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Big Win: CMS Extends Temporary Telehealth Use to All Facility-Based Settings

May 22, 2023/News

APTA pressed for the changes, which now allow PTs in SNFs, home health, and rehab agencies to continue providing telehealth under Medicare.

JAMA Study: 'Multicomponent' Exercise Interventions During Hospital Stay Can Reverse Functional Decline Among Patients 75 and Older

Jan 11, 2019/Review

Can functional decline from hospitalization be blunted—and even reversed—through the addition of exercise that goes beyond ambulation-only?

Coronavirus Update: April 1, 2020

Apr 1, 2020/News

CMS moves toward telehealth for physical therapy, FCC announces telehealth initiative, new resources available for physical therapy educators, and more.

Coronavirus Update: March 28

Mar 28, 2022/Roundup

COVID relief money recoupment, telehealth, BA.2 variant, a COVID-19/diabetes relationship, and more.

APTA Expands Efforts to Address the Opioid Crisis

Oct 24, 2017/News

The association has been active in responding to opioid abuse since 2015.

Coronavirus Update: Dec. 16

Dec 11, 2020/Roundup

Vaccines for nursing homes, PPE shortages, COVID-19 complications, and more.

The Perfect Profession for Me

Feb 1, 2022/Column

A light came on not only in a dark hospital basement but in a future PT’s head that this was her ideal career.

Interpreters and Translators for Patients With LEP

Jan 26, 2021/Resource

Any provider receiving federal funds, such as Medicare, can’t legally require patients with limited English proficiency to use a family member or friend as an interpreter.

Six Ways the U.S. Military Has Shaped the Physical Therapy Profession

Nov 6, 2020/Article

To all our military PTs and PTAs and their families, thank you for your service.

Coronavirus Update: Jan. 25

Jan 25, 2022/Roundup

Updated APTA practice advisory, a possible decrease in cases (with caveats), PTSD in health care workers, and more.