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Payer Advocacy by the Numbers: APTA Members and Staff Driving Progress

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

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.

Jules M. Rothstein Golden Pen Award for Scientific Writing

Awards

This award recognizes a member who has demonstrated superior writing skills in one or more articles published in Physical Therapy, and who has collaborated with or encouraged others to make similar contributions to PTJ: Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Journal.

Fair Physical Therapy Copays Advocacy

Physical therapy saves money and achieves results that help patients get and stay healthy. But too often, insurance requires copays that effectively reduce access. This must change.

Nutrition: A Portion of PTs' Menu of Services

Sep 1, 2017/Feature

Diet and nutrition are key factors in managing many conditions that PTs treat and are part of PTs' scope of practice. Here are some insights from the growing number of clinicians who offer nutrition-related services.

Moving Toward Understanding Closing the Gap Between Educators in Physical Therapy Education

Apr 28, 2021/Perspective

How do we address the "disconnect" between the academy and the clinical environment?

Compliance Matters

Mar 1, 2017/Column

Documenting the new evaluation codes.

Coding for Interventions (Current Procedural Terminology Codes)

When billing most third parties for physical therapist services, CPT codes are needed to describe the services that were rendered.

APTA Wins National Awards for Contributions to Health Professions Recruitment

Jun 27, 2023/News

The association was described as a "role model" in its commitment to inspiring interest in becoming a PT or PTA.

Long COVID Rehabilitation: Research on the Value of Physical Therapy

Oct 21, 2022/Resource

As part of health care teams for people with long COVID, physical therapists and physical therapist assistants play a critical role in screening and managing individuals experiencing long COVID symptoms.