Category Archives: info

July 31, 2015: Medicaid recipients in Oregon will be able to access physical therapy and other nonsurgical and nondrug approaches to back pain as the priority treatment beginning in 2016. Source: APTA Feed Oregon Medicaid Will Shift to Physical Therapy, ...

July 30, 2015: A new study published in JAMA is making headlines for its findings that Medicare beneficiaries’ mortality and hospitalization rates declined between 1999 and 2013, as did overall expenditures per beneficiary. Source: APTA Feed 50 Years In, Medicare ...

July 30, 2015: Internationally educated physical therapists (PTs) will soon be able to get up to speed on crucial areas of the US health care system, thanks to a collaborative effort to develop an online course that aims to smooth ...

July 29, 2015: When it arrived as signed legislation 50 years ago, Medicare and Medicaid was far from the system we know today—especially when it comes to physical therapy. APTA is marking the program’s half-century birthday by highlighting how its ...

July 28, 2015: Results of a new systematic review and meta-analysis point to stronger evidence that when it comes to acute hamstring injuries, rehabilitation exercises work—and platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections don’t. Source: APTA Feed Evidence on Hamstring Rehab Supports Exercise; ...

July 27, 2015: Many physical therapists (PTs) and physical therapist assistants (PTAs) have been involved with the Special Olympics over the years, but Donna Bainbridge, PT, EdD, ATC, has elevated that involvement in ways that stretch beyond the actual World ...

July 27, 2015: Developments in mobility assistance through robotics have been occurring at a fairly fast clip over the spring and summer of 2015, and financial forecasters expect the rehabilitation technology market to take off over the next 5 years. ...

July 24, 2015: Health insurer Anthem’s recent announcement that it will acquire Cigna in a $54.2 billion deal is continuing a consolidation trend that could reduce the number of major insurance companies in the US from 5 to 3. Source: ...

July 23, 2015: The Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) plans to invest $142.5 million to expand its clinical research network—another facet of a broad initiative that includes major grants supporting physical therapy research. Source: APTA Feed PCORI Devotes Additional ...

July 22, 2015: A new study from the Netherlands is lending more support to the value of exercise during the early stages of adjuvant treatment for breast cancer. Source: APTA Feed Study: Early Supervised Exercise Reduces Fatigue, Improves Strength for ...