This year’s roundtable held true to its reputation for facing hot topics head-on. Source: APTA Feed NEXT 2018: Rothstein Roundtable Takes on Reasons Payers Are Slow to Make Changes That Support Physical Therapy
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A huge payment shakeup could be on the way for home health. Source: APTA Feed Proposed CMS Home Health Rule Includes Major Change to Payment System
Read MoreNews@NEXT: The health care system needs to evolve from a medical to a biopsychosocial model, asserted Robert Palisano, PT, ScD, FAPTA, in the 23rd Maley Lecture, delivered during NEXT 2018. “Healthy living is a societal and systems issue. The focus ...
Read MoreNews@NEXT: Professional beach volleyball player Gabrielle (Gabby) Reece told attendees at the opening event of NEXT 2018: “To serve others and help other people is a really important thing. You’re changing people’s lives.” Source: APTA Feed 2018 NEXT: 'You're Changing ...
Read MoreNews@NEXT: A panel of 4 physical therapists (PTs) with firsthand experience in responding to Hurricane Harvey, the Orlando Pulse mass shooting, the Great White concert fire, and other emergencies agree: PTs and physical therapist assistants (PTAs) have an important role ...
Read MoreNews@NEXT: Both wisdom and courage are needed to effect positive change. Laurita M. (Laurie) Hack, PT, DPT, PhD, MBA, FAPTA, opened her delivery of the 49th Mary McMillan Lecture with these thoughts and with her insights into gaining more of ...
Read MoreNews@NEXT: As far as Paula Ludewig, PT, DPT, PhD, is concerned, the idea of anchoring physical therapy’s identity in the movement system is, to put it simply, a big deal. “This is a huge opportunity for our profession,” said the ...
Read MoreNews@NEXT: A panel of 5 physical therapists (PTs) in various stages of their careers offered NEXT 2018 attendees their advice on how to become leaders and succeed professionally. The PTs were Carrie Cunningham, PT; Michael Gans, PT, DPT; Matthew DeBole, ...
Read More2018 NEXT: The power of physical therapy to help prevent people from starting opioid use has been well-documented, but work now being done by physical therapists (PTs) and physical therapist assistants (PTAs) is showing that the profession also has an ...
Read MoreThe actions taken by the House make it clear: for the foreseeable future, APTA will be an outward-facing organization that understands its capacity to be a change agent. Source: APTA Feed From the 2018 House of Delegates: Envisioning a Community
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