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Quality Payment Program, Part 1: All About MIPS

Apr 1, 2017/Column

Reporting requirements for physical therapists (PTs) in private practice are changing under the Quality Payment Program-specifically through the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and alternative payment models (APMs). (APMs).

A Healthy Perspective

Mar 1, 2017/Column

Helping clients take a longer view.

Actors With Disabilities and the PTs Who Treat Them

Mar 1, 2020/Feature

More and more actors with disabilities are appearing in TV shows and movies. Physical therapists are playing a supporting role.

Documentation: Documentation of a Visit

Jan 31, 2018/Article

Documentation of a visit, often called a daily note or treatment note, documents sequential implementation of the physical therapist plan of care.

A Friendly Reminder

Feb 1, 2015/Column

Social media can be great for public relations, but they also present conundrums.

Cash-Based Practice: It's Complicated

Aug 1, 2021/Column

Thinking about going cash-based? You still won't be completely free of constraints.

Your Questions Answered

Dec 1, 2019/Column

Use the information and resources here to get the details you need on regulatory compliance and related legal issues.

Professional Pulse

Dec 1, 2019/Magazine

Health Care Headlines; Research Roundup; Update on Opioids; Business Sense; Association Resources

Small-Scale Study Finds Large-Scale Debt Among Recent DPT Grads

Dec 31, 2019/Review

A limited study finds high debt-to-income ratios among PTs -- higher than newly minted family medicine physicians and veterinarians.

Time to Act: Surprise Coding Complication Ignores Realities of PT Practice and Must be Changed

Jan 2, 2020/News

  NOTE: While comments to this story are welcome, if you want to add your voice to the advocacy effort, please follow the "what you can do" instructions in the last paragraph to contact the NCCI contractor directly. Thanks!    The US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) unveiled an unwelcome