Pennsylvania Speech Language Hearing Association PSHA

06/03/2026

📢 Free Webinar: CF Billing Compliance — June 25 at 7 PM ET

If you supervise a Clinical Fellow, assistant, or graduate student, this is important.

ASHA is hosting a free webinar on June 25, 2026 at 7 PM Eastern covering billing compliance for CFs, assistants, and graduate students. The core message: before billing under your NPI for services provided by another clinician, you must verify that your payer explicitly permits it. This is not a new requirement, and it is not ASHA policy — it applies across all healthcare professions. Clinicians who bill without payer permission have faced audits and recoupments.

Register here: https://asha.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KLW1w-nQS0uw7uWSuAKI2A #/registration

Additional resources:
Billing and Payment Compliance for CFs, Assistants, and Graduate Students: https://www.asha.org/practice/reimbursement/billing-and-payment-compliance/

Want to share your experiences with ASHA leadership? Use the BOD In-Touch form to make your voice heard directly: https://www.asha.org/form/board-of-directors-feedback/?srsltid=AfmBOopJjHP8bp5cmy8S47DRaj2oJxGM61lkUHo-NJvG5hT6M_KC2kCN

Questions? Reach out to PSHA or attend the June 25 webinar for more.

06/03/2026

06/02/2026

📣 Plan now for fall events

Summer is a great time for professionals to catch up on requirements, and it’s also the perfect time for CE providers to plan ahead.

PSHA can support your next continuing education course through cooperative agreements that allow you to offer:
• ASHA CEUs
• Act 48 credits

➡️ Interested in partnering with PSHA? Email [email protected] or visit https://www.psha.org to start the conversation.

06/01/2026

💙 Aphasia Awareness Month 💙
This month, PSHA recognizes Aphasia Awareness Month and raises awareness about a communication disorder that affects a person’s ability to speak, understand, read, and write—most often after stroke or brain injury.
Speech-language pathologists play a vital role in helping individuals with aphasia reconnect through communication, participation, and meaningful life activities. With the right support, people with aphasia can continue to learn, work, and engage with their communities.
Let’s spread awareness, reduce stigma, and advocate for access to comprehensive communication care. 🗣️💪

05/31/2026

That's a wrap on National Speech-Language-Hearing Month 2026. 🎉

31 days. 31 reasons to celebrate, advocate, and stand up for communication sciences professionals and the people they serve.

This month, PSHA spotlighted:
🌟 Member stories from across Pennsylvania
📢 Legislative wins like the stuttering insurance mandate
🎓 New graduates and experienced clinicians doing extraordinary work
📚 Continuing education resources and ACT 48 guidance
🏛️ Advocacy priorities: telehealth, Medicaid, Interstate Compact, hearing aids
🦻 Audiologists, SLPs, and teachers of the hearing impaired — all three professions
💬 The profound importance of communication as a human right

May is over. But PSHA's work isn't.

We'll keep advocating in Harrisburg. We'll keep offering continuing education. We'll keep building a professional community for the 10,000+ licensed SLPs and audiologists across Pennsylvania — and working to make sure every one of them has a professional home in PSHA.

Thank you for following along, for sharing our posts, and for being part of this community. We'll see you in June.

Join or renew your membership at psha.org.

05/30/2026

🦻 The PSHA App is for EVERYONE

Not just for convention attendees. Not just for members. The PSHA app is a tool for advocacy and accessibility—designed to keep you connected to the profession you care about, wherever you are.

Download the app today and:
📱 Access continuing education information on-the-go
📢 Stay informed on legislative updates and advocacy opportunities
💬 Connect with the professional community through CommUnity
🎯 Take action on behalf of the profession from your phone

Whether you're at your desk or in the field, the PSHA app makes advocacy mobile and puts resources right in your pocket.

Ready to download? Scan the QR code or search for "MC Member App" (Apple) or "PSHA" (Android). You can also find full download instructions on our website.

Let's make Pennsylvania's voice louder together. 💚

Community

05/29/2026

Member Spotlight Monday 🌟

One last spotlight to close out Better Speech-Language Hearing Month.

This one goes to the professionals working in medical settings,navigating complex caseloads, and advocating for their patients with limited resources and increasing administrative burdens. Meet Erin Buckwalter, our current Past President. Erin is a medical SLP and supervisor at Penn Medicine. Erin has worked tirelessly on improving working conditions for medical SLP's.

Healthcare-based SLPs and audiologists often work in some of the most demanding environments in medicine. ICUs, rehabilitation centers, oncology units, skilled nursing facilities — settings where communication disorders intersect with serious illness, and where the SLP or audiologist may be the person who gives a patient their voice back after surgery, illness, or injury.

The reimbursement pressures are real. The caseloads are heavy. The emotional weight is significant. And yet, these professionals show up every day because the work matters.

PSHA sees you. We're advocating for better Medicaid payment rates, better telehealth access, and professional protections that make sustainable healthcare-based practice possible. Thnk you Erin for everything you do to advocate for our profession and clients.

If you're a medical SLP or audiologist in Pennsylvania: thank you. PSHA is your professional home. Visit psha.org to connect with us.

05/28/2026

We are pleased to share an exciting opportunity from our colleagues at SPABA (Speech Pathology and Applied Behavior Analysis). If you or someone you know works at the intersection of SLP and ABA, this one is worth your attention!

SPABA is accepting proposals for the 2026 SPABA Research Award, which funds projects bridging speech-language pathology and applied behavior analysis.

Three award categories are available:

🔹 MN (Giri) Hegde Research Award — for students conducting research on behavior analytic approaches for treating speech, language, communication, or feeding impairments

🔹 Barbara Esch Application Award — for graduate students or practitioners demonstrating effective implementation of ABA principles in SLP service delivery

🔹 Nikia Dower Dissemination Award — for graduate students or practitioners engaged in projects to enhance cross-disciplinary collaboration, training, or knowledge dissemination between BCBAs and SLPs

All applicants receive a free 2026 SPABA membership. Winners receive a $500 cash award, free SPABA membership for 2026 and 2027, and complimentary admission to the November 2026 virtual SPABA Conference.

Proposal guidelines, the application form, and examples of previous winning projects are available here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1X-0ovIq5daKCMV6wV8fumAPt3PHXqctj/view?usp=sharing

Proposals are due by 11:59 pm on July 31, 2026. Questions? Contact SPABA Secretary Mareile Koenig, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BCBA at [email protected].

Please feel free to forward this to students and colleagues who may be interested. Learn more about SPABA at https://www.behavioralspeech.com/

05/26/2026

🌟 Member Spotlight: Better Speech & Hearing Month 🌟
This month, we're celebrating the incredible professionals who make communication possible every day! 💬👂

Meet: Susan L. Dillmuth-Miller, AuD

✨ Why did you choose this field?
At summer camp in middle school, I played basketball with a team of Deaf girls. This experience sparked my interest in sign language and hearing technology — and the rest is history.

💡 What does Better Speech & Hearing Month mean to you?
This month is our opportunity as professionals to raise awareness about speech and hearing disorders, prevention, and treatment. Most audiologists and SLPs enter the field because they or a loved one has benefited from services. This month gives us extra incentive to make our fields visible and accessible to those who are not yet aware.

❤️ A moment that reminds you why you love what you do:
I worked in a hospital diagnosing infants and toddlers, then as an educational audiologist K-12, and now at the university level. To see university students who I diagnosed at birth be successful in their chosen careers — and not limited by their auditory issues — is incredibly rewarding.

🗣️ One thing you wish people understood about communication or hearing health:
The impact of an auditory issue is situational. If the speaker is looking away, I may not understand you. If there is competing noise, I may not understand you. If I am unfamiliar with the content, I may not understand you.

🌱 A tip for supporting speech, language, or hearing wellness:
Set your personal listening device volume to a comfortable level in quiet — and don't raise the volume when in competing noise.

☕ Quick Hits:
• Favorite therapy resource: Cochlear, Med-El, and Advanced Bionics — great auditory listening therapy tools for those with hearing loss and APD
• Coffee or tea: Both!
• Early bird or night owl: Depends on the day
• Go-to self-care: Running

👏 Help us celebrate Susan in the comments!