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Humana Adopts PTA Coding System, Anticipates Payment Differential Beginning in 2022

Jan 22, 2020/News

Humana announced that it's falling in line with CMS on establishing a payment differential for services provided by PTAs.

'100 Milestones of Physical Therapy' Celebrates the Profession's Proud History

Feb 19, 2020/News

A web-based, multimedia journey through the past 99 years of the profession.

Mining Data to Shape Practice

Feb 3, 2020/News

What's in a number? By itself, maybe not much. But collect a whole bunch of the right numbers and analyze them in the right ways, and you may be on the road to improving PT practice. In this month's issue of PT in Motion magazine: a look at how predictive analytics, sometimes referred to as probabilistic

A Space Odyssey: Architects and PTs Talk Clinic Design

Mar 3, 2020/News

When architect Maryam Katouzian says "one size does not fit all" in terms of physical therapy clinics, Lauren Lobert, PT, DPT, likely couldn't agree more. Katouzian is part of the architectural team that designed the Ivy Mountain Musculoskeletal Center, a 194,000-square-foot facility for the University

APTA Volunteer Opportunities Available

Feb 7, 2020/News

Ready to step up your participation in APTA? Calls are now open for several Board of Directors-appointed groups. The Board is seeking volunteers for the reference, ethics and judicial, finance and audit, public policy and advocacy, and scientific and practice affairs committees; as well as APTA awards

Advisory: PTs, Telehealth, and the Coronavirus

Mar 9, 2020/News

Wondering whether you can provide PT services via telehealth during the COVID-19 outbreak?

Getting a Handle on the Fee Schedule: 6 Things to Know About the New PTA Modifier and Estimated 2021 Cut

Nov 22, 2019/News

The physical therapy profession can breathe a little easier after convincing the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to back off from some of its more troubling proposals around work done by physical therapist assistants (PTAs) in the final 2020 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS).

Study: For Children With Autism, Yoga Improves Motor Skills, May Buffer 'Cascading' Effects

Nov 27, 2019/Review

Researchers believe physical therapist-led "creative yoga," can improve gross motor skills and the ability to imitate movement patterns among children with ASD.

CMS Rule on Hospital Price Transparency Sets the Stage for Major Shift in Public Access to Charges for Services

Nov 20, 2019/Review

A final CMS rule makes it clear that it will move ahead in its efforts to make hospital cost data more accessible to consumers.

From Choose PT.com and Move Forward Radio: 'Dancing With the Stars' Dancer and the Show's PT Talk About Keeping the Cast in Shape

Dec 10, 2019/News

She's a physical therapist (PT) who might be lucky to get 20 minutes with her patients, tops. And sometimes, there are lights and cameras to contend with. At other times, she has to be aware of the fact that if she uses taping, it must not be visible to the literally millions of people all over the world

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Graduate Record Examination Analytical Scores as Predictors of Academic Success in Four Entry-level Master's Degree Physical Therapy Programs

Sep 30, 1986/Education

This study was conducted to determine the efficacy of the Graduate Record Examination–Analytical

Increasing Role of Economic Analysis in the Health Care Industry

Sep 30, 1986/Administration

As the health care industry continues to absorb an ever-larger portion of society's

Hamstring Muscle Strain Treated by Mobilizing the Sacroiliac Joint

Jul 31, 1986/Research

The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of two types of treatment

Analysis of Shoulder Rotation Accompanying a Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Approach

Jul 31, 1986/Research

The purpose of this study was to determine whether the medial rotation that accompanies

Commentary

Jul 31, 1986/Practice

The opportunity to write a commentary may be viewed as being asked for a second

Authors' Response

Jul 31, 1986/Practice

We thank Mr. Howell for his stimulating review of our article. When judging the

Isokinetic Knee Flexion and Extension Torque in the Upright Sitting and Semireclined Sitting Positions

Jun 30, 1986/Research

We undertook this study to determine whether the isokinetic knee extension and

Effects of Intermittent Tendon Pressure on Alpha Motoneuron Excitability

Jun 30, 1986/Research

The purpose of this study was to test the effectiveness of intermittent tendon

Commentary

Jun 30, 1986/Research

The authors have approached the quantification of the physical demands of the physical

Senior Author's Response

Jun 30, 1986/Research

I thank Dr. Smith for her comments on our study. I would like to address two of