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Use of 59 or X Modifiers for Code Pairs Decision Tree

Jun 10, 2020/Open Access

Use this decision tree to help you determine if the code combination can be used and whether it requires an X modifier (XE, XP, XS, XU) or modifier 59.

Proposed 2025 Home Health Rule: Cuts Continue at 1.7%; CMS Responds to Calls for Accountability for Timely Care

Jul 3, 2024/Article

While payment cuts would continue as fallout from the Patient-Driven Groupings Model, CMS also proposes changes to create more transparency in accepting patient referrals and asks for input on two important aspects of care.

Academy Focus: Get to Know APTA Orthopaedic

Apr 2, 2025/Podcast

Listen on Apple Listen on Castbox Listen on Spotify At the APTA Combined Sections Meeting in February 2024, students got a chance to ask questions and get advice from section leaders. In this installment, Corry Brinken, PT, DPT, then a third-year student at Sacred Heart University, interviews Bob Rowe,

PTs Helping to Heal Survivors of Torture

Nov 1, 2017/Feature

Their numbers in the United States are higher than you might think. Here's what to look for and how best to meet their needs.

Innovations in Telehealth

Apr 1, 2017/Feature

As telehealth moves from theory to practice, here's an update.

New Medicare ID System Goes Fully Operational on January 1, 2020

Oct 23, 2019/News

Time's (nearly) up: if you haven't transitioned to Medicare's new patient identifier system, you need to make the switch by December 31. Recently, the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that the 21-month period for transition to the Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) is

Activities-specific Balance Confidence (ABC) Scale for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

Jun 13, 2013/Test & Measure

A 16-item self-report measure in which patients rate their balance confidence in performing several activities.

Dynamic Gait Index for Parkinson Disease

Jun 2, 2014/Test & Measure

Assesses an individual's ability to modify balance while walking in the presence of external demands

APTA-Supported Bill Aims to Eliminate a Medicare Plan of Care Burden

Feb 8, 2024/News

Bipartisan legislation introduced in the House would relieve PTs from having to pursue signed plans of care from referring physicians.

2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines

Apr 1, 2022/CPG

This guideline from the American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association and the Heart Failure Society of America provides recommendations related to the management of patients with heart failure.