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Proposed CMS Home Health Rule Includes Major Change to Payment System

Jul 3, 2018/News

CMS issued a proposed rule for home health payment that resurrects elements for an entirely new payment methodology by, among other changes, shifting care from 60-day to 30-day episodes and removing therapy service-use thresholds from case-mix parameters.

Is Your Practice ADA Compliant? Part 3 of a 3-Part Series

Jul 24, 2023/Article

Communicating with an individual with a communications disability

APTA: Achilles Pain, Stiffness, and Muscle Power Deficits: Midportion Achilles Tendinopathy Revision 2018 (CPG+)

May 1, 2018/CPG

This guideline provides recommendations related to management of patients with mid-portion achilles tendonopathy revision.

APTA's Most-Read Articles of 2021

Dec 27, 2021/Roundup

Staying up to speed with changes and challenges while keeping tabs on APTA happenings.

Toward a More Diverse Profession: 'Flash Action' Advocacy Coming Oct. 20-21

Oct 15, 2021/News

The 2021 APTA Flash Action Strategy begins with a virtual event, followed by a two-day effort to support a proposed federal grants program.

Price Matters: Group Purchasing and Other Buying Strategies

Aug 1, 2018/Feature

Many PTs are turning to creative solutions to lower costs and ensure better-quality purchases. But they're not abandoning all of their long-term relationships.

Marx Activity Rating Scale (MARS)

Jun 7, 2017/Test & Measure

Includes four questions that assess the frequency of running, cutting, decelerating, and pivoting in individuals based on the individual's "healthiest and most active state in the past year."

Proposed CMS Rule for SNFs: a 2.3% Increase and Continued Monitoring of SNF Implementation of PDPM

Apr 13, 2020/Review

PDPM continues, as does CMS monitoring of implementation, but the agency isn't ready to share data.

CMS: Potential Flexibility for Hospital Outpatient Department PTs and PTAs in Care Delivery; PTAs can Furnish Telehealth in Private Prac...

May 6, 2020/News

CMS representatives say hospitals could opt for a process to designate outpatients' homes as "temporary expansion locations" to allow for remote care.

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