March 26, 2015: Billie Jean King will deliver the keynote address during the opening event of APTA’s NEXT Conference and Exposition in National Harbor, Maryland, just outside of Washington, DC. Source: APTA Feed Tennis Legend Billie Jean King Featured Speaker ...
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March 25, 2015: Regence insurance company has announced that it is abandoning its tiered system for utilization management (UM) that divided PTs and chiropractors into 3 groups with different allowances for preapproved visits. Source: APTA Feed Regence Insurance Will Stop ...
Read MoreMarch 25, 2015: Last week, PT in Motion News reported on a new study supporting the idea that initial referral to a physical therapist (PT) for new uncomplicated low back pain (LBP) resulted in lower overall costs and utilization than ...
Read MoreMarch 25, 2015: As the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) continues its evolution away from fee-for-service payments and toward “value based” models, a new opportunity to shape that evolution is being offered to providers, payers, the public, and ...
Read MoreMarch 24, 2015: Legislation now introduced in the US House of Representatives that would end the flawed sustainable growth rate (SGR) is missing a permanent repeal of the therapy cap. Source: APTA Feed SGR Repeal…Without Therapy Cap Repeal? APTA Calls ...
Read MoreMarch 18, 2015: A recently published study of patients with new low back pain (LBP) who received referral from a primary care provider concludes that not only is physical therapy a less expensive next step than advanced imaging, it’s an ...
Read MoreMarch 23, 2015: Whether in academic research journals, political advocacy reports, or the sports page, discussions about concussion and traumatic brain injury (TBI) weren’t hard to find last week. Source: APTA Feed Concussion, Other Brain Injuries Continue to Grab Attention
Read MoreMarch 17, 2015: New research from England is connecting the dots between Parkinson disease (PD) and a range of motor and nonmotor symptoms that could occur as much as 10 years before a PD diagnosis is made. Source: APTA Feed ...
Read MoreMarch 19, 2015: Repeal of the flawed sustainable growth rate (SGR) may be closer than ever to becoming reality, but will a permanent fix to the therapy cap be left behind? Source: APTA Feed Therapy Cap Repeal Could be 'In ...
Read MoreMarch 19 2015: Editorial staff members at PT in Motion are needling you for your input. Source: APTA Feed Which PT in Motion Cover Gets Under Your Skin?
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