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Quality Payment Program, Part 1: All About MIPS

Apr 1, 2017/Column

Reporting requirements for physical therapists (PTs) in private practice are changing under the Quality Payment Program-specifically through the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and alternative payment models (APMs). (APMs).

Minding Your Business: Top Business Leadership Skills in Physical Therapy

Aug 21, 2019/Perspective

To transform society, I needed to know more about business. 

Pressure: A Commentary on the Black Physical Therapy Student Experience

Mar 13, 2019/Perspective

Pressure is the word I’d use to describe the student experience for the minority in physical therapy school.

Student Focus: APTA Home Health

Dec 1, 2024/Column

APTA interviews Philip Goldsmith, PT, MSPT, EMT, DScPT, president of APTA Home Health.

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

Hypertension Canada’s 2020 Comprehensive Guidelines for the Prevention, Diagnosis, Risk Assessment, and Treatment of Hypertension in Adults and Children

May 1, 2020/CPG

These guidelines address the prevention, diagnosis, risk assessment, and treatment of hypertension in adults and children, including new guidance on the management of resistant hypertension and the management of hypertension in women planning pregnancy.

About Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) Appraisal Ratings

Appraisal ratings for clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) posted on PTNow are generated by 3 or more physical therapists trained in using the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation II (AGREE II).

COVID-19 Rapid Guideline: Managing the Long-term Effects of COVID-19 [NG188]

Nov 11, 2021/CPG

This "living" guideline covers identifying, assessing, and managing the long-term effects of COVID-19, frequently described as "long COVID." It makes recommendations about care in all health care settings for adults, children, and young people who have new or ongoing symptoms lasting four weeks or more

Royal Dutch Society for Physical Therapy: Clinical Practice Guideline for Physical Therapist Management of People With Rheumatoid Arthritis

May 17, 2021/CPG

This guideline revises the 2008 Royal Dutch Society for Physical Therapy (Koninklijk Nederlands Genootschap voor Fysiotherapie, KNGF) recommendations on the assessment and treatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis.