15 May 2016
Stuttering and Insurance Reimbursement (Ep. 579)
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Katie Gore joins Peter Reitzes to discuss stuttering and insurance reimbursement. Ms. Gore is asked about general health care terms such as co-pays, “case studies” and victories from her private practice in advocating for clients with their insurance companies, peer-to-peer meetings with insurance companies, how people who stutter and parents may consider advocating for themselves, how speech-language pathologists may consider advocating for clients, pre-authorization with insurance companies, the importance of contacting insurance companies with questions before beginning treatment, using pre-tax income to pay for treatment (such as flexible spending accounts), gap exceptions, diagnostic criteria and codes and so much more.
StutterTalk reports with great pride that Katie Gore has advocated so hard for clients that she has actually, on occasion, been informed by insurance companies that she has “maxed out” in the number of letters she is aloud to submit on a client’s behalf. Even so, when this occurs, Katie continues to advocate for her clients by assisting them in writing letters to their insurance companies.
Special thanks to the great Craig Coleman for recommending Katie Gore for today’s topic.
Katie Gore, MA, CCC-SLP is a speech-language pathologist, Director of Speech IRL and co-leader of the City of Chicago’s chapter of the National Stuttering Association. Ms. Gore made a splash last summer with her post The Australian Budget Lidcombe Proposal Debate: A Primer in Memes.
Links:
- Insurance 101 for 2016 by Katie Gore
- Insurance Advocacy and Stuttering (NSA brochure)
- ASHA ICD-10 Manual
- AETNA Speech Therapy Policy
- The University of Chicago Health Plan
- NSA Chapel Hill, North Carolina Chapter
14 Jun 2018
The S-Word: A Crash Course in Stuttering (Ep. 646)
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Katie Gore and Courtney Luckman join Peter Reitzes to discuss The S Word, a new intensive stuttering treatment program beginning in August, 2018.
Katie and Courtney are asked about the core components of the program, the goals, follow-up, how one goes about creating an intensive treatment program from scratch and so much more.
Katie Gore, MA, CCC-SLP is a speech-language pathologist, Director of Speech IRL and co-leader of the City of Chicago’s chapter of the National Stuttering Association.
Courtney Luckman is a speech-language pathologist at speech IRL in Chicago, IL where she is the lead clinician on stuttering. Courtney has an active role in the National Stuttering Association, chairing the Young Adults Committee, as well as co-leading the City of Chicago chapter.