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In 2021, we will celebrate 100 years as a member association – and launch our next century as the largest community for physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, and students. On this landmark occasion, we want to embrace our rich history and generate momentum toward our exciting future. We want you to engage, celebrate, and serve, as we raise awareness about our great profession and enshrine a proud legacy for future generations.
Please consider joining the APTA-South Carolina Centennial Celebration taskforce. This taskforce will be responsible for the planning of Centennial Celebrations right here in South Carolina. Please email info@scapta.org to join this exciting taskforce!
Highlights of membership:
- Advocacy – APTA and APTA-SC are the only organizations fighting for Physical Therapists and Physical Therapist Assistants!
- Education – APTA-SC holds numerous CEU opportunities, including the APTA-SC Annual Conference, District Meetings (free CEUs for members), and more!
- Practice – APTA-SC is working to pursue optimization of value and evidence based clinical care with reduced variance across the continuum.
- Access to evidence based literature, gain experience outside of your job responsibilities, enrich yourself personally, networking, affect change and more!
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WTNH-TV
Surgeries are now back in hospitals and with that comes the need for physical therapy as patients recover.
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KNBC-TV
If there is one thing we have learned over the last few months it's how difficult it is to communicate when you can't see someone's lips.
And that's exactly what Susan Adams relies on because she is hearing impaired.
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Did you ever wonder how health insurance became an entity? Well, it’s quite interesting, the first health insurance offered was actually called accident insurance. Hospital and medical insurance were non-existent until about the 20th century. Services were only offered on a prepaid basis. Along with other unprecedented events, the former hospital and medical insurance became the gateway to other insurances such as: medicare, medicaid, and managed care through HMO insurance policies.
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WebPT
The US has never been known for its stellar leave policies. Whether you believe that the responsibility for mandating appropriate employee benefits should fall on the shoulders of the federal government or individual employers, that is a debate for another day. For now—as businesses begin to reopen in the midst of a pandemic—rehab therapy practice leaders have no choice but to ensure that their sick leave policies are up to par.
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