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APTA Fact Sheets on 2018 Outpatient Payment, Home Health Now Available

Nov 22, 2017/News

Now available to APTA members: context and details to help you understand final 2018 rules from CMS on the home health (HH PPS) and outpatient (OPPS) prospective payment systems.

The Good Stuff: Members and the Profession in Local News, December 2017

Dec 13, 2017/News

"The Good Stuff," is an occasional series that highlights recent, mostly local media coverage of physical therapy and APTA members, with an emphasis on good news and stories of how individual PTs and PTAs are transforming health care and society every day.

Defining Moment: A Word Changed Us

Sep 1, 2022/Column

A patient's permanent reminder of her PT's instruction left an indelible mark on both of them.

Coronavirus Update: March 26, 2020

Mar 26, 2020/News

New PT practice guidelines for COVID patients in acute hospitals, Cigna opens up telehealth for PTs, a call for postacute care COVID preparedness, and more.

Patient Protections

Mar 1, 2020/Article

What are the federal expectations for providers when it comes to non-discrimination, disability access, and the rights of patients with limited English proficiency?

Professionalism in Physical Therapy: Core Values Self-Assessment

Oct 29, 2024/Form

This valuable resource accompanies APTA's Core Values for the Physical Therapist and Physical Therapist Assistant, which guide the behaviors of PTs and PTAs to provide the highest quality of physical therapist services.

Matthews Urges Resilience and Reframing in Pursuit of Equity During 2025 Woodruff Lecture

Aug 12, 2025/Article

Didi Matthews, PT, DPT, delivered the sixth annual Lynda D. Woodruff Lecture in June. Her speech, titled "Reframing DEI: Clarity, Courage, and Commitment in Health Professions Education," urged physical therapy professionals to recommit to building a more just and inclusive health care system.

Fear Into Power: My COVID-19 Experience

Jul 7, 2020/Perspective

Would I be able to keep my doors open? Keep paying my staff? How is this going to change my practice for the long haul?

Advocacy Efforts to Stop the Medicare Payment Cut – APTA Live

Nov 18, 2020/Podcast

APTA staff experts provide a status update on the what is expected in the final 2021 Medicare fee schedule rule and its likely payment cut to physical therapist services. 

JAMA: Easing Administrative Complexity, Eliminating Low-Value Care Among Ways to Reduce Health Care Waste and Lower Expenditures

Oct 22, 2019/Review

A review found that the estimated annual cost of health care waste ranges from a total of $760 billion to $935 billion.