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Life-Cycle Costing: A Valuable Tool for Big-Ticket Purchases

Aug 1, 2017/Feature

Life-cycle costing involves identifying all the costs associated with owning an asset. Here's how PTs can apply it to their practices.

Naloxone Availability Where Physical Therapist Services are Provided

Sep 20, 2019/Policies & Bylaws

House position: Describes the association's position on access and use of naloxone as it relates to physical therapy services.

Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand Questionnaire (DASH) for Shoulder Conditions

Jun 15, 2013/Test & Measure

Measures disorders of the upper limbs; change or function over time.

Physical Therapist Assistant Centralized Application Services

Effective Aug. 30, 2024, at the conclusion of the 2023-24 application cycle, the Physical Therapist Assistant Centralized Application Service ended. APTA thanks the PTACAS work group — PTA program faculty, admissions committee chairs, and program directors — who helped create application content, set

APTA Social: A Unique Approach to Sharing Our Profession

Sep 19, 2022/Video

If you've ever wanted to share your experience as a PTA with a wider audience, you're not alone. Our guests, Ken Gonzalez, PTA, and Laura Stevens, PTA, host a podcast where they discuss all things related to the PTA profession and their professional journeys.

Improve Your Lower Extremity Soft Tissue Mobility

Oct 13, 2021/Video

Your time is valuable. Five minutes and a ball are a good place to start to address soft tissue mobility. Joe Holder, University of Penn grad, Nike master trainer, wellness coach, and Hyperice athlete, will take you through a guided lower extremity soft tissue maintenance routine you can do almost anywhere.

Coding Reform, to Payment Reform, to Health Care Reform

Apr 1, 2016/Feature

APTA is committed to the triple aim of health care. The association's proposed coding reforms are just one way-but an important one-of achieving it.

Single-Leg Stance

Oct 22, 2014/Test & Measure

Single-Leg Stance

Physical Therapy to the Rescue – Defining Moment

Feb 25, 2019/Podcast

Paul Caudillo, PT, DPT, is a veteran who finds that his rallying motto still resonates.

Final 2027 Physician Fee Schedule Has Mixed Payment Impact for Physical Therapy

Nov 10, 2026/Article

The 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule includes meaningful progress toward modernizing payment for physical therapist services, featuring changes to practice expense calculations that should improve the values of many PT services over time. But Medicare also finalized conversion factor reductions