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The 2019 Fee Schedule, Part 1: 5 Things You Need to Know About What MIPS Might Look Like for PTs Next Year

Jul 25, 2018/News

This installment: how the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) would play out for PTs and PTAs under the proposal.

Student Focus: APTA Geriatrics

Sep 1, 2024/Column

Practice in geriatrics doesn't have a limited focus. Why every day is something different.

Study: Seeing a PT First for LBP Lowers Overall Costs, Reduces Chances of Later Opioid Prescription

May 24, 2018/Review

A new study finds additional benefits to receiving physical therapy for LBP as a first-line approach.

From PTJ: Common Activity Trackers May Be Inaccurate for Patients With PD

Aug 6, 2018/Review

Research suggests that PTs may want to think twice about the data they get from patients' commercial activity trackers.

Study: Patients in Cardiac Rehab Are Older, Less Healthy, and Have More Diverse Needs Than Patients 20 Years Ago

May 14, 2019/Review

The use of cardiac rehabilitation has grown over time, but with that growth comes changes to patient demographics that present new challenges.

Courting the Basics

Apr 1, 2017/Column

Basketball offers wellness parallels.

Wheelchair Skills Test 4.1 (WST) – Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)

Feb 2, 2014/Test & Measure

Measures manual wheelchair skills.

How I Made a Perfect Score on the PTA NPTE

Jun 26, 2019/Perspective

It's never too early to start studying. 

Growing Pains

Oct 1, 2019/Column

Self-reflection makes a path clear.

News From NEXT: Oxford Debaters Argue: Is Social Media Hazardous?

Jun 19, 2019/News

The verdict is in: social media is hazardous to the physical therapy profession. At least some of the time. That was the outcome of the 12th annual Oxford Debate, during APTA's NEXT Conference and Exposition in Chicago, which in traditional style-over-substance fashion included the pro team wearing hazmat