June 2010

Features

• PTs Partner With Manufacturers To Help Patients

  Physical therapists as inventors.

• Net Gains

  Physical therapists help soccer players — both amateur and professional — stay at the top of their game.

• Professionalism and Social Networking

  Social networking offers many benefits for physical therapists and physical therapist assistants. But it's important to avoid the pitfalls.

Columns and Departments

• Compliance Matters: The Lowdown on LCDs

  Better understanding of local coverage determination policies can reduce claim denials.

• Ethics in Practice: A Tale of Two Codes

  One final scenario invoking both the outgoing and incoming Code of Ethics.

• PTAs Today: Concussion Discussions

  Educating the community about an injury too often unrecognized and underestimated.

• This Is Why: The Read on Physical Therapy

  Booking passage on a career of good luck and big rewards.

• PT Resource

  - APTA
  - Business Sense
  - Data Points
  - In Memorium
  - Practice Partners
  - On The Web
  - Research Roundup
  - The Funny Bone

• Viewpoints

  - Falling Reimbursement, Rising Co-pays Require Action
  - Integrating Pro Bono Clinics Into the Curriculum At Nazareth College