Speech Therapy

In meetings recently I heard perspective from a colleague about the “job we get to do” as rehab professionals who are entrusted with caring for our patients — who are not just patients. They...

Aphasia, noun apha·​sia ə-ˈfā-zh(ē-)ə  Medical: loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage (as from a stroke, head injury, or infection) Aphasia,...

Singing-based group rehabilitation not only supports communication and speech production in stroke survivors with aphasia, but benefits caregivers as well, investigators say.

Lingraphica has launched two new custom speech therapy offerings, called TalkPath Live teletherapy service and the TalkPath News resource, which join the existing task-based TalkPath Therapy online platform.

Researchers say they have uncovered subtle clues of early dementia in Ronald Reagan’s presidential speeches from years before he was formally diagnosed in 1994.

Once upon a time, in a faraway land, physical, occupational and speech therapy used to provide group therapy and often co-treat. This was a totally different time and place for the history of rehabilitation.

On Oct. 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will be updating the Minimum Data Set with another round of changes. Most are minor but there will be two changes to the therapy section. Your case-mix...

Sorry, ladies, I didn’t mean to get your hopes up with that title. But does anyone else feel like there is a lot of ambiguity to the new G-Coding system? Well, it’s a little too early to tell...

As a long-term care therapy consultant, I work on a lot of claim reviews and denials management with my clients. I’ve also read a lot of peer-review research articles related to this subject, and...

Every time we send our patients to the hospital for rehab-related tests, exams or services, these services are billed to Medicare Part B, and, therefore, reduce our cap allowances. Any small oversights...