April 2009

Features

• PTs and PTAs Going Green

  Therapy for the planet, via everything from solar panels to homemade weights and worm bins.

• Third-party Payers: Strategies for Private Practice PTs

  Private practices have a variety of choices when it comes to contracting with third party payers. What do private practice physical therapists need to know?

• The Worthingham Fellows Share: Dealing with the Challenges of Today's Economy

  PT Magazine recently asked the Catherine Worthingham Fellows for their advice to PTs on coping in these difficult economic times.

• CSM 2009: Highlights

  View highlights from the 2009 Combined Sections Meeting held February 9-12, 2009, in Las Vegas, NV.

Columns and Departments

• Career Coach: There's Gold in Them Thar Stats!

  Are your days numbered? Frankly, they should be.

• Ethics in Action: Workplace Issues: Case Three

  Trouble on the home front.

• Government Affairs: Stating Our Case

  Battles loom for physical therapy in state capitals nationwide.

• PTA Viewpoint: Plugging In and Turning On

  Say "yes" to being an active member of APTA.

• This Is Why: Bent But Not Broken

  Lessons from a child's pain and courage.

• APTA Resources

  - Member Benefit
  - Business Tip
  - Practice Tips
  - Web Resources
  - Facts, Figures & Trends Chart
  - APTA Welcomes New Members

• News

  - Health Care Headlines
  - APTA Update
  - Medicare Update
  - Research Roundup
  - Members on the Move
  - Industry News