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Making the Profession's Voice Heard on Home Health: Multifaceted Advocacy Efforts Deliver Strong Message to CMS

Oct 3, 2017/News

While CMS considers what to do with a proposed rule for reductions in care in home health, APTA and its members can be satisfied that the association, its components, and individual members mounted a strong, multifaceted education and advocacy effort that is likely to grab the agency's attention.

Win: Senate Votes To Continue Suspension of Medicare Sequester Cut through 2021

Mar 26, 2021/News

The compromise bill is likely to make it into law, but a lag in enactment could cause some logistical challenges.

APTA Wants To Hear From You About Your COVID-19 Experiences

Apr 1, 2020/News

Are you on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic? APTA would like to hear from PTs, PTAs, and students about their experiences.

Analysis: The 'Big 5' Insurers Are Increasingly Dependent on Medicare and Medicaid for Revenue

Dec 13, 2017/News

The degree to which the "big 5" private health insurers have come to rely on Medicare and Medicaid for their revenues may be the key to increasing their involvement in the ACA's individual marketplaces, according to authors of a new analysis in Health Affairs.

I Don’t Care About My Grades

Nov 6, 2019/Podcast

Hannah Belles, SPT, couldn’t shake a poor grade she’d received on an exam. She started to doubt herself. After sharing her story, her perspective shifted. Instead of holding her grades in such high regard, it made more sense to see them as milestones, or as check-in points. Hear her story.

American Academy of Sleep Medicine: Clinical Practice Guideline for Diagnostic Testing for Adult Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Mar 15, 2017/CPG

Recommendations for the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in adults and guidelines on the evaluation and treatment of sleep-disordered breathing in adults.

2017 NEXT Registration Opens

Feb 8, 2017/News

Groundhog-based prognostication aside, spring is in fact right around the corner and June isn't far behind, which means APTA's NEXT Conference and Exposition is getting ready to arrive on the scene in Boston, Massachusetts. APTA has opened up registration for NEXT, set for June 21-24. Again this year,

Issue Brief: Status of the 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

Feb 21, 2024/Issue Brief

Despite strong advocacy from APTA and a host of other patient and provider organizations, as well as harsh criticism within Congress' own ranks, lawmakers have not addressed the 3.4% reduction in the fee schedule’s conversion factor that is used to determine payment. The next opportunity to include it

Narrow Networks: A New Challenge for PTs and Patients

Feb 1, 2016/Feature

Many health plans are "narrowing" their provider networks in an attempt to control costs. What does this mean for individual therapy practices? That all depends.

Health Care Technology Today

Feb 1, 2015/Feature

Technological advances highlighted in this issue include nasal cells used in a spinal cord transplant, telehealth kiosks, tips to control technology vendor demos, the risk of medical device hacking, a robotic exoskeleton whose developer is seeking approval for home use, and more.