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APTA Members Continue to Serve on Key AMA Coding Committee

Aug 4, 2025/News

Physical therapists continue to be at the table for important discussions around the development of CPT codes: APTA members Kathleen Picard, PT, DPT, and Stephanie L. Woelfel, PT, DPT, board-certified wound management clinical specialist, are serving as advisor and alternate advisor with the American

It's Time to Acknowledge That White Privilege Exists

Jan 26, 2021/Perspective

What I’ve found is that white people fail to acknowledge the tailwinds that carried us forward and the headwinds our colleagues fought through.

CMS Rolls Out Proposals for New Lymphedema Benefit

Jul 14, 2023/News

An APTA-backed law is prompting CMS to work out details on coverage of compression garments under Medicare. Here's where things stand.

No One Way To Be a PT

Jun 10, 2021/Perspective

This PT encourages others in the profession to expand the bounds of what PTs can be.

Tiered Physical Therapy Evaluation and Reevaluation CPT Codes

Since January 2017, PTs use three evaluation codes and one reevaluation code.

APTA Outstanding Physical Therapist Assistant Educator Award

Awards

This award recognizes the importance of the role of physical therapist assistant educators in ensuring the continued provision of graduates who participate in the provision of high-quality physical therapist services.

Where Do You Want to Practice?

Oct 1, 2017/Feature

Every state has much to offer physical therapists and physical therapist assistants. It may be quality of life. Employment opportunities. Regulatory and business friendliness. Or any of dozens of other features. Where you decide to practice depends on which factors mean the most to you. Here is PT in

Congress Fails to Address Medicare Fee Schedule in Continuing Resolution

Mar 17, 2025/News

Legislation averts government shutdown and provides six-month extension on telehealth but abandons dozens of health care providers facing payment cuts.

Informed Consent: What PTs Need To Know

Apr 1, 2021/Column

Understand your legal obligations to your patients.

Expanded Scope; Expanded Responsibility

Dec 1, 2024/Feature

What are the implications of PTs as primary care providers?