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Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Advocacy

Support APTA's payment advocacy related to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.

What's the Best Post-TKA Intervention in the Acute Care Setting? There's No Easy Answer, Say Researchers

Jul 17, 2018/Review

Among the findings: "very low" evidence for the use of cryotherapy, accelerated rehabilitation, and neurostimulation in the first 7 post-op days.

Is Your Practice ADA Compliant? Part 1 of a 3-Part Series

Jul 18, 2023/Article

The Basics of ADA’s Effective Communication Requirement

From PTJ: Cognitive Function Poststroke May Affect Physical Capacity

Aug 11, 2023/Review

Researchers in Norway believe that attention to cognitive function early on could help patients achieve crucial PA goals.

Prior Authorization: 5 Ways CMS Changes Could Open up Future Possibilities

Mar 7, 2023/Article

The proposed rules would help ease immediate burdens, but there are also long-game reasons to voice your support by March 13.

Proposed FY 2023 SNF Rule: CMS Makes Good on Threat to Enact Cuts

Apr 14, 2022/Review

CMS says it's because the PDPM payment system isn't working out as planned. Some of the pain will be softened by cost-index adjustments.

States Affected by Helene Eligible for Temporary Regulatory Waivers

Oct 8, 2024/News

CMS is offering flexibility in some regulatory requirements as well as advance or accelerated payment to affected states.

6-Minute Walk Test (6MWT) (applied to patients who have had lower extremity total joint replacement)

Aug 7, 2017/Test & Measure

Measures a patient's functional capacity by recording the distance ambulated during a 6 min duration.

Courting the Basics

Apr 1, 2017/Column

Basketball offers wellness parallels.

News From NEXT: Physical Therapy and Movement Are Key to Slowing the Aging Process, Contends McMillan Lecturer

Jun 22, 2017/News

"We change time. We routinely turn over the hourglass."