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APTA Top Advocacy Priorities Established for 2025-26

Feb 4, 2025/News

Our public policy priorities are aimed at increasing payment, decreasing administrative burden, and improving the value of patient care.

Transformative Dialogues: The Use of Motivational Interviewing in Physical Therapy

Jul 11, 2018/Perspective

Patient-centered care is the hallmark of physical therapist practice. Individualized patient and client assessment helps us tailor treatment to support effective self-management and optimal independence. PTs and physical therapist assistants often underestimate the powerful impact of our patient relationships;

New Guidelines Focus on Postpartum Pelvic Girdle Pain and the PT's Role in Care

Feb 23, 2022/Review

The resource, sponsored in part by APTA, offers 23 action statements covering the care pathway.

My Condition Reminds me of the 'Why' of Physical Therapy

Feb 27, 2023/Perspective

For me, remembering the "why" of becoming a PT is the privilege we have of entering another's experience.

Physical Therapy School During a Pandemic: Three Tips for Greater Resilience

Apr 23, 2021/Perspective

It’s easy to let our minds harbor doubt and uncertainty, But we can be stronger than any doubt.

On the PTA Payment Battleground, We Are All APTA

Dec 2, 2019/Perspective

It was not until I began working in outpatient care and seeing problems with payment, that I realized the importance of getting involved with advocacy.

Spare No Expanse

Oct 1, 2017/Column

Looking beyond the clinic for wellness-client options.

APTA Impact: DOD Told to Consider Expanding the PT's Primary Care Role

Dec 20, 2022/News

An APTA-backed House committee directive says the Department of Defense could save money and increase readiness with PTs.

Thinking Beyond Pipelines: Creating More Person-Centered Career Pathways

Feb 24, 2021/Perspective

How will we address the challenges at the other end of the pipeline?

CMS Releases a Burden Reduction Rule That Affects a Wide Range of Facilities, Settings

Sep 30, 2019/Review

A CMS rule aimed at reducing Medicare- and Medicaid-related regulatory burdens for the most part hits the target.