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State Advocacy Issues

Learn how APTA advances issues impacting our profession and patients at the state level.

APTA Staff Experts Discuss the Proposed 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

Aug 6, 2024/Podcast

Wins, challenges, and APTA’s fight to fix the fee schedule.

Coronavirus Update: March 24

Mar 24, 2021/Roundup

Vaccine practice advisory, outcomes for MS patients, long COVID-19 news, and more.

University of California, San Diego - Shortness of Breath Questionnaire (UCSD-SOBQ) for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Dec 2, 2017/Test & Measure

This is a self-report questionnaire that measures severity of shortness of breath/dyspnea during various activities of daily living (ADLs) in patients with various forms of lung pathology.

Kate Gilliard, JD

Mar 14, 2022/Author

Kate Gilliard was director of Health Policy & Payment within APTA's Public Affairs Unit from Jan. 2022 to Mar. 2024. Before joining association staff in 2018 as a senior regulatory affairs specialist, she was a regulatory analyst with Centene Corporation, focusing on Affordable Care Act-compliant health

Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q, PAR-Q+)

Aug 14, 2017/Test & Measure

The PAR-Q was developed in an effort to standardize activity screening for persons aged 15-69 years.

Reporting Requirements: Improvement Activities

Feb 27, 2024/Resource

The improvement activities performance category of MIPS measures participation in activities that improve clinical practice.

Locum Tenens Basics

Locum tenens allows a PT to bring in another licensed PT to treat Medicare patients and bill Medicare through the practice provider number.

Reporting Requirements: Promoting Interoperability

Feb 27, 2024/Resource

The promoting interoperability performance category of MIPS is intended to promote patient engagement and electronic exchange of information using certified electronic health record technology.

Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Index, Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire (ODI, ODQ)

May 16, 2019/Test & Measure

Measures disability and quality of life in individuals with low back pain (LBP).