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Reckoning With Reentry

Apr 1, 2020/Feature

Stepping out from full-time practice looks different from how it once did. The options during and after a hiatus vary for PTs and PTAs.

Are You Making the National Physical Therapy Exam Harder Than It Needs to Be?

Jun 11, 2018/Perspective

Here are ways that you can actually reduce the amount of test anxiety you have about the exam.

Final FY 2023 SNF Rule: An Advocacy Win Brightens the Payment Picture

Aug 29, 2022/Review

CMS took the advice of APTA and others, and made some additional adjustments of its own. The result: a welcome 2.7% increase.

AHA/ACC/ACCP/ASPC/NLA/PCNA Guideline for the Management of Patients With Chronic Coronary Disease: A Report of the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines

Aug 29, 2023/CPG

This updated guideline provides an evidenced-based and patient-centered approach to management of patients with chronic coronary disease.

#PTTransforms Blog: Keeping the Patient at the Center of Pain Management

Feb 28, 2018/News

A new #PTTransforms blog post goes beyond the opioid statistics to highlight patient-centered strategies suggested by the guests.

CMS Coding Reversal Will Apply to Claims Made Beginning January 1, 2020

Jan 29, 2020/News

Details are still emerging around exactly how CMS intends to walk back a decision to change coding methodologies that prevented PTs from billing an evaluation performed on the same day as therapeutic activities and/or group therapy activities. But we know a little more now: namely, that the decision

A Very Exciting Surprise

Jun 24, 2019/Perspective

I realized that APTA is a family, and I was hooked for life.

Study: 10-Year Pattern of HS Soccer Injuries Shows Need for New Look at Injury Prevention Programs

Mar 22, 2017/News

An analysis of high-school soccer injuries from 2005 to 2014 may help coaches and trainers create more targeted injury prevention programs.

Home Health: Expanded Use of Telecommunications Could Be Here to Stay

Jun 29, 2020/Review

The CMS home health payment rule for 2021 adopts changes implemented during the pandemic.

Proposed Fee Schedule Rule Wrestles With PTA, OTA Services Delivered 'In Part'; Includes Changes to MIPS

Jul 30, 2019/News

Despite serious questions and criticisms from APTA, the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), and other stakeholders, the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) intends to move ahead with its plans to require providers to navigate a complex system intended to identify when therapy