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We Have a Winner: ONE by ONE Member Recruitment Effort's Prizewinner List Continues to Grow

Jan 15, 2020/News

Heather Prather, PT, DPT, says APTA membership gives her the information and peer connections she needs to thrive in her profession. And she must make a pretty compelling case, at least as far as new APTA member Erin Brannan, PTA, is concerned. Prather is the latest prize-drawing winner in APTA's ONE

Humana Adopts PTA Coding System, Anticipates Payment Differential Beginning in 2022

Jan 22, 2020/News

Humana announced that it's falling in line with CMS on establishing a payment differential for services provided by PTAs.

Paul Rockar Named Foundation President

Jan 10, 2020/News

The Foundation for Physical Therapy Research (FPTR) has named former APTA President Paul Rockar Jr., PT, DPT, MS, as its president. Rockar, who served as a foundation trustee for three years prior, assumed his new role on January 1, 2020. Rockar is a well-known figure in the physical therapy profession,

APTA's TKA Guidelines: Your Comments Needed by January 3

Dec 18, 2019/News

APTA is developing a new clinical practice guideline (CPG) on total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and your help is needed. The CPG is now in the public review phase of its development, and APTA is asking for public comment. But hurry—deadline for comments is January 3, 2020. Funded entirely by APTA, the draft

Getting a Handle on the Fee Schedule: 6 Things to Know About the New PTA Modifier and Estimated 2021 Cut

Nov 22, 2019/News

The physical therapy profession can breathe a little easier after convincing the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to back off from some of its more troubling proposals around work done by physical therapist assistants (PTAs) in the final 2020 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS).

APTA: New SNF Payment System Should Drive Quality Patient Care, Not Staff Layoffs

Oct 9, 2019/News

APTA is working to debunk myths surrounding the PDPM payment system.

APTA Co-Sponsored Study: Seeing a PT First for LBP Lowers Odds of Early and Long-Term Opioid Use

Sep 25, 2019/Review

Patients decreased their odds of early opioid use by between 85% and 91%, and lowered their odds of long-term opioid use by 73% to 78%.

Where Things Stand, What APTA's Doing: Fee Schedule, SNF, and HH Rules From CMS

Oct 2, 2019/News

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) spends much of its spring and summer churning out regulatory rules for the coming fiscal and calendar years. That means it's an equally busy time for APTA, its members, and other stakeholders to stay on top of the proposals, respond to whatever challenges

Leaders from Wyoming, Ohio, Minnesota, and Indiana Honored for State Advocacy Efforts

Sep 20, 2019/News

Recognition of the importance of direct access to physical therapy for consumers, updating decades-old practice acts, and making it easier for patients to obtain handicapped parking plates and placards were among the accomplishments of this year's APTA State Legislative Leadership Award winners, The

The Good Stuff: Members and the Profession in the Media, September 2019

Sep 18, 2019/News

"The Good Stuff" is an occasional series that highlights recent media coverage of physical therapy and APTA members, with an emphasis on good news and stories of how individual PTs and PTAs are transforming health care and society every day. Enjoy! He'll always be our PT Ninja Warrior: Conor Galvin,

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