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Sep 1, 2020/Column
Familiarize yourself with these protections - and know your ethical responsibilities.
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
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.
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?
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Jun 1, 2025/Feature
A new APTA report outlines forecasts of a supply shortage of physical therapists through 2037.
Jul 1, 2025/Feature
How U.S.-trained PTs are helping to transform global health and the role of physical therapy therein.
Dec 1, 2025/Article
Exploring the benefits, evidence, and potential drawbacks of using shockwave therapy to support patient recovery.
Mar 1, 2020/Position Paper
H.R. 2143 removes the health care services most susceptible to overutilization and and misaligned incentives from this exception.
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