https://innovativespeech.com/unintended-consequences/ Improving Communication, Cognition and Productivity with Tech-Savvy Strategies, Solutions and Support Wed, 03 Jul 2019 16:41:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://innovativespeech.com/unintended-consequences/#comment-40 Wed, 03 Jul 2019 16:41:25 +0000 https://innovativespeech.com/?p=25594#comment-40 Medicare also stands in the way of providing AAC specialty services to geographically isolated patients via telepractice. Folks with ALS, for example, typically qualify for Medicare at any age. This is often a good thing but unfortunately, many become home bound as breathing issues and paralysis make transportation impossible or prohibitively expensive. I would love to continue to provide services via telepractice to my clients but SLPs are not Medicare recognized telepractice providers. As Joan discusses in the article, I am prohibited from accepting out of pocket payment if they have Medicare. This leaves me without a way to be reimbursed for the AAC specialty services my adult clients require and I am eager to provide via telepractice.

]]> https://innovativespeech.com/unintended-consequences/#comment-37 Thu, 20 Jun 2019 18:07:59 +0000 https://innovativespeech.com/?p=25594#comment-37 Thank you for this post. This is a really important issue that certainly needs more awareness and action!

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