Your First Look at the 2027 New Speech Therapy CPT Codes

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This 1.5-hour online course will teach SLPs how to report the correct CPT code(s), including the 10 new CPT codes, based on interventions provided and documentation in the medical record. In addition, the course will provide case scenarios to teach participants how to bill correctly to the Medicare program, Medicaid, and commercial insurance carriers.

2027 CPT Coding and Billing for Speech Therapy Services

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Promotional graphic for the online course " Mastering 2026 CPT Coding & Billing for Speech Therapy" presented by Rick Gawenda. Includes date and time: January 22, 2026, from 1:00 to 2:30 PM ET.

This 1.5-hour online course will teach SLPs how to report the correct CPT code(s), including the 10 new CPT codes, based on interventions provided and documentation in the medical record. In addition, the course will provide case scenarios to teach participants how to bill correctly to the Medicare program, Medicaid, and commercial insurance carriers.

Billing for a Speech-Generating AAC Device

Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) perform evaluations for speech-generating augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices. However, many SLPs do not understand what is included in this type of evaluation. In addition, SLPs do not understand when to bill for an evaluation of an ACC device when the evaluation takes more than 1 visit to complete. In this article, I will answer the following questions:

CMS Clarifies Speech-Language Pathologists Qualifications

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a clarification regarding the licensure requirements of a speech-language pathologist (SLP) who furnishes outpatient speech therapy services to an original Medicare beneficiary. CMS has clarified they will defer

Qualifications for Speech-Language Pathologists Treating Medicare Outpatients

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has updated the Medicare Benefit Policy Manual to match the regulatory provision for the qualifications of speech-language pathologists (SLP’s) providing outpatient therapy services. This update has significant implications for the use of Clinical Fellow (CF) SLP’s. In this article, I will answer the following questions:

2026 CPT Coding and Billing for Speech Therapy Services

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Promotional graphic for the online course " Mastering 2026 CPT Coding & Billing for Speech Therapy" presented by Rick Gawenda. Includes date and time: January 22, 2026, from 1:00 to 2:30 PM ET.

This 1.5-hour online course will teach speech-language pathologists how to report the correct CPT code(s) based on interventions provided and documentation in the medical record, define the definition of substantial of a time-based CPT code and will provide case scenarios to teach participants how to bill correctly to the Medicare program as well as commercial insurance carriers.