{"podcast":{"title":"Fix SLP: Advocacy & Accountability in Speech-Language Pathology","slug":"fix-slp-advocacy-accountability-in-speech-language-pathology-6630882","podcast_index_feed_id":6630882,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/fix-slp","website_url":"https://fixslp.com/","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/AIKq-Lk9ZJO-JnmEASm_6aiODdcfGg1rrl-QpZJsAdA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9iNTdk/MmY5OTM3ZGM3OWU1/ZjU5ZTkxZmFjNGZl/NzkwYS5wbmc.jpg","author":"Jeanette Benigas, PhD","episode_count":115,"summary":"Fix SLP is an SLP Podcast by Jeanette Benigas, PhD, about advocacy, autonomy, and reform in Speech-Language Pathology. This show exposes credentialing gatekeeping, dismantles CCC requirements, and helps SLPs advocate for change. Each episode equips SLPs with tools to reclaim their profession. Subscribe now and join the movement transforming speech-language pathology. Follow @fix.slp on Instagram and TikTok. Visit fixslp.com.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T18:17:37.042345+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fix-slp-advocacy-accountability-in-speech-language-pathology-6630882"},"episode":{"title":"Real SLP Stories: Grad Student Discrimination, CCC Confusion & F-Code Insurance Chaos","slug":"real-slp-stories-grad-student-discrimination-ccc-confusion-f-code-insurance-chaos","published_at":"2025-11-13T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fix-slp-advocacy-accountability-in-speech-language-pathology-6630882/real-slp-stories-grad-student-discrimination-ccc-confusion-f-code-insurance-chaos","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fix-slp-advocacy-accountability-in-speech-language-pathology-6630882","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/fcc7c8de","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/fcc7c8de/fd77328a.mp3","summary":"In this listener mailbag episode, SLP grad students, clinicians, and private practice owners call the Minivan Meltdown line to share what’s really happening behind the scenes in our field. First, a grad student with a repaired bilateral cleft lip and palate describes a supervisor who told her she “can’t be a good SLP” because of her speech difference. Dr. Jeanette Benigas and Preston Lewis, SLP, break down discrimination in training, how CCC standards exclude disabled and Deaf clinicians, and why difference is not disorder. Next, a medical SLP who accidentally dropped her CCC in 2008 shares what happened when she kept her state license and kept working. We talk shame culture, confusion around the CCC, mutual recognition agreements, and why so many CCC “rules” fall apart under scrutiny. Finally, a private practice owner in Kentucky explains how pediatric F-codes (like F80) were treated as “mental health” diagnoses, triggering visit caps, mass denials, and 12–18 month reimbursement delays. We unpack F-code chaos, the Mental Health Parity Act, and why small practices shouldn’t be the ones stuck fighting insurers. If you’ve ever been gaslit by a supervisor, confused by the CCC, or crushed by insurance games, this episode is your reminder: you’re not the problem. The system is. Stop paying to track ASHA-approved CEUs. Save your money and set up for a FREE CEU/PDH tracker with Speech Therapy PD. While you are there, get $10 off a professional subscription with the code FixSLP10! 🚧 Want to earn some PDHs or CEUs with a discount? Find our most up-to-date promo codes and discounts here. 🚧 We want to collaborate with YOU. If you would like to lead or join your state team, please email your name and state to states@fixslp.com. 🚧 Become a sustaining partner to support our work. 🚧…","meta_description":"In this listener mailbag episode, SLP grad students, clinicians, and private practice owners call the Minivan Meltdown line to share what’s really happeni…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2250,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/fix-slp-advocacy-accountability-in-speech-language-pathology-6630882/episodes/real-slp-stories-grad-student-discrimination-ccc-confusion-f-code-insurance-chaos/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fix-slp-advocacy-accountability-in-speech-language-pathology-6630882/real-slp-stories-grad-student-discrimination-ccc-confusion-f-code-insurance-chaos.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}