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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

An Invitation To Travel to a Place of Self-Reflection

Mar 18, 2022/Perspective

Have you had a looking glass moment? Are you open to the truths and different possible realities that are reflected through the looking glass? A moment of pausing and reflecting can have a lasting impact.

PTJ Author Interview With Amit Kumar: Value-Based Programs and Initiating Home Health Care After Joint Replacement

Nov 28, 2023/Podcast

Can a shift in payment models impact the quality of care?

The Good Stuff: Members and the Profession in the Media, December 2019

Dec 18, 2019/News

"The Good Stuff" is an occasional series that highlights recent 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. Enjoy! Making inclusion happen: Kendra Gagnon, PT, PhD, describes

Believe the APTA Hype

Apr 14, 2019/Perspective

My APTA experience has lived up to the hype!

Early Mobilization Reduces The Risk of Adverse Event and Improves Function: Research on the Value of Physical Therapy

Oct 1, 2020/Open Access

Help stress the importance of early mobilization by sharing this research with hospital administrators and other health care professionals who work in acute care settings.

Outpatient Physical Therapy During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Clinician Discussion

Apr 30, 2020/Podcast

Outpatient PTs from private practice, hospital, and pediatric settings gather to discuss how they have maintained in-person practice while upholding CDC-recommended COVID-19 safety guidelines.

The Pandemic’s Current Impact on DPT Education

Jun 1, 2021/Feature

Part one of APTA Magazine's special issue on physical therapist education.

“Failure is a bruise, not a tattoo. Keep going.”

Dec 18, 2017/Perspective

I might have just reconsidered physical therapy school altogether, but my program's faculty encouraged me to give it another chance.