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PTs, PTAs Could Be 'Exempted' From Receiving Additional COVID-19 Leave

Apr 3, 2020/News

A final rule from the Department of Labor includes PTs and PTAs among the health care providers whose employers — depending on the setting — could opt to deny expanded sick and FMLA leave.

Coronavirus Update: July 7

Jul 7, 2021/Article

APTA COVID-19 Outcome Measures, "profound brain changes," updated return-to-sport guidance, and more.

Quick Guide to Using E-Visits by PTs

Jan 1, 2021/Article

As of Jan. 1, 2021, CMS permanently allows PTs in private practice and facility-based settings to render e-visits (CPT codes 98970-98972) under Medicare.

A Constructive Approach

Sep 1, 2015/Column

Adapting furniture to meet schoolchildren's special needs.

Viewpoints: November 2022

Nov 1, 2022/Column

View letters to the editor, online comments from readers, and opinion pieces from APTA's blog.

Community Service: Intangibles That Make the Physical Therapy School Experience

Jan 11, 2018/Perspective

Many of the service events I have attended put me in contact with people who are very different from me.

Final FY '24 SNF and IRF Rules Keep Payment Bump; Offer Few Surprises

Aug 16, 2023/Review

Each facility type will see a 4% payment increase, with CMS holding off on implementing several potentially problematic provisions.

Functional Assessment Standardized Items (FASI)

Mar 8, 2024/Test & Measure

FASI is a set of reliable and valid person-centered items that can be used to evaluate a person’s need for assistance with everyday activities.

Spare No Expanse

Oct 1, 2017/Column

Looking beyond the clinic for wellness-client options.

Cerebral Palsy (CP)

Jun 25, 2017/Clinical Summary

CP is a group of permanent disorders of the development of movement and posture, causing activity limitation, that are attributed to non-progressive disturbances that occurred in the developing fetal or infant brain.