In a letter to HHS, five House members say a Medicare 15% payment differential for outpatient PTA and OTA services will harm rural areas, APTA reports.
DPT Students and Special Olympics Athletes Collaborate
Physical Therapy Video Takes First Place in National Contest -
Faculty Publications and Projects
Mathew Failla, PT, Ph.D., SCS, assistant professor, received a NIH/National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases grant for the project, Biomechanical Factors After Rehabilitation Following ACLR With Meniscal Resection (co-investigator)
Susan L. Kasser, Ph.D., associate professor and exercise science program director,
published the following with student and faculty co-authors:
Sierra Martin, B.S.,
Susan L. Kasser, Ph.D. The role of resilience: Physical activity continuation after falling in adults with multiple sclerosis.
Disability and Health Journal, Volume 14, Issue 2, 2021, 101046, ISSN 1936-6574, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dhjo.2020.101046.
Legislation to Promote Workforce Diversity in Allied Health Professions Re-Introduced in Congress
(Washington, DC) US Senators Robert Casey (D-PA) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and US Representatives Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) and Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), introduced the Allied Health Workforce Diversity Act (HR 3320/S 1679) in the House of Representatives and US Senate.
This legislation would provide grants to increase opportunities for individuals who are from underrepresented backgrounds, including students who are from racial and ethnic minority groups, in the professions of occupational therapy, physical therapy, respiratory therapy, speech-language pathology, and audiology.
The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC), the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), and the American Academy of Audiology (AAA) are thrilled to have committed champions to a more dive
In a major win for the profession and patients, UnitedHealthcare has become the first of the country's largest private health insurers to adopt a permanent telehealth policy that includes PTs, the American Physical Therapy Association reports.
Oak Ridge Today
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By Bob Fowler, Roane State staff writer
Roane State Community College Associate Professor Emily A. DeLozier has been awarded the Outstanding Physical Therapist Assistant Educator of the Year Award for 2021.
The Tennessee chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association recently announced the award during its virtual spring business meeting.
“It’s a great honor, and I’m very humbled to receive it,” said DeLozier, who is also the academic coordinator of clinical education for Roane State’s PTA program. “Every opportunity I’ve had has been as part of a team,” the Knoxville resident said.