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The Payment Squeeze in Postacute Care

Feb 1, 2018/Article

Last year, CMS proposed significant changes in the home health and skilled nursing settings, seeking to improve the value of payment in postacute care. PTs and PTAs must understand what's behind these efforts, what they need to do, and what may lie ahead.

Keeping Pain Out of the Red Zone

Jul 1, 2017/Feature

The mechanisms of pain are both physical and psychological. Here's what PTs and PTAs need to know in order to gauge treatment strategies.

Nutrition: A Portion of PTs' Menu of Services

Sep 1, 2017/Feature

Diet and nutrition are key factors in managing many conditions that PTs treat and are part of PTs' scope of practice. Here are some insights from the growing number of clinicians who offer nutrition-related services.

Life-Cycle Costing: A Valuable Tool for Big-Ticket Purchases

Aug 1, 2017/Feature

Life-cycle costing involves identifying all the costs associated with owning an asset. Here's how PTs can apply it to their practices.

How to Develop an RFP

Aug 1, 2017/Feature

A request for proposal, or RFP, is a tool practices can use to make informed purchasing decisions.

Joint Decision

Aug 1, 2017/Column

Ethics In Practice: Joint Decision

There's a Word for What We Do

Aug 1, 2017/Column

It's made up, yet it's very real.

The Utilization Management Toolkit

Aug 1, 2017/Column

A new compendium of resources is designed to help PTs ensure patient-focused care while reducing health care costs.

Viewpoints

Jul 1, 2017/Magazine

An SLP in a PT world

Amputation and Ambulation

Jul 1, 2017/Column

A youth's fear becomes a PT's passion.

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Role of Physical Therapy in Management of Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis A Case Report

Apr 30, 1988/Practice

Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis is a rare disease in which alveoli are filled with

Prediction of Licensing Examination Scores in Physical Therapy Graduates

Apr 30, 1988/Education

The primary purpose of this study was to determine which information available

Comparison of Effectiveness of Interactive Videodisc Versus Lecture-Demonstration Instruction

Apr 30, 1988/Education

The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of interactive videodisc

Toe-Touch Test A Measure of Its Validity

Oct 31, 1987/Research

The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between

Head and Trunk Movement Responses in Healthy Children to Induced Versus Self-Induced Lateral Tilt

Oct 31, 1987/Research

The purpose of our study was to determine head and trunk movement responses that

Effect of High Voltage Stimulation on Edema Reduction in the Rat Hind Limb

Oct 31, 1987/Research

The purpose of this study was to test the effect of high voltage stimulation (HVS)

Bicycle Ergometer and Electromyographic Feedback for Treatment of Muscle Imbalance in Patients with Spastic Hemiparesis Suggestion from the Field

Oct 31, 1987/Practice

Although muscle activity underlying gait in patients with spastic hemiparesis can

Muscle Pressure Effects on Motoneuron Excitability A Special Communication

Oct 31, 1987/Practice

The purpose of this communication is to report on the analysis of the effects of

Twenty-Second Mary McMillan Lecture

Oct 31, 1987/Twenty-Second Mary McMillan Lecture

I am deeply honored to have been selected to deliver the Twenty-Second Mary McMillan

Postpartum Sit-Ups

Oct 31, 1987/Letters and Responses

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