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INAPTA President attends APTA Component Leadership Meeting
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INAPTA President attends APTA Component Leadership Meeting

INAPTA President attends APTA Component Leadership Meeting

The INAPTA President attended the APTA Component Leadership Meeting where the US Surgeon General was the keynote speaker.


If you think the physical therapy profession has an important role to play in improving public health on multiple fronts, you won’t get any arguments from US Surgeon General Jerome Adams, MD, MPH. In fact, you might get the rhetorical equivalent of a high-five.

In an address that repeatedly cited the APTA’s community-building mission, Adams told his audience of association leaders that the profession is “well-positioned to change the culture around pain management” in the United States and that “we know that physical therapy is going to be a part of” the evolution toward value-based care. The remarks were delivered as part of the APTA Component Leadership Meeting, an event that preceded the 2019 APTA Combined Sections meeting being held in Washington, DC, January 23-26.

 

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