Excessive time and resources spent on documentation and administrative tasks can hurt patient outcomes.

More needs to be done to improve direct access in states across the country.

Rehabilitative and habilitative services are among the essential health benefits be maintained—and even expanded.

Physical therapy saves money and achieves results that help patients get and stay healthy. But too often, insurance requires copays that effectively reduce access. This must change.

PTs and PTAs need to be part of the evolution in health information technology.

Every student deserves the ability to succeed in the classroom and beyond. The IDEA and ESSA make that possible.

Patients shouldn't have to have their care interrupted, and PTs shouldn't be forced to suspend services during temporary absences.

Medicaid should put patients first.

APTA supports legislation that allows Medicare beneficiaries to select the health professional of their choice through private contracting.

Beginning Jan. 1, 2022, payment for outpatient therapy services furnished by PTAs will be reimbursed at 85% of the Medicare Fee Schedule. This cut, harmful by itself, is happening in addition to other proposed cuts to the Medicare fee schedule.

The 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule called for an estimated 9% decrease in payment for codes tied to Part B PT services. However, per the Consolidated Appropriations Act, this was reduced to an estimated 3% cut.

March 1, 2020 / Position Paper

Patient choice and proper utilization must be protected.

The ongoing opioid crisis in the U.S. reflects the unintended consequences of an effort to control pain by masking it. We're paying a terrible price.

Words matter. The use of "physical therapy," "physiotherapy," and the PT, DPT, and PTA titles should be restricted to qualified professionals.