APTA Learning Center

APTA Regulatory, Legislative, and Payment Updates Series (2025)

Get inside intel from APTA's Health Policy and Payment team on the most significant and impactful federal and commercial payer policy updates in 2025.

CEUs: none

Defensible Documentation: A Framework for Physical Therapy Documentation

This purpose of this session is to help students and practicing therapists develop an efficient and effective documentation strategy appropriate for use across a wide range of practice settings and patient populations

CEUs: 0.2 (2 contact hours)

Preventing Fraud, Abuse, and Waste: A Primer for Physical Therapists

This self-directed reading course explains the difference between fraud, waste, and abuse and provides the information necessary to comply with relevant laws and regulations that affect payment.

CEUs: 0.1 (1 contact hour)

Defensible Documentation Part 1: Balancing Offense and Defense

This course will focus on compliant documentation utilizing the Medicare’ Documentation Requirements as published in the Medicare Benefit Policy Manual and the APTA Defensible Documentation. 

CEUs: 0.2 (2 contact hours)

Defensible Documentation Part 2: If You were the Auditor

This course will continue the discussion on compliant documentation utilizing Medicare’ Documentation Requirements as published in the Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, addressing specific content requirements but also the consequences of not complying with these regulations.

CEUs: 0.2 (2 contact hours)

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