by Jennifer Callahan | Wednesday, January 10, 2024 | Clinical
Too much, too many, and I’m salty about it… I know what you’re thinking — there is a lot to be salty about, so which thing could this be? Well for today, or at least this moment, I am salty about QM, QRP, APU, VBP, 5-star, iQies…I think I got most of...
by Jennifer Callahan | Thursday, May 18, 2023 | Clinical, Wellness
This salty SLP has been tasked with writing a blog for Better Hearing and Speech month. Why am I salty? It’s probably the day or the time or just how this hits me. I really thought maybe I was just being overly sensitive, and maybe I am. But it seems like EVERYTHING...
by Jennifer Callahan | Wednesday, May 20, 2020 | Clinical
Speech Therapist – /n/ – a “health professional specializing in the evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of communication disorders, cognitive communication disorders, voice disorders, and swallowing disorders” (Wikipedia); “defined as the professional who...
by Jennifer Callahan | Friday, January 4, 2019 | Featured, PDPM
PDPM is coming- are you, the SLP, ready? Do you know what this means for us Speechies? How do we fit into the changes in the new payment system? How do we make sure we, as skilled therapists and a profession, remain relevant as we move forward? We should not see...
by Jennifer Callahan | Thursday, November 29, 2018 | Clinical, Featured, Regulatory
The Final Rule, published by CMS on November 23, 2018, addresses several items that will affect the treating therapist, whether in outpatient hospitals, rehabilitation agencies, skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies, or comprehensive outpatient...
