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Help Aging Communities 'Go4Life' in September

Sep 12, 2018/News

Go4Life month is an opportunity to educate the public on the importance of maintaining or increasing endurance, strength, balance, and flexibility.

Get Involved: Flash Action September 26-27 Will Focus on Physical Therapy's Role in Pain Management

Sep 25, 2018/News

The innovative concentrated advocacy effort will use the APTA Legislative Action Center to contact members of Congress to press for better patient access to nonopioid pain treatments including physical therapy.

APTA Members: AMA Seeks Critical Input on New CPT Code Values

Oct 23, 2018/News

APTA members are being alerted to be on the lookout for 2 important surveys that APTA will disseminate for the AMA that will help to shape values for new CPT® codes.

Donations Now Being Accepted for Florence Relief

Sep 21, 2018/News

An online giving program established last year to help hurricane victims in Texas, Florida, and Puerto Rico is now focusing its efforts on providing aid to people affected by Hurricane Florence.

Study: Functional Limitation Reporting Isn't Delivering the Data Goods

Sep 7, 2018/Review

A new APTA-funded study finds that FLR codes have not been submitted in ways that are consistent with regulations.

2018 NEXT: Movement System Finding Its Way Into Education and Research

Jun 29, 2018/News

As far as Paula Ludewig, PT, DPT, PhD, is concerned, the idea of anchoring physical therapy's identity in the movement system is, to put it simply, a big deal.

NEXT 2018: Maley Lecture: Health Care Must Adopt a Biopsychosocial Model

Jul 2, 2018/News

The health care system needs to evolve from a medical to a biopsychosocial model, asserted Robert Palisano, PT, ScD, FAPTA, in the 23rd Maley Lecture, delivered during NEXT 2018.

CMS Seeking Comments on Self-Referral Prohibitions in Stark Law

Jun 26, 2018/News

In its ongoing efforts to decrease regulatory burdens, CMS has turned its attention to a law that, with the exception of physical therapy and a few other treatments and procedures, bars physicians from referring patients to services in which the physician has a financial interest.

OB-GYN Group Embraces 'Fourth Trimester' Concept, Acknowledges Role of Physical Therapy in Postpartum Care

Jul 11, 2018/News

The "fourth trimester" concept supports ongoing care for mother and child through at least the first 12 weeks after delivery.

CDC: Concussion Rates Among High Schoolers May be Undercounted

Jun 25, 2018/Review

In 2017, an estimated 15% of high school students experienced 1 or more concussions, and 6% experienced 2 or more.