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Jun 1, 2016/Column
A PTA's concern about an aspect of the care plan is dismissed.
This award identifies a student member with exceptional overall accomplishments and contributions to APTA and the physical therapy profession.
Mar 1, 2025/Column
A PTA enjoys using creative problem-solving skills to improve the lives of patients with lower limb prostheses.
Feb 11, 2019/Perspective
I see APTA as a place where I can give to others and our profession.
May 4, 2020/News
CMS MACs now have the G-Codes to allow HHAs to record the change that began on January 1. But don’t use them yet.
Licensure is required in order to practice as a PT or work as a PTA in the United States. Licensure is managed by individual state regulatory boards.
Mar 16, 2020/News
In a win for PTAs and OTAs, the Department of Defense has issued a final rule, effective April 16, that establishes them as providers in ways similar to Medicare provisions.
Nov 21, 2022/News
The bipartisan bill now in the Senate would replace the direct supervision requirement for private practice with general supervision.
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Effective Aug. 30, 2024, at the conclusion of the 2023-24 application cycle, the Physical Therapist Assistant Centralized Application Service ended. APTA thanks the PTACAS work group — PTA program faculty, admissions committee chairs, and program directors — who helped create application content, set
