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APTA State Chapters Fuel Legislative Wins in 2025

Aug 6, 2025/News

As the 2025 legislative season has come to a close in most states, many APTA chapters achieved significant victories that improve payment, address provider credentialing, and reduce administrative burden.

New APTA TV and Radio Spot Will Promote Physical Activity and Physical Therapy

Feb 17, 2021/News

Member PTs should activate or update their Find a PT profiles before the upcoming launch.

APTA Practice Advisory: Primary Care Physical Therapy

Oct 16, 2025/Resource

Primary care physical therapy highlights the role of physical therapists as integral members of a patient’s primary care team. Physical therapists and physical therapist assistants should familiarize themselves with the specific roles, scope, and competencies that define primary care physical therapy.

APTA Invited to Inform Key Congressional Caucus on Medicare Payment Reform

Jan 21, 2026/News

In response to an invitation to submit comments to the Congressional Doctors Caucus, APTA submitted extensive comments outlining the current payment challenges faced by physical therapists under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. APTA’s recommendations included: Reforming the Merit-Based Incentive

School-Based Physical Therapy in the Age of COVID-19

Sep 1, 2020/Feature

PTs have learned from their experiences with remote service provision and are prepared for a variety of scenarios in the new school year.

U.S. Department of Education Proposal Jeopardizes Physical Therapy Professional Recognition and the Future Health Care Workforce

Nov 24, 2025/Statement

APTA is deeply concerned by the recent recommendation from the Reimagining and Improving Student Education, or RISE, Negotiated Rulemaking Committee, which, if enacted, would designate the doctor of physical therapy degree — and dozens of other health care professional degrees — as a graduate degree

APTA Members Earn World Physiotherapy Awards

Apr 20, 2021/News

Two PTs and two students were among a select group recognized for their abstracts and presentations at WP's international congress.

Cost Analysis

Apr 1, 2020/Column

A PT gets schooled by her employer.

Considering Providing Dry Needling Services?

Mar 1, 2021/Column

Understand your professional, legal, and personal scopes of practice.

APTA-Backed Legislation Improves Veterans' Access to Falls Prevention Services

Jul 22, 2024/News

The bipartisan bill would establish an Office of Falls Prevention within the Veterans Health Administration.