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October 17, 2006
Shortages in Health Care Add Challenges
ASHA's Focused Initiative for Personnel Issues in Health Care and Education has sought to gather and address factors contributing to the current shortages.

Georgia Medicaid Changes Cut Coverage for Low-Income Children
Cost-cutting changes to Georgia Medicaid regulations are putting children at risk due to extensive documentation requirements and high denial rates.

CMS Proposes 2007 Decrease in Medicare Reimbursement
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has proposed a decrease of more than 5% for all Medicare Fee Schedule payments in 2007.

Vote! A Pre-Election Preview
A preview of two candidates' position on issues important to speech-language pathologists and audiologists.

Telepractice in the City: The Story of The Visiting Nurse Service of New York Home Care
The largest certified non-profit home health care agency used telepractice to meet the challenges of providing speech-language pathology services for a growing number of patients.

Early Hearing Diagnosis Key to Language Skills
Children born with hearing loss can develop the same language skills as other if diagnosed early and provided with early intervention soon after diagnosis, according to a world-first Australian study. *Audiology*

Partnerships Promote Employer Awareness of Services
Partnerships Promote Employer Awareness of Services Building strategic relationships with the employer community is the focus of ASHA's collaboration with the National Business Coalition on Health.

The Power of Passionate Mentoring: Newborn Hearing Screening Program
From protégé to mentor, the author reflects on her work in establishing a newborn hearing screening program.

The Power of Passionate Mentoring: More Than Teaching
Mentors do more than teach; they instill confidence and create an environment conducive to learning.

CHARGE Syndrome
Children with CHARGE syndrome have multiple congenital anomalies include disorders of all senses and speech, language, feeding, swallowing, and behavior.

Managing Memory and Metamemory Impairments in Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury
When recovering from TBI, most individuals become aware of physical impairments before gaining awareness of more subtle impairments such as attention and memory.

Frail Elders and the Failure to Thrive
The growing focus on end-of-life care highlights the need for advances in clinician training, outcome measures, and resources to enhance care as we venture beyond the traditional medical model approach.

IDEA 2004 Final Regulations Include Important Changes
The final regulations have important changes to personnel provider qualifications.


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