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Final 2023 Home Health Rule Turnaround: From Proposed Cut to Slight Increase

Nov 2, 2022/Review

CMS is still implementing cuts, but offsets and a phased-in approach will result in a 0.7% payment increase in 2023.

I'm an Early-Career PT Learning About Resilience — And Building a Legacy

Feb 17, 2023/Perspective

What legacy will you leave with your clients? With your students? With your family? Today is a great day to answer those questions.

From PTJ: Pulmonary Rehab for COPD — Keeping It Simple Works

May 30, 2023/Review

Researchers found that approaches such as walking and resistance bands fared as well as those involving gyms and exercise machines.

Defining Moment: Opening a New Door

Dec 1, 2023/Column

Taking a teaching job on a lark proved to be the perfect fit for this physical therapist.

Study: Early Physical Therapy for Spinal Stenosis Lowers Later Utilization

Oct 8, 2021/Review

Only 2% of Medicare beneficiaries receive early physical therapy for LSS, but when they do, it lowers risk of surgery, opioids, and more.

Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia (PAINAD)

May 24, 2017/Test & Measure

Objectively measures five common nonverbal pain expressions.

APTA Academy of Orthopaedic Physical Therapy: Clinical Guidance to Optimize Work Participation After Injury or Illness: The Role of Physical Therapists (CPG+)

Aug 1, 2021/CPG

This guideline developed by the Academy of Orthopaedic Physical Therapy of the American Physical Therapy Association provides recommendations for effective physical therapy evaluation, treatment, and management of individuals experiencing limitations in the ability to participate in work following injury

Same Day, Different Ways

May 1, 2015/Column

Putting things in perspective.

Behind the Numbers: Keeping the Patient at the Center of Pain Management

Feb 25, 2018/Article

  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that over 115 people die from opioid overdose every day in the United States. In 2016 alone, 11.5 million people misused prescription opioids. According to a Washington Post/Kaiser Family Foundation survey: 34% of respondents who had taken

Keeping It Real: Finding the Missing Link Between Our Patients and Research

May 24, 2018/Perspective

There is wide recognition of the value of using data to improve patient care—as it is actually delivered.