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Direct-to-Employer Physical Therapist Services

Oct 26, 2022/Policies & Bylaws

HOD P08-22-13-15: States APTA's supports for direct-to-employer physical therapist services to improve access, increase quality of care, and decrease health care costs.

Issue Brief: Medicare Part B Payment in 2023

Jul 21, 2022/Issue Brief

This issue brief summarizes how the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule works and provides APTA's analysis of the impact on outpatient physical therapy for 2023.

Genetics in Physical Therapy Overview

Apr 19, 2019/Article

Many conditions and impairments encountered by PTs have genetic underpinnings, including diseases such as stroke, arthritis, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer to name a few.

Beyond Opioids: Transforming Pain Management to Improve Health

Dec 6, 2018/Position Paper

We support and advocate for physical therapist to be part of the solution to the opiod epidemic.

Indemnification of Board of Members, Appointees, Staff

Sep 19, 2024/Policies & Bylaws

Board policy: Outlines indemnification of the association's Directors, officers, staff or appointees for any loss which such individuals shall become legally obligated to pay.

Investments

Mar 29, 2023/Policies & Bylaws

Board policy: The APTA Board of Directors has ultimate fiduciary responsibility for and authority over the association’s investments and has delegated oversight of the day-to-day management of the investment portfolio to the Finance and Audit Committee.

Standing Rules of the American Physical Therapy Association

Aug 8, 2025/Policies & Bylaws

Standing Rules of the American Physical Therapy Association, adopted by the House of Delegates, are the administrative rules providing details and procedural guidance for carrying out the APTA Bylaws.

World Health Organization Guidelines on the Management of Chronic Pain in Children

Dec 22, 2020/CPG

These guidelines focus on physical, psychological, and pharmacological interventions for the management of primary and secondary chronic pain in children 0 to 19 years of age.

Combatting Collective Conservatism in Physical Therapy – PTJ

Oct 18, 2019/Podcast

In this PTJ podcast, The 50th McMillan Lecturer Dr. Thomas McPoil, shares personal insights behind and beyond the lecture; for instance how he envisions allowing specialization to begin before completion of professional education.

What a Difference a Day Makes: Researchers Say That for TKA, Post-Op Same-Day Physical Therapy Reduces Opioid Use and Shortens Length of...

Aug 23, 2019/Review

TKA patients who received physical therapy on the same day as their surgeries were able to walk more while in the hospital and had lower rates of opioid consumption during their stay compared with patients who didn't receive physical therapy until the day after their surgeries.