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President Signs the Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act of 2010
The President Signs the Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act of 2010- 2.2 Percent Medicare Physician Fee S...Read More...  Saturday August 21, 20105K start: 7:30AM and 1 mile start: 8:30AM Homewood High School (5 miles from the Doubletree Hotel) Read More... The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) offered the following guidance on the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and use of the therapy cap...Read More... The APTA identifies ways for Physical Therapists to reach out to the victims of the earthquake in Haiti. Read More...  Patricia Perez wins Marilyn Gossman Award for Professionalism in Physical Therapy by the Alabama Physical Therapy Association. Interview with Patrici...Read More...APTA President R. Scott Ward, PT, PhD, has crafted a letter to the editor of the New York Times in response to the January 6 article "Treat Me, b...Read More...  To kickoff National Physical Therapy this October, the UAB DPT students organized and hosted a successful "Are U ABle?" 5K and 1 mile run/wa...Read More...Two presentations will be avaialble for Chapter members interested in conducting National PT Month presentations.Read More... CMS Releases a RAC Review Phase-in Strategy. Click the link read more.Read More... Progressive quadriceps strengthening with or without neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) enhances clinical improvement after total knee arthro...Read More... The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released a final rule that could have implications for physical therapists who participa...Read More... Cahaba GBA was awarded the Jurisdiction10 A/B Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) contract on January 7, 2009 from the Centers for Medicare &...Read More... The Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBPT) recently released a news flash announcing its new continuing competence system, aPTitude.Read More... Are you interested in how APTA works for you in Congress, federal agencies, and your own state houses? APTA is offering a 3-month paid summer internsh...Read More... A graded exercise intervention, emphasizing stabilizing exercises, for patients with recurrent low back pain (LBP) still at work seems more effective...Read More... The NY Times published an article titled Physical Therapy and the Camaraderie of Healing. Simply put... it's a patient perspective of physical therapy...Read More... A new branding campaign that positions physical therapists as the experts in human motion was launched Tuesday night at the Combined Sections Meetin...Read More... A new guide to help facilities prepare for Joint Commission onsite surveys now is available online. The activity guide identifies ways in which organi...Read More... Exercise has statistically and clinically significant effects on pain reduction and improvement in function, but not on range of motion or strength fo...Read More... The prevalence of diabetes, both diagnosed and undiagnosed, in non-Hispanic blacks and Mexican-Americans is about 70 to 80% higher than that of non-Hi...Read More... View All News |