SAN DIEGO--There's a popular saying that goes in this vein: There really is no such thing as luck; it is what you do with the situations you are confronted with that determines your own fate. PTs who are in private practice or who are contemplating such a venture would be wise to adopt this strategy for the foreseeable future, according ...

SAN DIEGO--APTA's Governmental Affairs office--recently renamed the Public Policy, Practicer and Professional Affairs Unit--is gathering steam to confront issues in state legislatures that have an impact on the profession. At the top of the priority list, without a doubt, are the impending changes to health care reform once the Affordable ...

In the midst of all the turmoil in our country's healthcare system, the rehab sector is engaged in a battle to prevent Congress from imposing a hard therapy cap on Medicare-covered therapy. And the clock is ticking. Unless Congress passes legislation, there will be a therapy cap with no exceptions process for all outpatient therapy settings ...

Physical therapists who haven't been paying attention to the legislative battle raging in California might want to start. As the APTA detailed in its Aug. 30 press release, ''In California, a Rough Ride for Senate Bill 924,'' the latest salvo was just fired: ''California physical therapists have been infuriated by the legislative wrangling that ...

  Tampa-June 7, 2012--The City of Tampa is becoming one of the most vital cities to decide what happens in nationwide politics in the upcoming election. Not only will the city be the site of the Republican National Convention in August, but here's a bit of political trivia: Tampa as a city has voted for the president in all but one of the ...

  Defending the PT profession can take not much more than becoming more active in your own state, as drivers of the Public Policy Practice and Professional Affairs group (PPPPA) are calling PTs and PTAs to action. On Feb. 9 at the Combined Sections Meeting, Justin Elliott, director of state government affairs and Angela Chasteen, senior ...

  ADVANCE consistently covers issues on proper documentation and how physical therapists can improve their record-keeping strategies, through adopting electronic record systems, using the latest technology and software and streamlining their staffing duties to make sure employees are operating with best practices on billing, patient privacy ...

Nearly 13 years ago, Philadelphia native Frank LaMacchia was involved in a motorcycle accident that left him paralyzed from just below the chest down. A car veered into his lane, knocking him from his bike. He never saw it coming and he has no recollection. But, in those very moments, his life changed forever. After receiving extensive therapy at ...

Have you noticed a decrease in referrals lately? Are you blaming the economy? Well, surely tough economic times factor into the equation but are you certain that your facility is doing everything possible to maximize referrals? Industry experts contend that consistency of contact with referral sources is the single most important thing you ...

So here's what a Florida-based provider of urgent care clinics and worker's comp services said this week when it brought physical therapy in-house at three of its locations: ''Unlike other medical clinics, where there is little to no interaction with patients after a referral is made to an ''outside'' physical therapy clinic or service, [our] ...