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APTA Results (5,270 Results)

Includes articles, courses, and CPGs. Unlimited access for APTA members.

Are CPGs Changing Practice?

Mar 1, 2024/Feature

CPGs are meant to optimize patient care by providing PTs and PTAs with recommended care options — as long as clinicians follow them.

APTA Invited to Inform Key Congressional Caucus on Medicare Payment Reform

Jan 21, 2026/News

In response to an invitation to submit comments to the Congressional Doctors Caucus, APTA submitted extensive comments outlining the current payment challenges faced by physical therapists under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. APTA’s recommendations included: Reforming the Merit-Based Incentive

Levels of Patient Access to Physical Therapists Services in the U.S.

Sep 4, 2024/Resource

Review each jurisdiction’s level of direct access to physical therapist services.

Medicare Opt-Out Advocacy

APTA supports legislation that allows Medicare beneficiaries to select the health professional of their choice through private contracting.

Study of Cash-Based PT Services Hints at Possibility of Increased Cost-Effectiveness

Jan 22, 2019/Review

"Our data supports the possibility of increased cost effectiveness when compared with traditional insurance-based PT services," authors write.

Building a Strong PT-PTA Relationship: What One Award-Winning Team Has to Say

Mar 21, 2019/Interview

From left to right: Jodi Maron Barth, PT; APTA President Sharon L. Dunn, PT, PhD; and Gincy Lockhart Stezar, PTA, at NEXT 2018 Jodi Maron Barth, PT, and Gincy Lockhart Stezar, PTA, co-owners of the Center for Facial Recovery in Rockville, Maryland, received the 2018 APTA Outstanding PT-PTA Team Award.

Healthy Growth in Wellness Services

May 1, 2020/Feature

An increasing number of PTs are offering them. Continuing challenges include payment and public understanding.

The Power of Predictive Analytics

Feb 1, 2020/Feature

How patient data can answer questions to help PTs provide better care, improve outcomes, and lower costs.

The Battle of the Blitz

Oct 24, 2018/Article

Raising money through muderball.

Test of Basic Motor Skills (BMS)

May 24, 2017/Test & Measure

The test consists of 15 items that are ordered based on the amount of postural control needed to complete the tasks.