Today I learned ---- It's OK to do contract work part time.....

But if you try and make it your full time only gig, you as an SLP get screwed....

Had a guest speaker recent graduate from the master's program come talk to our class today, and she just finished her CFY (Clinical Fellow Year --- first year out where you are supervised but still collecting a pay check) at an agency doing contract work for day care centers and families.

She has to do ALL HER OWN BILLING! (And if she does an evaluation and the kid doesn't qualify, she doesn't get paid for that hour, sometimes 2 hours!) I see now why people do this as a part-time after hours gig in addition to their job where they are collecting insurance and have someone that is paid to bill and talk to insurance companies. She said she loved the work, but she is young (23, not married with no kids) and has all the free time in the world, apparently.) I can't imagine how long people do this type of work before they BURN OUT. Just something to think about.

Here are the notes I took.

Dynamic Speech Group

Farah Cox  (405) 226-4911

Non-verbal/Severe population

Billing and reimbursement

Contract work

SLP does all of this herself

Low SES population

Very good people

Hispanic/language barriers

Google translate—translate letters

Caseload of 30 at a time

Sooner care has been approving kids for twice a week

Piedmont, Bethany, Oklahoma City, and Edmond…drive a lot

Homes and daycares

Evaluation contact high

Child doesn’t qualify – no payment

Establish rapport – build trust with people and daycares

Turned off the fact that you want to help

Very rewarding once you get past little things

How do you qualify a child for services?

1. Parent Consent – forms look different everywhere

Name, physician name and phone number – child must go to doctor and the parent must say that speech and language is a concern

Sooner care will deny a submission if the SLP dates for the parent

2. Screening

PLS 5 on an iPad – for a 3 year old

Screening summary

Meet parents

3. Parent note for the Doctor

Sooner Care will deny a “speech-language delay.”

They want more specific information.

4. Permission to Evaluate

Do an evaluate

PLS

Goldman-Fristoe

Write up evaluation

IEP must be submitted

List of 8 items that you must have in order to bill for service

5. Documentation

SOAP Format

6. Milan Medical – Software used for Billing

Name

Date

Time

How long you saw them

SOAP Note

Can audit at any time

Billing and invoices are due Monday morning