Podcast: SLP Role and Value in Home Health Value-Based Care
Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) are often underutilized in home health settings despite the value they bring to patient care and outcomes. With higher acuity patients and the implementation of Medicare’s home health value-based purchasing (HHVBP) model, the need for SLPs will only increase. This course discusses the critical role SLPs play in achieving the objectives of HHVBP and models best practices that SLPs can deploy to demonstrate their value.
Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) are often underutilized in home health settings despite the value they bring to patient care and outcomes. With higher acuity patients and the implementation of Medicare’s home health value-based purchasing (HHVBP) model, the need for SLPs will only increase. This course discusses the critical role SLPs play in achieving the objectives of HHVBP and models best practices that SLPs can deploy to demonstrate their value.
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
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Intermediate Level
0.05 ASHA CEUs
Kansas Health Department of Aging and Disability Services (Speech)
Approved for 0.5000 continuing education clock hours for Kansas Speech Pathologists and Audiologists by the Kansas Department of Aging and Disability. Long Term Sponsorship number LTS-S1057. This activity is approved for 0.5000 contact hours.
Identify the value SLPs bring to patient outcomes in home health settings.
Decide how SLPs can bring value within the PDGM payment system.
Recognize opportunities for SLPs to contribute to achieving key metrics within the value-based purchasing model.
Outline:
Introduction
Why It Matters (1:45)
Overview of SLP Value in Home Health (3:18)
Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) (5:29)
SLP Home Health Utilization (11:18)
Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) (15:15)
HHVBP: SLP Role (19:50)
SLP Value for the Patient (21:25)
SLP Value for the Family and Caregiver (25:02)
SLP Value for the Home Health Agency (28:05)
Value for the HHA: SLP and the OASIS (30:57)
Value for the HHA: Care Compare and Outcomes (32:40)
SLP Value for the Payer (34:39)
SLP Completion of the OASIS (37:14)
Providing Value Through Documentation (38:22)
SLP Value for the Profession and Self (40:24)
Practical Considerations to Thrive in Home Health (41:43)
Conclusion (45:46)
Subject Matter Expert: Shannon Liem, MS, CCC-SLP
Writer: Susan Almon-Matangos, MS, CCC-SLPShannon Liem graduated from Florida State University with a Master’s degree in communications disorders. She is a licensed speech-language pathologist in the state of Florida and has been in practice for over 32 years with experience in acute care, skilled nursing facilities, outpatient, and home health. She has been employed by Aegis Therapies for the last 29 years and currently serves as a National Clinical Director for Home Health providing support for clinical programming, compliance, and regulatory updates within the home health environment.
Susan Almon-Matangos, MS, CCC-SLP, is a certified and licensed speech-language pathologist with over 30 years of experience. She obtained her bachelor's degree in psychology from Jacksonville State University and her Master of Science degree in speech-language pathology from The University of Alabama. She worked with clients of all ages and a variety of diagnostic conditions in school, hospital, skilled nursing facility, outpatient clinic, and home health settings. In her previous role as a national clinical director for Aegis Therapies, she created training programs for physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech-language pathology related to the clinical rehabilitation needs of older adults in post-acute care. She currently draws upon her expertise in her role at Relias as Lead Subject Matter Expert Writer for Speech-Language Pathology. She is a certified member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and the Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
The target audience for this course is: Intermediate level Speech and Language Pathologists; in the following settings: Rehabilitation Settings.
Asynchronous/Online Distance Learning; please see certificate details for specifics on delivery format.
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