Author Archives: WideNet

Fee schedule, SNFs, home health, and more: some major changes are on the way. Source: APTA Feed What's the Latest at CMS? Your 2018 Guide to Recent Proposed and Final CMS Rules

“This review is consistent with a position that APTA has supported for several years—that PTs have an important role to play in the ED.” Source: APTA Feed Study: Emergency Department PTs Are Just What the Doctor Ordered

Innovators, business leaders, and ninja warriors–all in this month’s “Good Stuff.” Source: APTA Feed The Good Stuff: Members and the Profession in the Media, August 2018

The ELI Fellowship strives to provide developing and aspiring program directors in physical therapist and physical therapist assistant education programs with the skills and resources they need to be innovative, influential, and visionary leaders. Source: APTA Feed 2018 ELI Fellows ...

“We’re concerned that, perhaps unknowingly, patients who purchase these plans may be moving onto plans that don’t cover physical therapy or that offer very limited physical therapy benefits.” Source: APTA Feed Short-Term Insurance Rule Adds More Uncertainty to Care

The successful candidate will work with the Comprehensive Post-Acute Stroke Services (COMPASS) trial. Source: APTA Feed CoHSTAR Seeks Postdoctoral Fellow

Does health literacy play a role? Source: APTA Feed Study: Estimated 1 in 3 Medicare Beneficiaries Receiving Inpatient/SNF Rehab Report No Improvement in Function

“Until HHS creates a more level playing field between these different types of providers, physical therapists will be unable to meaningfully participate in Medicare and Medicaid APMs, despite their desire to do so.” Source: APTA Feed A Stark Reality: APTA ...

Authors speculate that the inaccuracies may have something to do with a lack of tracker sensitivity to steps taken “in environments with greater discontinuity, where starting, stopping, and turning occur frequently.” Source: APTA Feed From PTJ: Common Activity Trackers May ...

As technology and information sharing evolves at a rapid pace, it becomes harder to keep up with criminals and scammers—even if you are an experienced professional. Last year, a staggering 83% of physicians said they had experienced some form of ...