Advocating for the Profession in the Evolving Payment Environment.

AMERICAN Physical Therapy Association (1921- ); INTERPROFESSIONAL relations; LEADERSHIP; LOBBYING; NEGOTIATION; PHYSICAL therapy; INFORMATION resources; HEALTH insurance reimbursement; SELF advocacy; CONSUMER activism

The article looks at the key roles of American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), its state chapters, and individual providers of physical therapist services in seeking appropriate payment for those services. Topics covered including activities in which APTA is engaged to advocate on payment issues on behalf of the profession of PT, the need for physical therapists to use quality measures to show the value they bring to the health care system, and the Managed Care Contracting Toolkit.