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Essential Health Benefits Advocacy

Rehabilitative and habilitative services are among the essential health benefits that need to be maintained — and even expanded.

IDEA and ESSA Advocacy

Every student deserves the ability to succeed in the classroom and beyond. The Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act and Every Student Succeeds Act make that possible.

Referral for Profit

Patient choice and proper utilization must be protected.

Term and Title Protection Advocacy

Words matter. The use of "physical therapy," "physiotherapy," and the PT, DPT, and PTA titles should be restricted to qualified professionals.

Specialist Certification

Maximize your PT potential by achieving ABPTS board certification in any of ten clinical specialty areas.

Balance and Falls

Physical therapy can make a difference—not just in recovery, but in falls prevention.

Medicare Opt-Out Advocacy

APTA supports legislation that allows Medicare beneficiaries to select the health professional of their choice through private contracting.

Improving the Lives of People with Dementia

Mar 1, 2018/Article

It's time to replace unfounded fears with evidence-based facts. Doing so will best ensure optimal treatment of an underserved population and will better meet caregivers' needs.

The Perils of Self-Deception

Feb 1, 2018/Article

Literal bad timing gives a PT a choice.

A Lesson From the Line of Scrimmage

Mar 1, 2018/Article

Seeing the gridiron as a player in postprofessional education.