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Ethics In Practice: Ethics Under Pressure

Nov 1, 2023/Column

Insights from real-life stories of moral distress in physical therapy.

Spending Deal Reached: Includes Some Relief From Fee Schedule Cuts

Mar 8, 2024/Article

The package includes a 1.68% boost to the fee schedule but falls short of totally eliminating the cut to dozens of providers.

Test of Playfulness (ToP)

Nov 30, 2017/Test & Measure

Measures the concept of playfulness by assessing four elements considered to contribute to the construct of playfulness.

For Mild Concussion, Early Physical Therapy Brings Best Outcomes

Jan 22, 2025/Review

APTA's scientific journal made headlines with its study on early treatment for mild traumatic brain injury. Here are the highlights.

BTS/ICS Guideline for the Ventilatory Management of Acute Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure in Adults

Apr 1, 2016/CPG

Evidence on the use of ventilation and methods to improve resourcing, training, outcomes and patient experience for all adults who develop acute hypercapnic respiratory failure.

Guidelines for the Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury, 4th Edition

Sep 1, 2016/CPG

Examines the condition of brain trauma clinical research, how this condition is defining and shaping our future and proposes a solution in establishing a formal evidence-based consortium.

Canadian Guideline for Parkinson Disease

Sep 9, 2019/CPG

Patients in the early stages of Parkinson’s disease should be referred to a physical therapist who has experience with the disease for assessment, education, and advice for physical activity. Also, physical therapy specific to Parkinson’s disease should be given to patients who experience balance and

Don't Measure Your Self-Worth Against Your Patient’s Outcomes

Oct 26, 2017/Perspective

We all tend to remember the bad much more vividly than we do the good.

Appealing a Denial

Jan 28, 2019/Article

APTA provides general tips and a suite of templated letters that can help you make your case for an appeal.

Moving Toward Quality Payment

Nov 1, 2018/Feature

CMS has proposed changes to the 2019 physician fee schedule that would require eligible PTs to participate in Medicare's Quality Payment Program next year. To prepare, PTs must understand what's behind these efforts, what they need to do, and what may lie ahead.