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Description
This
introductory-level course will provide an overview of working with adult
patients in the home health care setting. The speaker will share the basics of
SLP reimbursement and regulation in this unique care setting, along with
recommendations for assessment and treatment with a functional focus. The
webinar will discuss clinical decision-making strategies and suggestions for
documentation as well as special considerations for SLPs in the home health
care setting, such as safety, counseling, and self-care.
This
webinar is part of the Adult Home Health webinar series.
Learning
Outcomes
You will
be able to:
- Identify two
aspects that make home health care a
unique care setting for SLPs
- Summarize the
regulation and reimbursement process in
home health
- Describe at
least two clinical or case management
decisions an SLP may make in home health
care and some possible strategies to use
in making them
- Provide two
recommendations for completing
documentation in the home health care setting
- List three
suggestions or recommendations for
assessing adult patients in the home health care
setting
- Describe two
functional treatment strategies for use
with adult patients in the home health care
setting
- List three
special considerations for SLPs related to
safety, counseling, and self-care in
the home health care setting
Contents
- Overview of home health care setting with
adult patients
- Regulation/reimbursement
in home health setting
- Case
management and decision-making for the SLP in home health care
- Documentation
in home health and strategies for
completion
- Assessment in home health care
- Treatment in
home health care
- Putting it all together: Case
study
- Special
considerations for the home care SLP
(safety, counseling, and self-care)
- Q&A
Presenter
Information
Megan
Malone, MA, CCC-SLP (she/her/hers) is a speech-language
pathologist, working as a clinical faculty member at Kent State University and
as a clinician/consultant in home health care. She worked for 9 years as a senior
research associate/lead trainer at Myers Research Institute, overseeing grants
focused on implementing interventions with older adults with dementia. She is
the co-author of the book, Here’s How to Treat
Dementia (2013), and the textbook chapter "Speech
Language Pathology Services in Home Health Care Settings" in
Medical Speech-Language Pathology Across the Care Continuum: An
Introduction (2023), and has spoken numerous times at
several national and state-level conventions.
Financial
Disclosures:
- Financial compensation from ASHA
for this presentation
- Royalties from Plural Publishing
as co-author of the book Here's How to Treat
Dementia" from
- Honorarium as co-author of
textbook chapter, "Speech-Language Pathology Services in Home Health Care
Settings" in Medical Speech-Language Pathology Across the Care
Continuum: An Introduction
Nonfinancial
Disclosures:
Assessment
Type
Self-assessment—Think
about what you learned and report on the Completion Form how you will use your
new
knowledge.
To earn
continuing education credit, you must complete and submit the learning
assessment by May 3, 2024.
Program
History and CE Information
Live
webinar: May 1, 2024
2:00–4:00 p.m.
Eastern time
This course is offered for 0.2 ASHA CEUs (Introductory level, Professional area).
