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Aug 19, 2025/Position Paper
The American Physical Therapy Association strongly supports the SAFE STEPS for Veterans Act (H.R. 3183 / S. 668). This legislation would establish an Office of Falls Prevention within the Veterans Health Administration, tasked with preemptively identifying and treating veterans at risk of falling. The
Jun 25, 2021/Podcast
In this APTA Live event, we will talk with members of the Cross-Academy/Section COVID-19 Core Outcome Measure Task Force about the physical therapy core outcome measures algorithms they developed — one for adults and one for children.
Feb 12, 2021/Review
Researchers say large pockets of patients are simply opting out from care — with care for MSK conditions high on the list.
Oct 28, 2023/Event
Join us for APTA's Optimizing Access to Pelvic Health, powered by Select Medical.
Feb 24, 2021/News
The spot, to be distributed nationwide, is a call to increase physical activity—and seek PTs and PTAs to help improve and restore movement.
Nov 19, 2018/Perspective
Stories were shared about the things we learned, the people we met, the memorable conversations we had, and our biggest takeaways.
Jun 29, 2017/News
Days after the Senate introduced a bill that threatens to weaken required essential health benefits, a trio of coalitions sponsored a briefing on Capitol Hill to highlight the value of rehabilitation and habilitation services,
Sep 10, 2019/News
APTA's consumer-focused website adopted a new name—and a new look—to support consumer understanding of physical therapy.
Jan 2, 2020/News
NOTE: While comments to this story are welcome, if you want to add your voice to the advocacy effort, please follow the "what you can do" instructions in the last paragraph to contact the NCCI contractor directly. Thanks! The US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) unveiled an unwelcome
Apr 29, 2019/News
Working across health care disciplines isn't a pipe dream: it's an increasingly important fact of professional life for physical therapists (PTs) and physical therapists assistants (PTAs). And physical therapy education programs are helping future PTs and PTAs respond to this reality by adapting curricula