The American Physical Therapy Association announces the launch of #ChoosePT, a campaign to educate the public about opioid abuse and promote physical therapy as a healthy and safe alternative for pain management.
APTQI and a coalition of organizations representing healthcare providers call on the House and Senate to address deficiencies in the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and halt deep payment cuts to providers.
The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) reports that ImPACT Applications Inc has been named a Strategic Business Partner of the association.
Therapists need to raise their voices to Congressional leaders to support a bill that would freeze payments at 2020 rates for two years for services scheduled to be cut in 2021. Opinion and Analysis from Nikesh Patel, PT, APTQI, and Terrence D. Sims, Raintree.
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The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) has received the Advocacy/Policy Award from the Reagan-Udall Foundation for the Food and Drug Administration, which honors individuals or groups that have made an impact to improve public health through advocacy and public policy.
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Confluent Health announces a partnership with the Physical Therapy Provider Network (PTPN), a network of private practice physical, occupational, and speech therapists.
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The American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) Board of Directors has unanimously approved the Society’s first Diversity and Inclusion Program.
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The American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA) launches a new and improved APDA Symptom Tracker App 2.0 – a mobile application for people living with Parkinson’s disease (PD).
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The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) announces it is granting $380,000 in extension funding to the California Parkinson’s Disease Registry (CPDR) to be used through June 30, 2021, according to a media release.
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Research teams in Madrid, Spain, and Toronto, Canada, respectively, are using focused ultrasound technology to target a new area of the brain in patients with Parkinson’s disease and potentially curb, or even reverse, its progression, according to a news release.
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The National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) and the Athletics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA) announce the ZUMBA and STRONG Nation communities as the recipient of the first Spirit of Fitness Award.
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Sanofi and the Parkinson’s Foundation announce a new research collaboration to advance the availability of genetic testing and counseling for people living with Parkinson’s disease in the US.
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Parkinson & Movement Disorder Alliance (PMD Alliance), an independent national nonprofit dedicated to providing opportunities for people with movement disorders to learn, live more fully and spark meaningful connections around them, is celebrating 5 years of service, programming and impact around the country, it reports in a media release.
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The Lewy Body Dementia Association (LBDA) and Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc announce an exclusive partnership on the production and release of a disease education adaptation of Robin’s Wish, a documentary detailing the late actor Robin Williams’ battle with the neurodegenerative disorder, Lewy body dementia (LBD).
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Responding to the urgent need for additional specialists to treat the growing prevalence of people with Parkinson’s disease (PD), the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society hosted the fifth annual “Pan American Section (MDS-PAS) Movement Disorders School for Neurology Residents” on October 10, 2020.
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The American Heart Association has recognized Comer Children’s Hospital with its top honor for resuscitation care of newborns and children, and University of Chicago Medicine with its top honor for stroke care, a media release from University of Chicago Medical Center reports.
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A mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) course was found to benefit patients with chronic pain and depression, leading to significant improvement in participant perceptions of pain, mood and functional capacity, according to a study in the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association.
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The Parkinson’s Foundation has expanded its PD GENEration: Mapping the Future of Parkinson’s Disease study to include at-home genetic testing and counseling in English and Spanish for people with Parkinson’s disease (PD) at no cost, it announces.
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