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Medicare Intermediary Covers FEES by SLPs Without Physician Supervision
05/04/09
Recent changes in Speech Pathology
April Shines Light on Autism Awareness
04/06/10
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Debbie Ferrell didn't know anything was wrong until her son Nathan was 3 years old. He wasn't talking at 2, but Nathan's pediatrician assured Debbie that boys just develop more slowly than girls. "It was my first. I thought he was just developing normally," she said. "I'd heard about autism, but I didn't know the signs. I didn't know that tip-toe walking and hand slapping were big signs, or lining things up in a row." Ferrell said she didn't know where to turn after her son, now 8, was diagnosed with autism at age 3. "Your world falls apart. You're in shock. You're in a store, and my kid can't communicate his wants and needs and people are staring at you wondering, 'Why can't he do that?' " she said. Now the newly elected president of the Autism Society of America's south central West Virginia chapter, Ferrell says she wants to keep other parents from feeling so helpless.
Medicaid Expansion Now Could Save Some States Money
04/01/10
Starting today, states can choose to take the first steps toward the massive expansion of insurance coverage that is the health overhaul's chief goal. And for some states, that move could have the benefit of reviving funding for state-run programs that insure low-income adults.