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CSM 2021 To Be Transitioned to Virtual Event in the Interest of Public Health

Aug 7, 2020/Statement

This decision is based on our physical therapy community’s role and responsibility as health care providers and our association’s mission to improve the health of society.

Research Rocks On: Eight Non-COVID Studies You Might've Missed

Jul 24, 2020/Roundup

The coronavirus pandemic demands our attention. But that hasn't stopped the flow of research in other areas relevant to physical therapy.

Final CMS Rule for SNFs: a 2.2% Increase and Ongoing Monitoring of PDPM

Aug 3, 2020/Review

CMS will continue to collect information from APTA and others on how SNFs are reacting to the payment system.

Physical Therapy and Patient Cannabis Use

Jul 27, 2020/Article

The benefits and risks of medical and recreational marijuana use continue to be explored. PTs and PTAs need to stay informed.

The Essential Role of Home- and Community-Based Physical Therapists During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Author Interview with Dr. Jason Falvey

Jul 24, 2020/Podcast

Jason Falvey, PT, DPT, PhD, lays out key challenges facing the physical therapy profession, key research priorities, and key opportunities as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Skilled Maintenance Therapy Under Medicare

Medicare does indeed cover services to maintain or manage a beneficiary's current condition when no functional improvement is possible if the services are medically necessary and meet the skilled care requirements.

I Don't Care About My Grades

Jul 3, 2019/Perspective

I find that my grades rarely measure what I expect.

CDC: Rates of Cardiac Rehab Use Among Heart Attack Survivors 'Suboptimal'

Aug 27, 2017/Review

Only about one in three heart attack survivors in the US receive CR.

From PT in Motion Magazine: Could Better Financial Literacy Help Future PTs Handle Student Debt?

Jan 29, 2017/News

All agree that too many PTs carry a debt load that consumes a large chunk of their starting salary and can affect their career path.

Opioid Crisis in the News: More than 1 in 3 Americans Prescribed Opioids in 2015

Aug 3, 2017/Roundup

As the statistics pile up, the conclusions become unavoidable: the country's opioid crisis is deeply rooted, and its effects are wide-ranging. Here are some of the latest reports on the magnitude of the problem. Reuters: More Than a Third of US Adults Prescribed Opioids in 2015 "People who were between