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For Minority Health Month: PTJ Insights

Apr 8, 2024/Roundup

Four articles — two from an upcoming PTJ special issue on health disparities — explore minority health issues through a range of lenses.

Big Win: APTA-Supported Medicare Fix Passes Congress

Dec 10, 2021/News

The package, which combines additional funding and delays to planned cuts, will be signed into law before year's end.

New Fed Report Points to a Pattern of Improper Denials in Medicare Advantage

May 11, 2022/News

The findings from the HHS Inspector General's office echo APTA's longstanding concerns with the system.

APTA: Cancer Related Fatigue Screening and Assessment Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG+)

Jan 4, 2023/CPG

This guideline recommends measurement tools that health care providers should use to screen for and assess cancer-related fatigue in individuals with cancer.

Eliminating the Direct Supervision Requirement of PTAs under Medicare Part B

Medicare permits general supervision of physical therapist assistants by physical therapists in all settings — except for outpatient private practice under Part B, which requires direct supervision.

PTA Advanced Proficiency Pathways

The premier program for PTAs to increase their knowledge and skill in a specific practice area and to recognize the PTA for their advanced proficiency in one or more areas of practice.

Noncompete Ban: What About Nonprofit Hospitals?

May 28, 2024/News

Nonprofits are outside of FTC's jurisdiction — but not if the commission says the organization is behaving like a for-profit business.

Parkinson Disease (PD)

Jun 25, 2024/Clinical Summary

People with PD need to develop long-term exercise habits—and be committed to participating in their intervention programs—to sustain the benefits of the supervised intervention provided by PTs.

New APTA-Backed Bill Could Offset Planned Medicare Payment Cuts

Nov 22, 2021/News

Bipartisan legislation is now in the U.S. House. Use APTA's Action Centers to tell Congress to act.

APTA, AOTA, Other Groups Ask Congress for Intervention on PTA Differential

Aug 4, 2021/News

A recent letter to House and Senate leaders says it's the wrong system at the wrong time.