Health Care

By now, most speech-language pathologists in health care setting have heard about major changes coming to the way Medicare pays skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), effective Oct. 1. The patient-driven payment model (PDPM) bases Medicare reimbursement to SNFs on a patient’s clinical presentation rather than on the amount of time they need treatment.

Get your earbuds ready. Just one week from now, the Leader will debut its new podcast, ASHA Voices. A show about how we communicate and how communication changes our lives,…

As backpacks replace beach bags, the air gets cooler and… are those pumpkin spice lattes I smell? Summer break and the accompanying vacations might be over, but it just means now is the time to start the best school year ever! And if you don’t work in a school or university, that start of a school year often generates a spike in new clients and referrals for audiologists and speech-language pathologists across work settings.

This special interest group focuses on the intersection of sociocultural factors with audiology and speech-language pathology services.

Many people feel anxiety when they go to the dentist. For a child with autism, the sensory elements of the dentist might overwhelm them and make them resist visits. However,…