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Final CMS Bundling Rule Reduces Number of Mandated Participants, Expands Possibilities for PTs

Dec 1, 2017/News

CMS issued a final rule that includes a scaled back knee and hip joint replacement bundled care model and cancellation of a plan to expand bundled care models to cardiac care and hip and femur fractures.

Survey: HIIT Tops the List of Fitness Trends for 2018

Jan 9, 2018/News

According to an international survey of exercise professionals, high intensity interval training will be the strongest trend in 2018, outpacing wearable technologies, which held the number 1 position in 2017.

Inaction by Congress Triggers No-Exceptions Therapy Cap in 2018

Dec 22, 2017/News

Congress has recessed without addressing the Medicare therapy cap in any meaningful way. The inaction is particularly disappointing for APTA and other stakeholders given that a bipartisan agreement had been reached to permanently end the hard cap.

High Tech May See Wide Release, but PTs Remain Feature Attraction

Nov 28, 2017/News

APTA says there needs to be a real, live PT involved to evaluate patients and help them get the most benefit from any technology.

APTA Fact Sheets on 2018 Outpatient Payment, Home Health Now Available

Nov 22, 2017/News

Now available to APTA members: context and details to help you understand final 2018 rules from CMS on the home health (HH PPS) and outpatient (OPPS) prospective payment systems.

The Good Stuff: Members and the Profession in Local News, December 2017

Dec 13, 2017/News

"The Good Stuff," is an occasional series that highlights recent, mostly local 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.

Get the Latest on the Future of Payment—And the Now of Home Health

Jan 4, 2018/News

The association offers 2 opportunities to learn about the payment landscape in 2018 and beyond: one focused on the bigger picture and another that zeroes in on changes to home health services.

New Report Looks at Link Between Surgery-Related Opioid Prescriptions, Later Opioid Abuse

Oct 12, 2018/News

The Plan Against Pain (PAP) has issued a new report that focuses on the relationship between opioid prescriptions for surgical procedures and later opioid dependence and abuse.

New White Paper Presses for Consistent Mobility Assessments, More Outcome Measures for Hospitalized Older Adults

Oct 9, 2018/News

There is little consistency in the ways hospitals assess and promote movement, and almost no acknowledgement of mobility as an outcome measure. That needs to change, and soon, say authors of a new white paper.

From PTJ: Unwarranted Variation in Pelvic Floor Muscle Function Terminology an Obstacle to Advances in Treatment

Oct 10, 2018/Roundup

Researchers use a wide variety of terms and definitions in published studies on PFMF, according to a study in PTJ.