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Down-to-the-Wire Advocacy: Payment Cuts, PTA Differential, and Other Issues in the Last Weeks of the 2021 Congressional Session

Nov 23, 2021/Podcast

As Congress attends to business in the last days before recess for the year, there are several important issues on the table, including a bill to address the fee schedule cuts, and legislation aimed at the PTA differential.

UHC Says Treatment Time Can Be Used in Lieu of Start and Stop Time

Nov 29, 2023/News

The latest clarification from the mega-insurer comes after it released a set of burdensome policy expansions earlier this year.

APTA Wins AMA Award for Education on Caregiver Training Codes

Apr 2, 2024/News

After helping create the CPT codes and advocate for their adoption, APTA launched an education campaign featuring a practice advisory.

ICD-10 Case Study: Outpatient PT-First Visit for Parkinson Disease

Feb 28, 2020/Resource

60-year-old male with recent history of falling

Academic Coordinator/Director of Clinical Education (ACCE/DCE) Performance Assessments

Feb 27, 2018/Article

These voluntary Academic Coordinator/Director of Clinical Education Performance Assessments are being made available as a resource for use by PT and PTA academic programs.

Let's Go: Time to Write Legislators and Press for the Payment Cut Fix

Nov 29, 2021/News

Lawmakers are back. A bill has been introduced that could offset the cuts. It's time to make this happen.

Final FY ’26 SNF and IRF Rules: Payment Increases and Removal of SDOH Measures

Aug 27, 2025/News

The Big Picture: Effective Oct. 1, 2025, skilled nursing facilities will see a payment increase of 3.2%, which is slightly higher than the 2.8% included in the proposed rule the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued earlier this year. Inpatient rehabilitation facilities will see a payment increase

CMS Fast-Tracks 'Breakthrough Devices,' Clarifies 'Reasonable and Necessary'

Jan 19, 2021/Review

CMS has finalized a new pathway that could result in quicker coverage of cutting-edge FDA-approved medical devices.

Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand Questionnaire (DASH) for Elbow Conditions

Jun 15, 2013/Test & Measure

Measures disorders of the upper limbs; change or function over time.

Trunk Muscle Power and Endurance

Oct 2, 2014/Test & Measure

Measures the assessment of trunk extensor strength has been highly correlated with the development and persistence of low back pain.