Acknowledgments
About the Author
Contributing Authors
Introduction
Section I Basics of Documentation
Chapter 1 Basic Rules of Documentation
Nancy B. Swigert, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-S
Chapter 2 Reasons for Documenting
Nancy B. Swigert, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-S
Chapter 3 Forms and Formats
Nancy B. Swigert, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-S
Chapter 4 Coding, Reimbursement, and Documentation
Nancy B. Swigert, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-S
Chapter 5 Focus on Function and Outcomes
Nancy B. Swigert, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-S
Section II Documenting Different Types of Services
Chapter 6 Evaluation Reports
Nancy B. Swigert, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-S
Chapter 7 Treatment Plans/Certifications
Nancy B. Swigert, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-S
Chapter 8 Progress Notes
Nancy B. Swigert, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-S
Chapter 9 Discharge Summaries and Maintenance Programs
Nancy B. Swigert, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-S
Section III Documentation and Reimbursement in Adult Health Care Settings
Chapter 10 Acute Care: Adult
Nancy B. Swigert, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-S
Chapter 11 Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility
Lynne C. Brady Wagner, MA, CCC-SLP; Denise M. Ambrosi, MS,
CCC-SLP;
and Daniel Meninger, MSPT
Chapter 12 Skilled Nursing Facility
Renee Kinder, MS, CCC-SLP, RAC-CT
Chapter 13 Home Health
Rebecca Skrine, MS, CCC-SLP, CHCE, COS-C
Chapter 14 Outpatient Settings: Adul
Nancy B. Swigert, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-S
Section IV Documentation and Reimbursement in Pediatric Settings
Chapter 15 Early Intervention (0 to 3 Years)
Karyn Lewis Searcy, MA, CCC-SLP
Chapter 16 School Settings
Barbara J. Moore, EdD, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL
Chapter 17 Outpatient Settings: Pediatric
Nancy B. Swigert, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-S
Section V Professional Writing and Presentations
Chapter 18 Written Communication and Presentations
Nancy B. Swigert, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-S
Glossary
Abbreviations
Financial Disclosures
Index
Nancy B. Swigert, MA, CCC-SLP, BCSS, speechlanguage
pathologist, is the former director of SpeechLanguage Pathology
and Respiratory Care at Baptist Health Lexington, an acute care
facility in Lexington, Kentucky. Prior to that, her private
practice, Swigert & Associates, Inc., provided services to children
and adults for 26 years. In 2016-2017 she served as the Process
Excellence Coordinator and a Certified Green Belt in Lean/Six Sigma
in the Quality Outcomes Department at Baptist, where she coached
teams to use data and Lean/Six Sigma process improvement
methodologies. As president of Swigert & Associates., Inc., now a
consulting company, she continues to teach and write in the areas
of dysphagia, coding and reimbursement, and documentation.
Her main clinical interests are in the areas of pediatric and adult
dysphagia. She has authored seven publications with ProEd
(Linguisystems): The Source for Dysphagia (4th Edition), The Source
for Dysarthria (2nd Edition), The Source for Pediatric Dysphagia
(2nd Edition), The Source for Reading Fluency, The Source for Early
Intervention, The Source for Children’s Voice Disorders, and
Reading Fluency and Comprehension. She lectures extensively in the
areas of dysphagia and motor speech disorders. She has authored
numerous book chapters and articles focusing on documentation and
reimbursement.
She received her master’s degree from the University of
Tennessee—Knoxville. She is a former President of the Kentucky
SpeechLanguageHearing Association and the Council of State
Association Presidents. She was President of the American
Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation in 2004-2005. She chaired the
American Board of Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders from
2012-2014.
She has served in numerous volunteer capacities for the American
SpeechLanguage-Hearing Association (ASHA). In the mid-1990s, she
co-chaired the ASHA Task Force on Treatment Outcomes, which
initially developed the National Outcomes Measurement System
(NOMS). She served on the Health Care Economics Committee for 9
years and chaired it for 6. It was during that tenure that she
gained invaluable knowledge about reimbursement and documentation
requirements. She served on the ASHA Executive Board for 6 years, 3
as Vice President for Governmental and Social Policies and then as
President-Elect, President (1998), and Past President. She is an
ASHA Fellow and received the Honors of ASHA in 2015.
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