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Congress Fails to Address Medicare Fee Schedule in Continuing Resolution

Mar 17, 2025/News

Legislation averts government shutdown and provides six-month extension on telehealth but abandons dozens of health care providers facing payment cuts.

Making Work Work: Why Occupational Health Physical Therapy Is My Passion

May 2, 2022/Perspective

The onsite physical therapist must act with urgency — like your hair is on fire!

APTA: Cancer Related Fatigue Screening and Assessment Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG+)

Jan 4, 2023/CPG

This guideline recommends measurement tools that health care providers should use to screen for and assess cancer-related fatigue in individuals with cancer.

APTA Advisory: Check With Your TRICARE Contractor About PTA Services and Billing

Apr 15, 2020/News

A change in TRICARE coverage long advocated by APTA officially launches on April 16 — but that doesn't mean claims will be accepted right away.

Every Step of the Way: Letter to a COVID-19 Survivor

Oct 23, 2020/Open Access

Visitors weren't allowed for COVID-19 patients. The medical team became your family and we learned your story.

Large-Scale Study Finds Connection Between Early Physical Therapy and Lower Opioid Use

Dec 14, 2018/Review

For patients experiencing back, knee, neck, or shoulder pain, a visit to a PT early on can reduce the chances that they'll take any opioids for the condition.

Physical Therapy Leader Dorothy 'Dot' Pinkston Dies

Dec 8, 2020/Open Access

Widely recognized for her work in curriculum development, she helped found the nation's first postbaccalaureate PT program.

Man, that's pretty cool!

Apr 14, 2019/Perspective

Today, I recognize what APTA means to our profession. Since rejoining, I’ve taken advantage of the programs and benefits that are offered.

PTAs Will be Authorized TRICARE Providers Beginning Mid-April

Mar 16, 2020/News

In a win for PTAs and OTAs, the Department of Defense has issued a final rule, effective April 16, that establishes them as providers in ways similar to Medicare provisions.

The More Things Change, the More They…Change: CMS Announcements Dominate Top PT in Motion News Stories for 2018

Dec 21, 2018/Roundup

Looking back over 2018, it's hard to overstate the magnitude of Medicare-related changes experienced by PTs, PTAs, and their patients.