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#FreshPT...Now What?

Jun 12, 2017/Perspective

I started and ended physical therapy school feeling the same way: like a deer in the headlights.

APTA Advocacy Leads to Direct Access for Millions Covered by Aetna

Jun 17, 2025/Article

The Big Picture of Aetna’s Policy Change In response to ongoing advocacy efforts by APTA, Aetna has updated its physical therapy policy to provide unrestricted direct access to physical therapist services. Effective June 17, Aetna will no longer require a referral or signed plan of care for physical

Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI)

May 16, 2024/Test & Measure

Takeaways From the Proposed 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, Part 2

Aug 15, 2025/Article

Fact Sheet: Quality Payment Program Proposals The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released the proposed 2026 Medicare Part B Physician Fee Schedule. In Part 1 of our recap, we covered the conversion factor increase, devaluation of PT codes, and the agency’s interest in prevention and

Medal-Worthy Physical Therapy: PTs at the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics

Aug 27, 2024/Podcast

Meet two PTs supporting athletes at the Summer Games.

State of Direct Access to Physical Therapist Services: A Report from the American Physical Therapy Association

Jun 25, 2025/Report (Open Access)

APTA’s "State of Direct Access to Physical Therapist Services" report is a strategic resource designed to equip health care leaders with the scientific evidence they need to address opposition to direct access and drive meaningful change. 

Visual Analog Scale – Fatigue (VAS-F) for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

Jan 25, 2015/Test & Measure

Visual Analog Scale – Fatigue (VAS-F) for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

A First: Powerful Coding Group Elects PT as Co-Chair

Dec 14, 2020/News

Richard Rausch, PT, DPT, MBA, will take over leadership duties on an influential AMA relative value update committee.

Medicaid Advocacy

Medicaid should put patients first.

The Magic of Measurement

May 1, 2019/Column

It can pay to get "on track."