Private Practice Toolkit: Data + Dollars

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Private practices are essential to this effort.

We need your data to build the evidence. And we need your financial support to turn that evidence into action.

One without the other isn't enough.

1. DATA COLLECTION - NOW CLOSED

Our CPA partner at Richey May is now compiling the data submitted by SLP Private Practices across the United States.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR DATA submissions!

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2. DONATE TO FUND THE WORK

Data alone won't get this done.

Collecting the numbers is only the beginning.

The data has to be professionally analyzed. It has to be translated into credible economic evidence.

We need experienced healthcare policy consultants, advocacy and lobbying support, and the resources to get that evidence in front of the people making decisions about the value of our services.

That takes funding.

We are asking private practice owners to contribute their data and invest financially in this effort.

This is bigger than protecting one practice's reimbursement. We're building evidence that can strengthen advocacy for SLP services nationally and support the sustainability of the profession we have all invested so much in building.

Give us your data. Then help us put it to work.

DONATE NOW

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3. Planning to comment to CMS?

We're moving quickly, but we're also being strategic.

Our CPA partner at Richey May is now compiling the data you submitted. While they finalize the numbers, we need to start drafting CMS comments today.

Use the Comment Builder on the SLPs & SLPAs page to submit your draft and get your first version (and any revisions) ready.

If you already submitted practice data: please wait until September 10th to OFFICIALLY submit your comment to CMS. We’ll send you the final numbers to plug into your draft before you file.

Wait for the data to submit.

Participating practices will receive the analyzed national findings and professional advocacy guidance before the comment deadline so you can make your comment as effective as possible.

Practices that contributed data to the SPEAK Project National Cost Survey will receive the aggregated findings and analysis to help support their individual comments to CMS.

We're also working with experienced healthcare policy professionals to develop guidance and resources to help our community understand the data and use it effectively and strategically in the CMS comment process.

The goal isn't simply to submit more comments. It's to submit stronger comments backed by evidence.

Resources and analyzed data will be released to participating practices around September 10th before the CMS comment deadline.

ACCESS THE COMMENT BUILDER

4. USE YOUR CONNECTIONS - Who do you know?

Do you have a relationship with a legislator? Getting the evidence into the right hands matters just as much as collecting it. And if you're willing to make an introduction, even better.

SHARE A CONTACT

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