Posts tagged Advocacy

Howard University students at a NSSLHA Chapter event

Raising Our Voices Now to Advocate for Our Future Professions

in Local NSSLHA Chapter on January 4, 2018 January 4, 2018 by Ryan Prioleau

In November 2017, Dr. Paul Rao, PhD, CCC-SLP, visited Howard University and held a seminar about shifting from a volume- to value-based health care system and the importance of advocating for our professions. Dr. Rao…

Shot of a resident being consoled by a nurse in a retirement home

Shift Happens–Advocating for Value-Based Health Care

in National NSSLHA on January 3, 2018 January 8, 2018 by Dr. Paul Rao, PhD, CCC-SLP

For years, health care in the U.S. has been volume-based. Meaning, providers are reimbursed for providing a service, regardless of the results—putting more emphasis on the process than the patient. Recently, health care has started…

young woman studying in her living room, sitting on the carpet

This Year, I’ll …

in National NSSLHA on January 1, 2018 January 21, 2018 by Katie Schramm

Haaaa-pppyyy New Year! As 2018 begins (and as I realize my term as National NSSLHA’s president will soon end), I’m in serious evaluation mode. I’ve been thinking, what do I want to accomplish this year?…