{"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":"Telehealth Coverage Expired: SLP Rules for Medicare Claims","slug":"telehealth-coverage-expired-slp-rules-for-medicare-claims","published_at":"2025-10-02T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fix-slp-advocacy-accountability-in-speech-language-pathology-6630882/telehealth-coverage-expired-slp-rules-for-medicare-claims","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fix-slp-advocacy-accountability-in-speech-language-pathology-6630882","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/3a8d1adb","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/3a8d1adb/269fe980.mp3","summary":"Telehealth coverage for SLPs under Medicare expired on October 1, 2025. In this episode, Dr. Jeanette Benigas, SLP, and Katie Brown, SLP, explain what this means for the provision of Telehealth services for traditional Medicare Part B beneficiaries, the nuances for Part A beneficiaries, and the allowance of private pay. They also unpack the government shutdown’s impact on claims processing, what remains unchanged for Medicaid and Medicare Advantage plans, and why employers shouldn’t issue blanket telehealth bans without checking payer rules. Get clear, practical guidance plus the free Telehealth Toolkit to support your patients and advocate for continued access. Find all of the advocacy tools you need here to participate in the telehealth call to action, or check out Katie's SLPs Blueprint to Medicare Success and get $100 off with the code FixSLP. If you missed it, catch Katie and Jeanette’s earlier conversation on Medicare telehealth in Episode 96 . It sets the stage for what’s happening now. 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. 🚧 Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok , and YouTube . 🚧 Find all our information at fixslp.com, and sign up for our email list to be alerted to new episodes and content. 🚧 Email us at team@fixslp.com. 🚧 Leave a message on our Minivan Meltdown line! ★ Support this podcast ★","meta_description":"Telehealth coverage for SLPs under Medicare expired on October 1, 2025. In this episode, Dr. Jeanette Benigas, SLP, and Katie Brown, SLP, explain what thi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1821,"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/telehealth-coverage-expired-slp-rules-for-medicare-claims/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/telehealth-coverage-expired-slp-rules-for-medicare-claims.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}