SLPA-65000 SLPs in Healthcare: Ethics and Practice Issues in Complex Cases

This seminar portion of this course will review topics that are essential to SLP practice in healthcare settings. Interdisciplinary collaboration; referral of patients for communication or swallowing care; hospital instrumentation; coding, billing and reimbursement issues (Medicare; other insurers); and coordination of care for patients are among topics to be covered in this important course. Additionally, the case-based portion of the course will give students opportunities to consider the assessment and intervention needs of adult patients with multiple medical conditions that involve communication and/or swallowing disorders. They will practice how to assess the medically fragile client, and how to decide which issues are most important to treat for the individual client.

Credits

3