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Pharmacotherapeutics and Supplements in Physical Therapist Practice

Oct 1, 2025/Policies & Bylaws

House position: Physical therapist management may prevent the need for or reduce the use of medications. Physical therapist management includes counseling patients and clients on the need for, and the benefits and risks of, medication, and supplements.

CMS Finalizes 'Site Neutral' Outpatient Plan; New Approach to DMEPOS Bidding

Nov 5, 2018/News

CMS is ending payment rates that favor hospital-owned outpatient facilities over independent physicians' offices.

A Stark Reality: APTA Continues Efforts to Shore Up Self-Referral Law

Aug 7, 2018/News

CMS has hinted that the prohibition, known as the Stark law, may interfere with the adoption of new, more integrated models of care.

Upcoming Issue of PTJ Focuses on Building the Evidence Base for Physical Therapy in Pain Management

Mar 30, 2018/News

Guest co-editors Steven George, PT, PhD, FAPTA, and Arlene Greenspan, PT, MPH, DrPH, describe the upcoming issue as "a good indication of the current state and possible future" of nonpharmacological approaches to pain.

APTA 2022 Slate of Candidates Posted

Mar 25, 2022/News

The slate to elect the next secretary, house vice speaker, three directors, and two Nominating Committee members is now available.

2022 APTA Candidate Statements Posted

May 4, 2022/News

Elections will be held on July 30 during a virtual meeting of the APTA House of Delegates.

Takeaways From the Proposed 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, Part 1

Jul 11, 2022/News

A cut to the conversion factor, no changes to telehealth limitations (but a few codes added), a tweak to RVUs, and more.

Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI) for Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)

Jan 16, 2013/Test & Measure

Measures balance and activity limitations due to dizziness.

Fibromyalgia: Diagnosis and Management

Feb 1, 2023/CPG

This guideline from the American Academy of Family Physicians provides clinical recommendations related to diagnosis, treatment approach, interventions, and medication.

APTA Advocacy in Action: 2019 Wins, and What's on Our Radar for 2020

Jan 28, 2020/Perspective

APTA is taking the advocacy lead on a number of bills impacting the physical therapy profession and the patients we serve that may be addressed in the 116th Congress.