PT Bulletin
     Online
November 6, 2009
Volume 10  Issue 44
 
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APTA: Working for You
  • Medicare Payments for PTs to be Cut in 2010 Unless Congress Steps In
  • CMS Releases MDS 3.0
  • Final HH PPS Rule Contains Caps on Outlier Payments, Increase in Base Rates
  • FTC Delays 'Red Flags' Rule
  • House Scheduled to Vote on HR 3962; Reid Says Senate Not Bound to Timelines
  • Addendum
  • Educators Lead the Way for Students in PT-PAC Competition
 
Practice Tips
  • New Guidelines for Delivering Services to Patients With Dementia in Home Setting
 
New in Research
  • Footnote: What's New in the Literature
  • Increased Physical Activity, Weight Reduction Linked With Reduction in Type 2 Diabetes
 
Health Care Headlines
  • IASP Launches Year-Long Campaign Against Musculoskeletal Pain
 
Membership Matters
  • APTA Announces New 2-Day Coding and Reimbursement Seminars
  • Connecting With International Colleagues
 
Click of the Week
  • Clinical Educator's Reference Manual
 

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