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New APTA Action Plan Charts a Course to Strengthen DEI

Jul 7, 2023/News

The plan offers up real-world strategies to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion both within APTA and throughout the profession.

CMS Launches Voluntary Prior Authorization Model for Traditional Medicare

Jul 22, 2025/News

Following discussions with major health insurers on their commitments, including a pledge to reduce the number of services requiring prior authorization, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced its Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction, or WISeR, model. This model aims to selectively

Building a Better Referral-Management Process

Jun 1, 2016/Feature

Here's how a hospital's physical therapy department designed an efficient, patient-centric system for managing referrals.

Serving Survivors

Apr 1, 2019/Feature

From pediatrics through palliative care, PTs and PTAs are playing important roles in improving the lives of survivors of cancer. Other health professions are taking notice and endorsing their efforts.

6-Minute Walk Test (6MWT) for Older Adults

Jun 28, 2013/Test & Measure

Measures aerobic fitness; functional mobility.

The Good Stuff: Members and the Profession in the Media, June 2020

Jun 17, 2020/Roundup

PTs and PTAs are transforming health care and society every day.

This First-Time Conference Goer Has Something to Say

Aug 9, 2018/Perspective

Learning about so many individuals allowed me to see the big picture about our profession and what makes it so special.

2018 NEXT: McMillan Lecture: Wisdom and Courage Exemplify the Best of Our Profession

Jun 28, 2018/News

Both wisdom and courage are needed to effect positive change. Laurita M. (Laurie) Hack, PT, DPT, PhD, MBA, FAPTA, opened her delivery of the 49th Mary McMillan Lecture with these thoughts and with her insights into gaining more of the wisdom and courage that will move the profession forward. Hack addressed

APTA Is My Second Home

Dec 22, 2019/Perspective

It was my first national conference, my first national research presentation, and my first experience with APTA, and wow, I was blown away!

Don't Forget to Be Your Own Self-Care Advocate

Aug 22, 2018/Perspective

If your body feels good and energetic then your intellectual and emotional self will follow.