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Oct 22, 2018/News
The 2019 APTA CSM, set for January 23-26 in downtown Washington, DC, has no shortage of sessions focused on how PTs and PTAs can bring that evidence into practice.
Feb 23, 2017/Review
Too many physicians are prescribing interventions that are not supported by evidence and may even carry extra risk.
Jul 12, 2019/News
The US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) intends to go full steam ahead with its plans to shift to a new payment system for home health beginning in 2020. The plans are accompanied by other changes that include allowing maintenance therapy to be furnished by physical therapist assistants
Apr 11, 2018/News
HHS is making good on the Trump administration's promise to relax requirements in the ACA, releasing a set of rule changes that will alter the way states deal with "essential health benefits" and potentially reduce consumer access to help in choosing an insurance plan in the state marketplaces.
Mar 6, 2018/News
This month's PT in Motion magazine includes “Career Transitioning Advice for Aging PTs,” an exploration of how long-time clinicians are adjusting their routines or transitioning to new career paths, and the life circumstances that led them in that direction.
Mar 8, 2021/News
Expanded CMS resources include more examples. APTA revised its guide and offers additional insight.
Aug 16, 2017/Test & Measure
A revised version of the ADRQL was developed based on analyses of the psychometric properties of the original ADRQL and consists of 40 items addressing the same domains.
Oct 1, 2019/Test & Measure
The Purdue Pegboard Test (PPT) measures fingertip dexterity and gross movement coordination of the fingers, hands, and arms. It was first introduced by Joseph Tiffin in 1948 as a functional assessment screen for hand dexterity in applicants for assembly-line work.
Feb 1, 2015/Column
When housekeeping reveals more than just dirt.
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