Everything You Need to Know About Supervision

A welcome new policy, which went into effect Jan. 1, allows physical therapist assistants to practice under general supervision of the physical therapist in all settings under the Medicare program. How will that change impact our PTA members? Read on to learn more, plus get a review of the landscape of supervision policies across the country and see what we might expect from supervision standards moving forward.

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