap between research and clinical practice, these PTs say. But there simply aren't enough of them.
Jul 25, 2025/News
After five years of cuts, CMS proposes an increase in the conversion factor but devalues physical therapy codes.
Feb 7, 2022/Review
Sitting times of six or more hours per day increased mortality risk among the inactive — but not for survivors who met PA guidelines.
RF-PTCAS, the Residency and Fellowship Physical Therapist Centralized Application Service provided by APTA provides a simplified application process for physical therapist seeking a residency or fellowship program. RF-PTCAS launched in 2013 and since then, RF-PTCAS has grown to include over 85% of residency
Virtual reality is an emerging area of physical therapy.
