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Jun 28, 2024/Article
The main documentation elements are: initial examination and evaluation, visit, reexamination, and conclusion of episode of care summary.
Aug 3, 2020/Article
Review and understand the key terms of health care fraud, abuse, and waste to prevent and mitigate risks in your practice.
Jul 19, 2022/Perspective
Physical therapists have been involved with Special Olympics almost since its inception.
Jan 11, 2022/Review
CMS also chooses to not finalize reforms to the HCPCS Level II application process.
Jan 31, 2025/News
Our most popular courses of the year covered topics from payment and pharmacology to telehealth and screenings.
Apr 30, 2024/Podcast
Recommendations, tips for implementation, and more.
Dec 7, 2023/CPG
This guideline provides evidence-based recommendations on nonsurgical interventions for chronic primary low back pain (CPLBP) in adults, including older people, that can be delivered in primary and community care settings to improve CPLBP-related health and well-being outcomes.
Jul 22, 2024/Policies & Bylaws
House position: Describes the association's position on equitable and inclusive processes for licensure by endorsement for an internationally educated physical therapist.
Aug 29, 2025/Resource
Ambient scribe tools refer to systems that operate discreetly in the background and use artificial intelligence to automatically capture, transcribe, and summarize patient-provider interactions into structured clinical notes. As these scribes becomes more prevalent in health care, PTs and PTAs using
APTA is the definitive source for standards of ethics and professionalism in the physical therapy profession.
