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A virtual speech therapy trailblazer offers a deep dive into this telehealth treatment

Healthcare It News

Approximately 46 million Americans – roughly 14% of the population – experience some form of communication disorder, according to "School Programs in Speech-Language Pathology." Other words for these problems are articulation or phonological disorders, apraxia of speech or dysarthria.

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Why Speech Therapy is an Effective Treatment to Counter the Health Challenge of Social Determinants of Health (SDoH)

HIT Consultant

CCC SLP, Founder and Clinical Director, Great Speech. Over recent years, the virtual speech therapy delivery model has intersected with a host of healthcare disruptions — value-based care delivery, the COVID-19 pandemic and the influence of social determinants of health (SDoH) have reshaped healthcare delivery.

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HCPCS Codes Used for Skilled Nursing Facility Consolidated Billing Enforcement: October 2023 Update

Briggs Healthcare

However, SNF CB applies to physical and occupational therapies and speech-language pathology services whenever provided to an SNF resident, regardless of whether Part A covers the stay. For non-therapy services, SNF CB applies only when you provide the services to a SNF resident during a covered Medicare Part A stay.

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The Path For Occupational Therapy To Lose Its ‘Second-Tier’ Status In Home Health Care

Home Health Care

You can hit occupational therapy if it is along with another one of the two therapies — physical and speech language pathology — or as a continuing need when the other therapies are not being provided.” Occupational therapy has been cast aside and treated like a non-core element of home health, Dombi added.

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July 2023 Quarterly Update to Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Codes Used for SNF Consolidated Billing Enforcement

Briggs Healthcare

For non-therapy services, SNF CB applies only when the services are furnished to a SNF resident during a covered Part A stay; however, SNF CB applies to physical and occupational therapies and speech-language pathology services whenever they are furnished to a SNF resident, regardless of whether Part A covers the stay.

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CMS Revises Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 State Performance Standards System (SPSS) Guidance

Briggs Healthcare

Please review and share it with your team and colleagues.

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How to Get Medicare to Cover Transitional Care Management Services

Sequence Health

This includes post-acute and long-term rehabilitation programs such as physical therapy, occupational or recreational therapies, speech-language pathology services, cognitive training, or neurorehabilitation.