Name: Effective Documentation in Aging Care: Cognitive-Communication Disorders
Rating: 5 (2058 reviews)

Effective clinical documentation has never been more important for the Speech-Language Pathologist than it is in today’s healthcare climate. This course will help SLPs working with the aging population to effectively document skilled care for aging patients with cognitive-communication disorders.

Course created on March 26, 2019

Documentation and Reimbursement Neurogenics, Cognition, and Executive Function

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Course Type: Video

CEUs/Hours Offered: ASHA/0.1 Intermediate, Related; IACET/0.1; Kansas LTS-S1370/1.0; SAC/1.0

Learning Outcomes

After this course, participants will be able to identify requirements specific to Medicare for skilled therapy documentation.
After this course, participants will be able to describe key features of effective documentation for evaluation and daily notes.
After this course, participants will be able to explain how to evaluate daily documentation and appraise for clinical skill.

Agenda

0-5 Minutes	Introduction
5-25 Minutes	Evaluation
25-45 Minutes	Daily Notes
45-55 Minutes	Skill or No Skill?
55-60 Minutes	Summary, Q&A

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Presented By

Amber B. Heape
ClinScD CCC-SLP, CDP

Dr. Amber Heape is a clinical specialist for a large healthcare company where she focuses on clinical education, mentoring, coaching for effective documentation, and developing clinical programs. She is an adjunct professor of masters and doctoral level courses in speech-language pathology and has presented continuing education courses across the United States. Dr. Heape is a Certified Dementia Practitioner, and advocates for quality services with aging adults.

Presenter Disclosure: Financial: Amber Heape was paid an honorarium by SpeechPathology.com for this presentation. Nonfinancial: Amber serves ASHA as the State Advocate forMedicare Policy for South Carolina. She is a Certified Dementia Practitioner.

Content Disclosure: This learning event does not focus exclusively on any specific product or service.

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Passing an online exam and completing a course evaluation will be required to earn continuing education credit.

Live Webinars allow presenter and participant interaction. The exam and course evaluation for these courses must be completed within 7 days of the event.

On-demand courses include texts, video and audio recordings of live webinars, and multimedia formats. The exam and course evaluation for on-demand courses must be completed within 30 days of course registration.

To participate in the course, complete the exam and course evaluation, and earn continuing education credit, you must be a SpeechPathology.com member. Participants must complete the entire course; partial credit is not allowed.

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American Speech-Language-Hearing Assn.

Intermediate Level
0.1 ASHA CEUs

International Association for Continuing Education and Training

Continued, LLC, DBA SpeechPathology.com, is accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET). Continued complies with the ANSI/IACET Standard, which is recognized internationally as a standard of excellence in instructional practices. As a result of this accreditation, Continued is authorized to issue the IACET CEU. continued, LLC, is authorized by IACET to offer 0.1 CEUs for this program.

Kansas Dept for Aging and Disability Services

Approved for 1 continuing education clock hour(s) for Kansas licensed Speech Pathologists by the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services. Long-Term Sponsorship number: LTS-S1370.

California Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board: SpeechPathology.com is approved by the California Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board as a Continuing Professional Development Provider, approval number PDP 268. This course may meet the requirements for 1 hours of continuing education credit for SLPs as required by the California Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensers Board. The responsibility for determining whether or not this specific course counts toward an individual's requirements for license renewal is up to the individual. Please refer to the CA state board rules regarding allowable topics and self-study limits: http://www.speechandhearing.ca.gov/licensees/ce_req.shtml. Live webinars on SpeechPathology.com do not count as self-study courses toward California professional development requirements.

Speech-Language and Audiology Canada

Clinically certified members of Speech-Language and Audiology Canada (SAC) can accumulate continuing education equivalents (CEEs) for their participation with SpeechPathology.com. One hour of coursework equals 1 CEE. All SAC members are encouraged to participate in on-going education.

Effective Documentation in Aging Care: Cognitive-Communication Disorders