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The Role of Physical Therapy in Burn Management

Jul 1, 2023/Feature

For patients with burns, rehabilitation can be challenging — and often entails significant use of physical therapist services.

Proposed Fee Schedule Rule Wrestles With PTA, OTA Services Delivered 'In Part'; Includes Changes to MIPS

Jul 30, 2019/News

Despite serious questions and criticisms from APTA, the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), and other stakeholders, the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) intends to move ahead with its plans to require providers to navigate a complex system intended to identify when therapy

FACES

Aug 14, 2017/Test & Measure

This is a self-reported pain scale that was created to assess the intensity of children’s pain.

Role of Physical Therapy Education Programs in Promoting Membership in APTA

Sep 20, 2019/Policies & Bylaws

House position: Describes the role of physical therapy education programs in promoting membership with the American Physical Therapy Association.

Board Responsibility for Association's Mission Statement

Sep 13, 2017/Policies & Bylaws

House policy: Describes the role APTA's Board of Directors in relation to the association's mission statement.

Inappropriate Use of Artificial Intelligence by Payers

Sep 23, 2024/Policies & Bylaws

House position: Describes the association's position on the inappropriate use of artificial intelligence by payers.

APTA Societies

APTA Societies comprise members who have served APTA in distinct capacities or who are Catherine Worthingham Fellows of APTA.

Pay Equity on The Basis of Sex Assigned at Birth/Gender/Gender Identity

Oct 4, 2023/Policies & Bylaws

House position: APTA supports pay equity on the basis of sex assigned at birth/gender/gender identity.

Improved Access to Physical Therapist Services for Medicaid Beneficiaries

Oct 26, 2022/Policies & Bylaws

HOD P08-22-14-17: States APTA's support for physical therapist services as a mandatory benefit in all Medicaid programs.

Check Your QPP Status (Again)

Feb 8, 2019/News

Beginning this year, Medicare's Quality Payment Program (QPP) applies to qualifying physical therapists (PTs). Does that mean you? The US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has recently updated its QPP participation lookup resource to reflect the rules for 2019. APTA recommends that even