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Sep 20, 2019/Policies & Bylaws
House position: Describes the association's position on firearms-related injuries and deaths in the United States.
Jan 25, 2021/Resource
Clear communication is a prerequisite to providing responsible care, ensuring patient safety, and optimizing outcomes.
Jul 22, 2024/Policies & Bylaws
House position: Describes the association's position on education that promotes psychological safety within the workplace and learning environments.
Aug 1, 2020/Feature
PTs explain what the two disciplines are, how they’re related, and their importance to all PTs and PTAs, and their patients.
Jul 23, 2020/Podcast
Hunter and Jette share some of the experiences and insights of the total knee arthroplasty guideline development group.
Oct 4, 2023/Policies & Bylaws
House position: APTA's support for primacy of jurisdictional statues and regulations over policies or rules of third-party payers.
Jul 7, 2025/News
APTA’s latest advocacy resource helps members improve patient access, payment, and consumer awareness of direct access to PT services.
Feb 4, 2026/Article
Efforts from APTA members and staff led to 26 million-plus people having direct access to physical therapist services – and that's just one of the 21 regulatory policy changes APTA staff advocated for in 2025. In 2025, APTA members and staff successfully advocated for meaningful payment reforms with
May 26, 2023/Roundup
Researchers continue to explore youth sports: what works, barriers to participation, and how to make changes.
Mar 25, 2026/News
APTA has joined a broad coalition of national provider and patient organizations to release a new policy framework aimed at tackling one of the most persistent barriers to timely therapy: the misuse of prior authorization and utilization review. The new framework, titled "Care Delayed Is Care Denied:
