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Patient Care

APTA has patient care resources to help you in your daily practice —including content and tools previously housed at PTNow.

Follow the Leaders

Oct 1, 2017/Feature

APTA annually honors Emerging Leaders-PTs and PTAs who are making outstanding contributions to the field of physical therapy early in their careers. Here's what some of them have been doing.

Study Bolsters the Case for SMART Act

Sep 7, 2022/News

Policy research cosponsored by APTA reveals potential savings through eased PTA and OTA supervision requirements.

The Good Stuff: Members and the Profession in Local News, July 2017

Jul 19, 2017/News

An occasional series that highlights recent, mostly local media coverage of physical therapy and APTA members, with an emphasis on good news and stories of how individual PTs and PTAs are transforming health care and society every day.

William Coughlan, Former APTA CEO, Dies at 77

Jan 9, 2024/News

Coughlan helped to lead significant growth at APTA in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

APTA Clinical Specialization Policy

Oct 1, 2025/Policies & Bylaws

House policy: Clinical specialization in physical therapy is a voluntary and unrestricted process.

Physical Therapy Fair Copays Model Legislation

Dec 23, 2019/Template

This model legislation may used as a base to craft language to have limited fair copays enacted in your state. 

Study: Physical Therapy May Be Underused Among Patients With OA

Dec 1, 2017/News

Patients with OA may be underusing nonsurgical therapies such as physical therapy, say authors of a recent study published in Arthritis Care & Research. The use of physical therapy, a guideline-recommended first-line treatment, is “a key area for improvement,” researchers write.

Medicaid Payment

Medicaid covers health services for millions of America’s most vulnerable patient populations, including those who depend on physical therapy.

Keep Moving — And Giving Back: Get Ready for National Physical Therapy Month

Aug 30, 2021/Roundup

October is coming up sooner than you think. Now's the time to plan for how you'll celebrate the profession — and your role in it.