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PTs and PTAs Shine on Long COVID Care Teams

Mar 1, 2023/Feature

How providers mesh can mean the difference between successful outcomes and a patient’s continued loss of function.

Coronavirus Reports: What We Know, and What We Don't

Mar 3, 2020/Roundup

A roundup of what was being reported by public health and infectious disease experts at the time.

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.

AGs From 37 States Call for Better Insurance Coverage for Nonopioid Pain Treatment

Sep 27, 2017/News

AGs from 37 states have let the insurance industry know that the fight against the nation's opioid crisis won't be won unless health care providers are encouraged to prioritize nonopioid pain management options over opioid prescriptions for the treatment of chronic, noncancer pain.

APTA Academy of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary PT and Academy of Acute Care: Role of Physical Therapists in the Management of Individuals at Risk for or Diagnosed With Venous Thromboembolism Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline 2022 (CPG+)

Aug 1, 2022/CPG

This update of a 2016 guideline provides assistance to physical therapists in the decision-making process when treating patients at risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE) or diagnosed with a lower extremity deep vein thrombosis (LE DVT).

The Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model

Mar 1, 2016/Column

A new Medicare payment initiative offers patients and PTs a bundle of opportunities.

Outstanding In Their Field

Jul 1, 2015/Feature

Physical therapists who treat farmers and ranchers offer advice about working with those patients.

Spending Deal Reached: Includes Some Relief From Fee Schedule Cuts

Mar 8, 2024/Article

The package includes a 1.68% boost to the fee schedule but falls short of totally eliminating the cut to dozens of providers.

APTA Helps Create New Grant Opportunities for PTs

Jul 13, 2018/News

A new "mini grant" project aimed supporting implementation of a self-directed and group intervention program for adults living with arthritis.

Funding Opportunity for Chapters, Practices to Encourage Activity for People With Arthritis

Sep 19, 2017/News

APTA is collaborating with NACDD and the CDC in a program that will award 6 grants of about $4,100 each to selected applicants. The grants specifically are for activities to increase consumer access to the Arthritis Foundation’s Walk With Ease (WWE) self-directed program.