Category Archives: info

Now available to APTA members: context and details to help you understand final 2018 rules from CMS on the home health and outpatient prospective payment systems. Source: APTA Feed APTA Fact Sheets on 2018 Outpatient Payment, Home Health Now Available

What should PTs do in the wake of the new PFS? Here are APTA’s top 4 suggestions. Source: APTA Feed 4 Things to Do Now That the 2018 Fee Schedule Is Out

The fourth and final Innvoation 2.0 Learning Lab will focus on managing childhood obesity in the patient-centered medical home. Source: APTA Feed Innovation 2.0 Learning Lab to Focus on PTs as Key Players in PCMHs to Address Childhood Obesity

The fee schedule: where we are, how we got here, what happens next. Source: APTA Feed The 2018 Physician Fee Schedule: Where We Are, How We Got Here, What's Ahead

Well, that was quick. The bill that would include PTAs in TRICARE is ready to be signed into law. Source: APTA Feed Bill Allowing PTAs in TRICARE Ready for President's Signature

Come and get the Good Stuff. Source: APTA Feed The Good Stuff: Members and the Profession in Local News, November 2017

Has the Choosing Wisely campaign resulted in a significant change to the use of low-value tests and treatments? Source: APTA Feed Choosing Wisely at 5: Is It Making a Difference (And What About the Next 5 Years)?

Parents and coaches: be wary of encouraging children to specialize in 1 sport at a young age. Source: APTA Feed Review: Sport Specialization at an Early Age Can Increase Injury Risk

The Armed Services Committees for both the US House and Senate reached an agreement on a National Defense Authorization Act  that includes language proposed by APTA to add PTAs and occupational therapy assistants to the TRICARE program. Source: APTA Feed ...

“When patients chose to see a physical therapist first, there were no identified incidents of missed diagnosis or delays in care as a result of physical therapists’ clinical decision making,” Source: APTA Feed Study: Direct Access to Physical Therapy Safe, ...