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2023 APTA Benchmark Report: Hiring Challenges Continue in Outpatient Physical Therapy Practices

Oct 11, 2023/Report

This report identifies three main hiring challenges.

Defining Moment: Opening a New Door

Dec 8, 2023/Podcast

Taking a teaching job proved to be perfect for this physical therapist.

Government Affairs and Public Service Awards Nominations Due January 12, 2018

Dec 15, 2017/News

Recipients will be selected in February by the APTA Board of Directors, and the awards will be presented during APTA's Federal Advocacy Forum set for April 29–May 1 in Washington, DC.

The Good Stuff: Members and the Profession in the Media, January 2022

Jan 19, 2022/Roundup

Members sharing their expertise, insights, and experiences with the media.

Preferred Nomenclature for the Provision of Physical Therapist Services

Aug 29, 2018/Policies & Bylaws

House position: APTA defines and uses the following terms in its documents and publications to promote consistency and a common understanding and use of these terms external to APTA regarding the provision of physical therapist services.

Proposed Home Health Rule Moves Ahead With New Payment System, Allows Therapist Assistants to Furnish Maintenance Therapy

Jul 12, 2019/News

The US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) intends to go full steam ahead with its plans to shift to a new payment system for home health beginning in 2020. The plans are accompanied by other changes that include allowing maintenance therapy to be furnished by physical therapist assistants

What a Difference a Day Makes: Researchers Say That for TKA, Post-Op Same-Day Physical Therapy Reduces Opioid Use and Shortens Length of...

Aug 23, 2019/Review

TKA patients who received physical therapy on the same day as their surgeries were able to walk more while in the hospital and had lower rates of opioid consumption during their stay compared with patients who didn't receive physical therapy until the day after their surgeries.

Fighting the Opioid Crisis: APTA Releases White Paper Pointing the Way to Better Policies on Nondrug Pain Treatment

Jun 20, 2018/News

No lasting gains can be made until policymakers embrace the value of nonpharmacological approaches to chronic pain.

2022 Elections Are Finally Over – How Do the Results Impact the Next Congress?

Dec 21, 2022/Perspective

Democrats will control the Senate. Republicans will control the House. What will it take to get things done?

APTA Advocacy: Getting Results

Jun 14, 2023/Roundup

The year isn't even half over, and the association has already scored some major victories for the profession (and teed up a few more).