Author Archives: WideNet

As much as $25k per project is available for direct costs. Source: APTA Feed New Pilot Study Opportunities Available From CoHSTAR

“Surprisingly modest functional losses and gains among individuals with borderline dependency…can profoundly affect their requirement for inpatient care.”     Source: APTA Feed JAMA Oncology: Telerehab Makes a Difference in Patients With Advanced-Stage Cancer

After false starts, restarts, postponements, and more than a little pushback from APTA and other stakeholders, CMS is ready to once again roll out a home health agency (HHA) payment program in Illinois that would force HHA providers in the ...

It’s back: APTA-supported legislation that would list physical therapists (PTs) among the professions included in a federal program to provide greater patient access to health care in rural and underserved areas has been reintroduced in the Senate. If passed into ...

The compilation contains 70 House motions.   Source: APTA Feed 2019 House of Delegates Motions Now Posted

Providing all goes as hoped during current state legislative sessions, the Physical Therapy Licensure Compact could pass the halfway mark in its progress toward adoption in every state, with a potential for 28 states to be participating in the system ...

Patient, heal thyself. Maybe that’s not exactly what regenerative medicine is all about, but it’s close: with its emphasis on enhancing the body’s own genetically driven capabilities to repair damage and reestablish neural connections, regenerative medicine is pushing the boundaries ...

Move Forward Radio: great listening for you and your patients.   Source: APTA Feed From Move Forward Radio: Motivated by Physical Therapy Experience, Woman Is Inspired to Give Back

Think current DPT students are impressive? The American Council of Academic Physical Therapy couldn’t agree more. Source: APTA Feed New DPT Honor Society Readies to Announce First Inductees

   Researchers were in for a surprise. Source: APTA Feed It's Never Too Late: Study Finds Beginning PA Later in Life Reduces Mortality Risk Nearly as Much as Remaining Active From Adolescence