Whether we’re stalking your chapter on Insta or reading your chapter updates on the NSSLHA Community, we’re in awe of everything NSSLHA chapters do to support its members and local communities. As part of the…
Posts tagged Graduate Students
Raising Our Voices Now to Advocate for Our Future Professions
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…
Shift Happens–Advocating for Value-Based Health Care
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…
This Year, I’ll …
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?…