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Physical Therapy and COVID-19 in the Media: Seven Worthwhile Reads

Apr 28, 2020/News

The challenges of providing physical therapy during a pandemic haven't escaped the media's attention. Here are six stories on how the profession is responding — and one exploration of what could soon be a huge issue for PTs and PTAs.

Education Leadership Partnership Student Debt Task Force Report Released

Apr 27, 2020/News

Consistency, transparency, and financial literacy: Those are fundamentals of a new report that will help inform an upcoming APTA examination of the state of student debt.

From PTJ: Insights From Italy on the PT's Role During and After COVID-19 Infection

Apr 13, 2020/Review

What role can physical therapists play in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic, and how can that best be accomplished?

Informal HHS Response Hints at Broad Availability of Provider Relief Money

Apr 13, 2020/News

In an email exchange with APTA, an HHS representative indicated that virtually any PT who received Medicare fee-for-service reimbursement in 2019 could get the funds, and that businesses closed due to COVID-19 could qualify, too.

Updated APTA COVID-19 Resources on PT Management of Patients Now Available

Apr 8, 2020/News

The updated webpage includes new links and more information on outpatient facilities.

Latest Relief Package: Options for Small Businesses

Apr 1, 2020/News

The CARES Act signed into law on March 27 is aimed at providing relief in a wide range of areas in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Here's what the package offers to small businesses.

Tell Congress: Improvements in Telehealth, Reimbursement Should be Part of Pandemic Response

Mar 31, 2020/News

As lawmakers craft the next COVID-19 relief package, now's the time to make the case for the profession's role in telehealth services and the need for easing reimbursement cuts.

PT, PTA Education Leadership Institute Accepting Applications for Award-Winning Program

Mar 2, 2020/News

Being a director for a PT or PTA education program can seem as lonely as it is overwhelming — but it doesn't have to be that way. Again in 2020, APTA is inviting a select group of emerging and current program directors to its Education Leadership Institute, a program that provides opportunities to learn

Updated Guideline for Management of Hand, Hip, Knee OA Strongly Recommends Exercise-Based Approaches

Feb 11, 2020/News

In this review: 2019 American College of Rheumatology/Arthritis Foundation Guideline for the Management of Osteoarthritis of the Hand, Hip, and Knee (Arthritis Care & Research, February, 2020) The Message Although researchers were not able to recommend precisely what kind and how much, exercise interventions

CMS Coding Reversal Update: Providers Can Start Checking in With MACs

Feb 6, 2020/News

MACS have been notified of CMS' decision to reverse coding methodology provisions that prevented PTs from using some common billing combinations.