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Building a Strong PT-PTA Relationship: What One Award-Winning Team Has to Say

Mar 21, 2019/Interview

From left to right: Jodi Maron Barth, PT; APTA President Sharon L. Dunn, PT, PhD; and Gincy Lockhart Stezar, PTA, at NEXT 2018 Jodi Maron Barth, PT, and Gincy Lockhart Stezar, PTA, co-owners of the Center for Facial Recovery in Rockville, Maryland, received the 2018 APTA Outstanding PT-PTA Team Award.

Tell Your Patient's Story: Tips for Defensible Documentation

May 6, 2019/Article

It helps to consider two questions: Why now? And why you?

Looking Back to the Future: APTA's First National Conference

Jun 21, 2018/Article

The Boston School of Physical Education hosted APTA's first national conference in September 1922.

The Good Stuff: Members and the Profession in the Media, April 2018

Apr 18, 2018/News

"The Good Stuff," is an occasional series that highlights recent media coverage of physical therapy and APTA members, with an emphasis on good news and stories of how individual PTs and PTAs are transforming health care and society every day.

CMS Proposes Major Change in SNF Payment System

Apr 30, 2018/News

On April 27, CMS unveiled its proposed SNF rule for 2019, which includes plans to replace the existing SNF case-mix methodology, known as Resource Utilization Groups Version IV (RUG-IV) with an entirely new system dubbed the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM).

Humana Coverage Limitations: More of the Same

Feb 28, 2018/News

APTA recently voiced its concerns over the ways the health insurer characterizes physical therapy, its imprecise terminology, and its continued noncoverage of aquatic physical therapy and group physical therapy.

Move Forward Radio: Avoiding Muscle Atrophy When Injured

Mar 16, 2018/News

Now available from APTA's Move Forward Radio: a conversation with Ryan Balmes, PT, DPT, who addresses many common questions and concerns about what happens when the body is recovering from injury and the role of the PT in that process.

Study: Optimal Exercise Dose for Knee Disorders Still Unclear

Mar 13, 2018/Review

Authors examined 45 “fair-quality” studies and found that “optimal dosing is still unclear."

APTA's New Mission Statement: A Healthier Society Through a Strong Community

Mar 20, 2018/News

Building a community that advances the profession of physical therapy to improve the health of society" is now the official mission statement for APTA.

'Choose More Movement and Better Health': APTA Releases New #ChoosePT Video

Feb 6, 2018/News

Anyone can experience pain—but nobody should feel trapped by opioids as the only way to manage it: that's the message at the heart of APTA's newest video PSA in the #ChoosePT opioid awareness campaign.