The American Medical Association (AMA) has released the agenda for the April 30 – May 2, 2026 CPT Editorial Panel meeting. A code change application has been submitted requesting the AMA to rescind the establishment of Category I codes 92X0X, 92X1X, 92X2X, 92X3X, 92X4X, 92X5X, 92X6X, 92X7X, 92X8X, and 92X9X, approved changes to the guidelines, and the deletion of code 92507 from the September 2025 Panel meeting. If you are a speech-language pathologist (SLP) or an owner that provides speech therapy services, you may want to participate in the meeting virtually. In addition, you may want to submit comments either

CPT codes billed by outpatient therapy providers are either time-based or un-timed (service-based). A question I am often asked is if there is a minimum amount of time I must spend providing an un-timed service. Typically, my answer is “no, but time does play a factor in the reimbursement amount”. What do I mean by that answer? In this article, I will answer the following questions:

North Dakota (ND) Medicaid is updating their physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech language therapy policies. Updated policies include the following:

I receive many questions from speech-language pathologists (SLPs) on what CPT codes can be provided and reimbursed on the same date of service by the Medicare program. In this article, I will answer the following questions regarding what traditional Medicare will and will not reimburse on the same date of service when provided by a speech-language pathologist (SLP). Keep in mind that Medicare Advantage plans, Medicaid and Managed Medicaid plans, and commercial insurers may or may not follow what traditional Medicare does and does not allow.

In this article, I will provide the answers to the following speech therapy billing scenarios:

It has been awhile since I have written an article focused on outpatient speech therapy and billing. So this week, I thought I would provide answers to some of the more common questions I receive about billing for speech therapy services. The answers I provide are based on what the Medicare Part B program allows and these answers may or may not be applicable to Medicare Advantage plans, Medicaid, managed Medicaid plans, private/commercial insurance carriers, workers compensation and automobile carriers. Here are the questions I will answer in this article: Can you be paid for CPT codes 92507 and 92526