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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 24, 2020/Article
Step-by-step problem-solving diagrams to guide PTs and PTAs.
Aug 15, 2023/Podcast
One of the biggest ethical issues in the profession is balancing productivity and quality patient care.
Jul 18, 2023/Report
This landmark report from APTA provides a comprehensive view of the current profession. It uses data from APTA's 2021-22 practice profile survey along with data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the U.S. Census Bureau to evaluate the physical therapy workforce. Data includes the number of
Jun 15, 2023/Video
By joining forces with other stakeholders, we can collectively work toward enhancing the overall quality of health care and public health outcomes.
Use templated letters to take action on payment and regulatory issues impacting your practice.
May 20, 2019/Comment Letters
We recommend that greater attention be focused on the “end-game,” which is better performance by all health care providers and improved health outcomes.
Sep 15, 2021/Roundup
Members on everything from massage guns to milk crates--our roundup of media coverage that includes PTs, PTAs, and students.
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:
Jun 9, 2021/Podcast
APTA's monthly advocacy and regulatory update covers multiple topics from the perspective of what's happened, what's hot right now, and what to keep an eye on in the future. In this episode: lawmakers focus on the PTA differential, a big telehealth win, a bill to relieve administrative burden in Medicare