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Final IRF Rule: Payment Increase Grows to 3.2%; Data Collection Postponed

Aug 30, 2022/Review

Analysis of recent data led to the payment boost, and concerns about provider burden helped delay a universal assessment requirement.

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

Mindful Eating

Dec 23, 2021/Open Access

Learn how to choose to devote your attention to the act of preparing and eating a meal in a way that nourishes us in more ways than one.

Eric Ries

Jun 3, 2020/Author

Eric Ries is the former associate editor of APTA Magazine at APTA. He retired from his position in 2020. Before joining the association in 2000, he was a writer/editor at the Association for Career and Technical Education. Earlier he held a similar position at Goodwill Industries International, and for

FY '25 Payment Increases Slightly Higher for SNFs and IRFs Than Proposed

Sep 25, 2024/Article

Other than small bumps in payment, little changed from CMS' proposed rules for the FY '25 SNF and IRF prospective payment systems.

Ankle Dorsiflexion Range of Motion

Jan 10, 2013/Test & Measure

Passive non-weight-bearing goniometric measure of dorsiflexion.

Proposed FY 2023 SNF Rule: CMS Makes Good on Threat to Enact Cuts

Apr 14, 2022/Review

CMS says it's because the PDPM payment system isn't working out as planned. Some of the pain will be softened by cost-index adjustments.

CSM Delivers: Pain Science and the Challenge of Opioids

Oct 19, 2018/News

The 2019 APTA CSM, set for January 23-26 in downtown Washington, DC, will deliver thought-provoking content on pain and opioids at a crucial time.

APTA Guidance: Mobility Device Clinical Documentation

May 5, 2021/Article

As with other documentation of PT services, you must show the need for the care you provide and equipment you recommend.