Lecture Outline 2

 SETTINGS

Neurogenic disorders may be managed in a number of different settings.

Schools

Population:

Activities:

Acute Care

Population:

Activities:

Inpatient Rehabilitation

Population:

Activities:

Skilled Nursing Facility/Long Term Care

Population:

Activities:

Outpatient Rehabilitation

Population:

Activities:

Community Based Programs

Population:

Activities:

REIMBUSEMENT ISSUES

Changes in healthcare reimbursement have dramatically changed how SLPs practice in both schools and rehabilitation settings and the kind and amount of services that are available.

Managed Care

Federally underwritten health care programs

Medicare

 

Medicaid