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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
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.
Nov 28, 2023/Podcast
Can a shift in payment models impact the quality of care?
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
Apr 14, 2019/Perspective
My APTA experience has lived up to the hype!
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.
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.
Jun 1, 2021/Feature
Part one of APTA Magazine's special issue on physical therapist education.
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.
May 1, 2024/CPG