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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

New Technology: Keeping It Ethical, Keeping It Legal

Nov 1, 2019/Feature

Advances in health care technology raise legal and ethical issues. Here are some situations you soon may encounter, if you haven't already. How should you respond?

In Praise of Low-Tech Tools

Aug 1, 2019/Feature

In an increasingly technological age, mainstay items of physical therapy such as exercise balls, foam rollers, and elastic resistance bands retain their therapeutic value-and will continue to do so, these PTs say.

Ownership Change And Medicare

Jul 1, 2019/Column

Here are the basics on what to report and under what circumstances.

Sight Adjustment

Mar 1, 2019/Column

Tapping into the power of perspective.

An Argument Seeks Traction

Jul 1, 2018/Column

A simple request. A capable provider. What's the harm?

What's Your Perspective?

Jun 1, 2018/Column

When it comes to knowledge acquisition, it's important that you know.

PTs in Pain: Study Finds Relationships Between PTs Who Experience MSK Pain and Hours Worked, Patient Volume, and Years of Experience

Sep 23, 2019/Review

A survey of PTs in Spain revealed that about half had experienced moderate-to-high levels of LBP in the last 30 days.

Functional Movement Disorders

Jan 13, 2022/Clinical Summary

Functional movement disorders (FMD) are characterized by a sudden onset of neurological symptoms resulting in abnormal involuntary movements with symptom variability that cannot be explained by a conventional neurological or medical disorder.