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Jul 18, 2025/Resource
This map displays the states that specifically allow dry needling by PTs, states that prohibit the intervention by PTs, and states in which a clear opinion has not surfaced.
Mar 1, 2020/Column
A PT-patient relationship built on golf goes off course.
Sensing technologies and robotic interfaces have tremendous potential for physical therapy.
Oct 1, 2025/Policies & Bylaws
House position: Physical therapists embrace and are accountable for best practice standards to provide high‐quality services that promote value, and that all individuals have access to physical therapist services.
Nov 19, 2019/Review
CMS finalizes a policy for determining when services are delivered "in part" by a PTA.
Feb 27, 2024/Resource
MIPS performance is measured across four categories – cost, quality, improvement activities, and promoting interoperability.
May 1, 2020/CPG
These guidelines address the prevention, diagnosis, risk assessment, and treatment of hypertension in adults and children, including new guidance on the management of resistant hypertension and the management of hypertension in women planning pregnancy.
May 25, 2023/CPG
This guideline from the American College of Rheumatology outlines initial recommendations on the management of rheumatoid arthritis with exercise, rehabilitation, diet, and additional integrative interventions.
Mar 13, 2023/CPG
This joint guideline by the American College of Chest Physicians and Canadian Thoracic Society covers the prevention of acute exacerbations experienced by patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder. See recommendations 4 and 5 for information on pulmonary rehabilitation.
Mar 28, 2017/News
APTA has been working closely with its state chapters to advocate for the profession during a packed legislative year.