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Interpreters and Translators for Patients With LEP

Jan 26, 2021/Resource

Any provider receiving federal funds, such as Medicare, can’t legally require patients with limited English proficiency to use a family member or friend as an interpreter.

Carmen Elliott

Jun 3, 2020/Author

Carmen Elliott, is vice president of diversity, equity, and inclusion, and executive director of the Physical Therapy Fund as of April 2021. Elliott is a longtime member of the APTA staff team, having been with the association since 2006. Previously she served as APTA’s vice president of insurer relations,

Reporting Requirements: Quality

Feb 27, 2024/Resource

The quality performance category of MIPS evaluates the quality of care you deliver by measuring health care processes, outcomes, and patient experiences of care.

Telehealth Ethics, Best Practice, and the Law: What You Need to Know

Aug 27, 2019/Article

As practice expands to telehealth, securing patients' protected health information is more critical than ever before.

Transformative Dialogues: The Use of Motivational Interviewing in Physical Therapy

Jul 11, 2018/Perspective

Patient-centered care is the hallmark of physical therapist practice. Individualized patient and client assessment helps us tailor treatment to support effective self-management and optimal independence. PTs and physical therapist assistants often underestimate the powerful impact of our patient relationships;

Community Health Promotion: Reaching Beyond The Clinic

May 1, 2018/Feature

There's a growing role for PTs and PTAs in addressing preventable illness.

APTA's TKA Guidelines: Your Comments Needed by January 3

Dec 18, 2019/News

APTA is developing a new clinical practice guideline (CPG) on total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and your help is needed. The CPG is now in the public review phase of its development, and APTA is asking for public comment. But hurry—deadline for comments is January 3, 2020. Funded entirely by APTA, the draft

The Sustainable Mind-Set

Sep 17, 2017/Perspective

What started out as enthusiasm, slowly turned into unmanageable stress.

To Be All of Me

Oct 15, 2019/Perspective

I don’t need you to know everything about the LGBTQIA+ community. I just need you to know enough to be respectful and aware.

“Failure is a bruise, not a tattoo. Keep going.”

Dec 18, 2017/Perspective

I might have just reconsidered physical therapy school altogether, but my program's faculty encouraged me to give it another chance.