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Physical therapists are licensed doctors who work with multiple patient populations impacted by disease, injury, and movement dysfunction. Read more.
A major factor influencing payment for physical therapist services is how the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services values and reimburses Current Procedural Terminology, or CPT, codes. CMS uses Relative Value Units, or RVUs, within the Resource-Based Relative Value Scale, or RBRVS, payment system
Jun 1, 2024/Column
President's Note, Forum
Sep 1, 2022/Feature
Lecturer Lisa VanHoose, PT, PhD, MPH, FAPTA, provided a sobering view of the profession's 'DEI fatigue' — and a possible path to overcome it.
Jul 1, 2018/Magazine
Online Comments
Sep 1, 2017/Column
Here's what PTs and PTAs should know about the process.
Feb 27, 2024/Resource
The cost performance category is a measure of resource utilization based on Medicare claims for specific services that CMS has identified.
Aug 1, 2026/Article
New research examines if embedding physical therapists in the NICU enhances infant development, boosts parent engagement, and improves care.
Apr 1, 2018/Column
When it comes to wellness, advice is easy to give but best withheld.
Jul 1, 2025/Column
Annabelle Hu, SPT, interviews Stephanie Woelfel, PT, DPT, president of APTA Academy of Clinical Electrophysiology & Wound Management.
