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Sep 1, 2016/Feature
Changing demographics, rising health care costs, and disability-related regulations all are driving a movement to help people stay in their own homes for as long as possible. PTs are an important resource in these efforts.
Feb 1, 2015/Feature
As health care continues to evolve rapidly, so will the physical therapy profession and the ways students are educated. What will physical therapist education look like in 10 or 20 years? Experts weigh in.
Jan 14, 2022/Open Access
Access a variety of template letters you and your patients can use when your patient is denied coverage, the services approved are inadequate, or care is delayed, and a utilization management company is involved.
Aug 19, 2025/Position Paper
The American Physical Therapy Association strongly urges Congress to pass the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act (H.R. 3514 / S. 1816). This legislation would reduce health care providers’ administrative burden by addressing unnecessary preauthorization requirements, ultimately increasing efficiencies
Jul 21, 2026/Podcast
Listening Time — 25:05 Podcast Platforms Icons In this episode of the PTJ Podcast, Editor-in-Chief Steven George, PT, PhD, FAPTA, talks with Kathleen Mangione, PT, PhD, FAPTA, about receiving the 2026 Jules M. Rothstein Golden Pen Award for Scientific Writing for her notable research career. The Rothstein
Jul 24, 2023/Article
Communicating with an individual with a communications disability
Feb 14, 2023/News
In findings that support APTA's advocacy with CMS, an analysis of data from MA firms points to the need for greater transparency.
Apr 1, 2015/Feature
Putting into place evidence-based practice and clinical practice guidelines across a large hospital system can pose substantial challenges. Here's how one system is approaching the task.
Mar 31, 2023/Review
Authors believe that accounting for patient self-efficacy could make a difference in exercise among patients with cancer-related fatigue.
Jun 27, 2022/Review
CMS held off on making big changes to the PDGM last year. Now it's taking action to correct unplanned cost increases that have mounted up.
