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What value do speech-language pathologists bring to the home health team? What are practical ways to demonstrate value? What difference does it make for your patients, your practice, and your organization? In this episode, we talk with Shannon Liem, the National Clinical Director for Home Health Services for Aegis Therapies, about how speech-language pathologists can demonstrate their value in home health care.
(01:45) Why It Matters 
(03:18) Overview of SLP Value in Home Health 
(05:29) Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) 
(11:18) SLP Home Health Utilization 
(15:15) Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) 
(19:50) HHVBP: SLP Role 
(21:25) SLP Value for the Patient 
(25:02) SLP Value for the Family and Caregiver 
(28:05) SLP Value for the Home Health Agency 
(30:57) Value for the HHA: SLP and the OASIS 
(32:40) Value for the HHA: Care Compare and Outcomes 
(34:39) SLP Value for the Payer 
(37:14) SLP Completion of the OASIS 
(38:22) Providing Value Through Documentation 
(40:24) SLP Value for the Profession and Self 
(41:43) Practical Considerations to Thrive in Home Health 
(45:46) Conclusion 
The content for this course was created by Shannon Liem, MS, CCC-SLP.
The content for this course was created by Susan Almon-Matangos, MS, SSS-SLP.
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Resources 
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA):
Getting started in home health: https://www.asha.org/slp/healthcare/start_home/
Multiskilled personnel: https://www.asha.org/policy/ps1997-00225/
Patient-Driven Groupings Model: https://www.asha.org/practice/reimbursement/medicare/medicare-home-health-prospective-payment-system/
SLP’s value in home health: https://www.asha.org/practice/reimbursement/medicare/demonstrating-the-value-of-speech-language-pathology-services-in-the-new-home-health-payment-model/

 
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS):
Final Rule 2022: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-11-09/pdf/2021-23993.pdf
Home health value-based purchasing model: https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/Value-Based-Programs/Other-VBPs/HHVBP