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Physical therapist assistants are educated and licensed clinicians who provide care under the direction and supervision of a licensed physical therapist. Are you ready to be a PTA?
Mar 15, 2021/Perspective
Here's what it's been like for me.
Nov 4, 2026/Perspective
For physical therapists and physical therapist assistants, Multiple Procedure Payment Reduction, or MPPR, policies are not a new challenge. Since commercial payers followed Medicare's lead and began implementing MPPR policies in 2011, our profession has worked diligently to push back against harmful
Apr 9, 2021/Perspective
APTA is here to help you take control of your financial future.
We help you keep track of evolving payment policies for SNFs.
Aug 1, 2019/Column
A career was shaped by the desire to make things better.
May 1, 2025/Success Story
A program with a local retirement community helps the next generation of PTs and PTAs to better care for and relate to older adults.
May 29, 2017/Clinical Summary
PTs work with patients with dementia to address mobility and strength limitations, minimize fall risk factors, and enhance the patient’s quality of life.
Jun 25, 2024/Clinical Summary
People with PD need to develop long-term exercise habits—and be committed to participating in their intervention programs—to sustain the benefits of the supervised intervention provided by PTs.
Dec 16, 2020/Article
Telehealth is the use of electronic information and telecommunication technologies to remotely provide health care information and services.
