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APTA staff expert Rachel Miller, MPH, breaks down the proposed 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and what it means for the physical therapy profession.

Use your voice to make a difference: Visit the APTA Patient Action Center to submit your comments on the proposed rule to CMS. You’ll find an easy-to-use template letter that tells CMS to appropriately value physical therapy codes and to recognize physical therapy as a high-quality, low-cost service that prevents and manages chronic disease. 

Learn more about this year’s proposed fee schedule: 

• APTA Regulatory, Legislative, and Payment Update webinar, August 2025
• Takeaways From the Proposed 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, Part 1
• Takeaways From the Proposed 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, Part 2 (including an update on the KX modifier)

To learn more about the legislative initiatives that would improve payment and reduce administrative burden for PTs, read about APTA’s ongoing advocacy on payment reforms. 

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Contact APTA’s Advocacy staff via email: advocacy@apta.org.

Our Speakers

Rachel Miller, MPH, is a health policy and payment specialist within APTA's Public Affairs Unit. In this role, she advocates to federal regulators on policy issues that affect the physical therapy profession.

Sharon West, JD, is the director of health policy and payment at APTA, overseeing both commercial payment and federal regulatory affairs. She joined APTA in late 2024.