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Position Paper: Remove Duplicative Unnecessary Clerical Exchanges Act

Mar 21, 2024/Position Paper

APTA strongly supports the Remove Duplicative Unnecessary Clerical Exchanges Act, or the REDUCE Act (H.R. 7279). This bipartisan bill would streamline the current plan of care certification requirement under Medicare Part B to reduce administrative burden and paperwork for physical therapists and physicians.

Pay Equity on The Basis of Sex Assigned at Birth/Gender/Gender Identity

Oct 4, 2023/Policies & Bylaws

House position: APTA supports pay equity on the basis of sex assigned at birth/gender/gender identity.

Primary of Jurisdictional Statutes and Regulations Over Third-Party Payer Policies

Oct 4, 2023/Policies & Bylaws

House position: APTA's support for primacy of jurisdictional statues and regulations over policies or rules of third-party payers.

Position Paper: Optimizing Postpartum Outcomes Act

Mar 22, 2024/Position Paper

APTA strongly supports legislation that will raise awareness of the availability and importance of pelvic health services.

Improved Access to Physical Therapist Services for Medicaid Beneficiaries

Oct 26, 2022/Policies & Bylaws

HOD P08-22-14-17: States APTA's support for physical therapist services as a mandatory benefit in all Medicaid programs.

Improving Outcomes in the Emergency Department: Research on the Value of Physical Therapy

Oct 30, 2020/Handouts

APTA has developed this handout that lists the wealth of research on the value, impact, and benefits of having physical therapists in the emergency department.

APTA Clinical Practice Guidelines Development Manual

Jul 28, 2023/Resource

APTA is committed to helping PTs and PTAs develop, synthesize, and use credible evidence. Clinical practice guidelines are essential tools in this process.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee Structure for Components

Jan 14, 2021/Resource

APTA chapters and sections can use this framework create and maintain an effective DEI committee.

Early Mobilization Reduces The Risk of Adverse Event and Improves Function: Research on the Value of Physical Therapy

Oct 1, 2020/Open Access

Help stress the importance of early mobilization by sharing this research with hospital administrators and other health care professionals who work in acute care settings.

Eight Mindfulness Tactics to Build Resiliency

Nov 15, 2021/Open Access

Anyone who lived through the pandemic has been practicing resilience: the world we were used to living in got turned upside down, and mostly, we managed.