Partner with HBCUs to Strengthen the PT Workforce
Tim Guiden is the Regional Director for First Settlement Physical Therapy (FSPT). He is based in Charleston, West Virginia. In a new guest blog post, he explains how his participation on the APTQI Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee has influenced his work: In the state of West Virginia, where I currently practice, I have noticed…
APTQI and Rizing Tide Celebrate the Diverse Future of Physical Therapy
Nikesh Patel, Executive Director of APTQI, met with Rizing Tide Foundation leaders and scholars at the American Physical Therapy Association’s combined sessions meeting in late February. The Rizing Tide foundation fosters diversity in the physical therapist workforce by empowering current and future therapists to provide even better care to an increasingly diverse patient population. APTQI…
APTQI Joins Stakeholders in Asking 118th Congress to Support Medicare Reforms
With the 118th Congress underway, APTQI recently welcomed lawmakers to Washington while calling for policies that support America’s physical therapists and their patients. In signing onto a letter to Congress with more than 100 healthcare groups, APTQI is further urging legislators in the 118th Congress to work to ensure America’s seniors have access to quality…
The Importance of Therapy Assistants and the Dangers of Medicare Cuts: An Interview with PTA Alex Balan
Physical therapy can help patients rehabilitate and regain bodily function, manage pain, prevent injury, and improve mobility, flexibility, and balance – and physical therapy assistants play a key role in ensuring patients are able to receive this care. As ‘boots on the ground’ providers, PTAs delivery care under the direction and supervision of a physical…
PTAs Tell Congress: Protect Our Patients and the Physical Therapy Profession
Under the direction and supervision of a physical therapist, physical and occupational therapy assistants (PTAs and OTAs) provide essential services to individuals in need of physical therapy services by helping patients rehabilitate and regain bodily function, manage pain, prevent injury, and improve mobility, flexibility, and balance. However, Medicare cuts are jeopardizing this critical piece of…
Critical Legislation to Expand Physical Therapy Access Introduced
As the nation works to address the growing gaps, delays, and changes in healthcare created by the COVID-19 pandemic, Representatives Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) and Paul Tonko (D-NY) are taking bipartisan action to ensure and expand access to physical therapy. On March 10, the Congressmen introduced the Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act (H.R. 1611), which…