February 2012

Features

• Mentoring With a Capital 'M'

  Addressing clinical needs with structured but personalized programs.

• Contemporary Topics in Health Care: Accountable Care Organizations

  PTs now can participate in Medicare provider groups that share in profits from cost savings and can earn even more by demonstrating quality improvements. Here's what you should know about ACOs.

• Rx: iPad for Physical Therapy

  Using handheld devices to treat patients is no longer the stuff of science fiction. Physical therapists now can deliver a range of services more quickly and conveniently, contributing not only to their efficiency but also to the rehabilitation of their patients.

Columns and Departments

• Compliance Matters: Medicare Audits—Reducing Risk

  The importance of knowledge and preparation.

• Ethics in Practice: When Is More Too Much?

  A seeming pattern that may be a stretch.

• PTAs Today: Flying High

  Building a career in the US Air Force.

• Risk Management: Sweat the Small Stuff

  Liability may lie in insufficient attention to details.

• This Is Why: Pool Party

  A story of wonder in the water.

• PT Resource

  - Health Care Headlines
  - Research Roundup
  - Practice Partner
  - Business Sense
  - On the Web
  - The Funny Bone
  - Data Points

• Viewpoints

  A Return to the 1950s?