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The Post-Therapy Cap System: 5 Basics You Need to Know

Feb 16, 2018/News

When Congress adopted a federal spending package that included the elimination of the hard cap on Medicare therapy services, lawmakers also adopted a new system of payment thresholds and triggers, and a differential payment rate for PTAs and OTAs.

New COVID Relief Package Adds $75 Billion to Funding for Health Care Providers

Apr 22, 2020/News

The $484.4 billion package will shore up the Paycheck Protection Program and make another $75 billion available for provider relief through HHS.

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.

You Can't Be in Two Places at Once

Nov 1, 2021/Column

We all try to balance our work and personal lives, but some situations can create ethical risk factors that might result in poor decisions.

How Do You Know When You Are Providing High-Quality Care?

Jul 2, 2020/Perspective

Asking the question of how you know you’re providing high-quality care.

Merit-Based Incentive Payment System

MIPS is the first large scale value-based payment model to impact PTs.

The Good Stuff: Members and the Profession in the Media, May 2020

May 13, 2020/News

Highlighting recent, mostly local media coverage of physical therapy and APTA members.

Alliance in Medicare Integrity (AIM) Support Letter Against Referral for Profit

Apr 19, 2019/Comment Letters

The Alliance for Integrity in Medicare -- a broad coalition of medical specialty, laboratory, radiation oncology, and medical imaging groups committed to ending the practice of inappropriate physician self-referral.

White Paper: Beyond Opioids: How Physical Therapy Can Transform Pain Management to Improve Health

Jan 1, 2021/White Paper

No lasting gains can be made in the opioid fight until the value of nonpharmacological approaches to chronic pain are recognized.

Safe Patient Handling Perceptions and Practices: A Survey of Acute Care Physical Therapists

May 1, 2014/Article

The purpose of this study was to describe the patient handling practices of acute care physical therapists and their perceptions regarding SPH.