Category Archives: info

What do you think are some of the profession’s most important milestones? A new centennial site from APTA wants to hear from you. Source: APTA Feed APTA Centennial Website Makes Its Debut

Graduations, vacations, family reunions, binge-watching season 3 of “Stranger Things”…it’s entirely understandable if you’ve been a little distracted over the past few months. Source: APTA Feed Summer Reading: 8 Great APTA Blog Posts You Might've Missed

July 12, 2019: The US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) intends to go full steam ahead with its plans to shift to a new payment system for home health beginning in 2020. The plans are accompanied by other ...

APTA’s efforts to create a physical therapy profession as diverse as the society it serves could be getting a significant legislative boost. Source: APTA Feed APTA-Backed Bill to Provide Diversity-Based Scholarships, Stipends Introduced in House

Nearly 7 in 10 PTs said they encountered a new patient with or at risk for CVD at least twice a week. Source: APTA Feed Survey of PTs Reveals 'Significantly Inadequate' Rates of BP and HR Measurement

Further support of the ideas behind APTA’s efforts to increase telehealth opportunities for PTs and their patients. Source: APTA Feed JAMA Neurology: Telerehab Program Works as Well as Clinic-Based Program for Improved Arm Function Poststroke

Health care is one thing. But the context of that care, the constellation of factors that can affect health for individuals and entire communities? That’s something else entirely. Source: APTA Feed From PT in Motion Magazine: Social Determinants of Health

The guide is rooted in the idea that the benefits are necessary not just to improve function but also to maintain it, and that physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech-language pathology are the key services in any habilitation/rehabilitation benefit package. ...

Regular subscription price is $375–MedBridge is knocking off $175 for APTA members. Source: APTA Feed APTA Members Can Now Get 5 Off MedBridge Subscription

Think that administrative burdens are hurting your ability to provide the best possible care? You’re not alone. Source: APTA Feed APTA Survey: PTs Say Administrative Burdens Delay Access, Affect Clinical Outcomes