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Issue Focus: Starting a Private Practice
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Welcome to Access SLP Health Care, ASHA's bimonthly e-newsletter that addresses the specific needs of speech-language pathologists (SLPs) working in health care. If you have not already subscribed, send a blank e-mail with the word "subscribe" in the subject line to: Access-SLPhealthcare-request@lists.asha.org. If you know of any colleagues who might enjoy this newsletter, please forward this e-mail.
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Tell us what is working for you and improving the services you provide. Do you use an old tool in a new way? Have you streamlined your documentation? Are you able to manage cancellations and no-shows in your facility? Share what works for you with your colleagues!
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This month's tip comes from Ruth Renee Hannibal, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, from Valdosta State University in Valdosta, GA.
I teach an aphasia class and I ask my students to make a cognitive-linguistic sensory kit for use mainly with adults. The kit can be used in treatment and during testing. The kit is simple to make and less expensive than commercially available kits. I also have them make a clinician-devised response sheet to go along with their kit and take pictures of all the items in the kit. Additionally, they put a magnetic and dry-erase board in the kit. The kit is divided into several sections which include: Bathing/Dressing; Tools; Eating; Numbers; Survival Signs, Alphabets, Newspapers; "Real Money" and other daily items.
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Did You Know About ASHA's Online Ethics Resources?
Information about ethics programs and policies are available on ASHA's Web site. Ethics resources and education, as well as links to ethics information from other organizations, are included. If you have an ethics-related question or concern, check out these helpful and important resources.
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Featured Question - Starting a Private Practice
I am interested in starting a private practice. What resources are available to assist me?
Based on the success of the Business Institute, held in conjunction with the annual ASHA Health Care conference this year, and the number of members contacting ASHA with questions about private practice, it appears that SLPs are more entrepreneurial than ever and very interested in private practice and improving business knowledge.
Starting a private practice is an exciting and challenging endeavor, one that attracts energetic people with a variety of interests and needs. For some, a private practice is a way to make some extra money outside of their full-time job. For others, it is the full-time job and may expand beyond a sole practitioner to a staff of SLPs or a multidisciplinary practice. SLPs may see children or adults with speech, language, or swallowing disorders, or they may work with individuals with no disorder who seek accent reduction services or wish to improve their public speaking or other communication skills.
SLPs may accept health insurance or private pay or may contract with other agencies to provide services. At this point, SLPs cannot bill Medicare directly. For the private practitioner, this means that there is a large segment of the population who cannot come to their practice for services. ASHA has long been advocating for supplier status for SLPs. For more information about how you can join in this effort, visit ASHA's Web site.
ASHA has developed resources for private practitioners, as well as information about business principles and practices that all SLPs should know, whether engaged in private practice or not. These resources include:
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Announcements
May Is Better Hearing and Speech Month!
Use "May Is Better Hearing and Speech Month" to educate consumers, educators, referral sources, current clients, parents, and the media about the services you provide. To assist you, we have developed more than 60 products to help you promote the month and yourself including an all-new screen saver, customizable advertisements, BHSM specialty items, activity books, bookmarks, and so much more!
Live Web Forum Event
Did you ever think...
"I'd love to get a PhD and teach at a university but I've been a clinician for years! It's too late now."
Think again…
If you are thinking of getting a PhD, sign up for this live Web forum event hosted by ASHA's Academic Affairs team. Talk with colleagues who made and are making the transition following clinical careers just like yours.
Guest speakers Dr. Ruth Bentler, Dr. Tiffany Hogan and Dr. Mary Pat Moeller, and PhD students Janet Pegues and Luis Riquelme will share their experiences and give advice on pursuing a PhD. You'll have an opportunity to ask questions and talk frankly about work-life balance, funding and much more.
To participate, log on to this live Web forum from 8:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. EDT on May 31, 2007.
Get Discovered!
Sign Up For ProSearch - ASHA's Free Referral Service
Want to meet your patient needs more effectively? ProSearch, ASHA's online directory of audiology and speech-language pathology programs, helps consumers find quality services from more than 9,500 programs that employ ASHA-certified SLPs and audiologists.
Nominations for the Robert L. Moody Prize for Distinguished Initiatives in Brain Injury Research and Rehabilitation are now being accepted. The purpose is to recognize and honor individuals or groups whose efforts have made significant contributions toward advancing clinical research related to disorders of the brain; to develop improved treatment and rehabilitation procedures; and to increase awareness for the need for rehabilitation of individuals following brain injury. Nominations are due November 15. The prize includes a $10,000 honorarium.
Be an Ambassador for the Professions!
Recruitment materials are available for career fairs and presentations.
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Watch for the next issue of Access SLP Health Care in July 2007.
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