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Jun 29, 2017/News
Days after the Senate introduced a bill that threatens to weaken required essential health benefits, a trio of coalitions sponsored a briefing on Capitol Hill to highlight the value of rehabilitation and habilitation services,
Jun 30, 2017/News
The US Committee on Armed Services approved changes to the 2018 NDAA that orders the US Secretary of Defense to figure out how to bring PTAs, OTAs, and other support personnel in the TRICARE payment system.
Jun 9, 2017/News
There's now an APTA webpage that helps PTs navigate the issues in helping patients understand how nutrition affects function.
Jul 5, 2017/News
APTA offers 2 ways to check out this year's NEXT event: a storify page packed with videos, photos, and social media posts, as well as an exclusive "PT in Motion News @NEXT" page that collects news stories and videos from the event.
Dec 14, 2018/Review
For patients experiencing back, knee, neck, or shoulder pain, a visit to a PT early on can reduce the chances that they'll take any opioids for the condition.
Jan 11, 2019/Review
Can functional decline from hospitalization be blunted—and even reversed—through the addition of exercise that goes beyond ambulation-only?
Dec 17, 2018/News
An APTA-funded $50,000 Health Services Research Pipeline grant will support an investigation into high-value early intervention for children with functional limitations. The award was among several Foundation grants and scholarship awards totaling more than $500,000.
Dec 20, 2018/News
Nearly a year after being signed into law, a proposed rule to include PTAs as authorized providers under TRICARE has been issued by the US Department of Defense.
Jan 7, 2019/News
The 2019 Physician Fee Schedule includes CPT codes that allow PTs to conduct and bill Medicare for remote monitoring.
Jan 11, 2019/News
Physical therapists who bill Anthem Blue Cross-BlueShield (BCBS) in California, New York, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Louisiana, get ready for a change: there's a new utilization management (UM) vendor in town. APTA has learned that Anthem BCBS is migrating to a new UM vendor, starting with the 5 states
