January 2008

Features

• Choosing the Right Continuing Education Offerings For Lifelong Learning

  To provide optimal patient care in today's evidence-based practice environments, physical therapists (PTs) and physical therapist assistants (PTAs) are moving beyond simply fulfilling state licensure requirements to seek advanced education that addresses specific clinical situations, treatment challenges, and professional goals.

• Employee Incentives: A Delicate Balance

  Employee incentives can result in benefits for both physical therapist practices and individual PTs. But incentive programs must be developed and implemented correctly.

• October is National Physical Therapy Month

  Physical Therapy: The Science of Healing. The Art of Caring.

Columns and Departments

• Board Perspective: Your Patients, Your Practice, Your Business

  The need for outcome-based compensation.

• Ethics in Action: Reimbursement Matters: Case Three

  A group rate?

• Government Affairs: Addressing a Critical Need in Veterans Care

  The VA's physical therapist qualification standards must be updated.

• Inside PT: Welcome to 2008

  PT Magazine kicks off the year with a wide range of career and education topics for PTs and PTAs.

• Liability Awareness: An Attach from Within

  Embezzlement couldn't happen to you, right? Or could it?

• PTA Viewpoint: Climbing the Career Ladder

  Growth opportunities for PTAs.

• This Is Why: Making the Transition

  A doctoral student finds her career enhanced by her studies.

• APTA Resources

  - What's New on the Web

• Capitol Watch: APTA Calls on Congress to Stop the Cap

  More than 75 patients and health care professionals came together October 31 on Capitol Hill to urge Congress to stop the Medicare therapy cap from taking effect.

• Foundation News

  - Results of STEPS Research Appear in PTJ
  - Split Raffle Launches This Month
  - Foundation Researchers Report Findings on Low Back Pain
  - Build Endowments With a Click

• Letters to the Editor

  What Binds Us Together, What Sets Us Apart

• News

  - Legislation and Regulation
  - Health Care Headlines
  - Study Snapshot
  - USF Students Open Clinic For Uninsured
  - Tournament Raises Funds for Colorado Practice Ace
  - Members on the Move
  - Industry News