Committee Sign-Up

Welcome, SCSHA Members!  Our executive board voted to start some content-specific committees to help drive our mission of identifying, studying, and reviewing matters related to the affairs and objectives of the Association.  Please check out the brand NEW committees below and select one where you would like to jump in!

Click here to Apply for Committees

What will I need to apply?  Name and contact information, information about your work setting as an SLP and/or Audiologist, and a short statement on why you feel you’d qualify to be on the committee.  If you are applying for a leadership role please be prepared to include a brief statement about why you are interested in leading the committee. 

Learn More About Our Committees

 

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Babynet

Agenda: licensing/training EIs, cotreatment with EIs, service coordination (reimbursement & roles), EMR system, scope of practice encroachment

Committee Co-Chairs: TBD

Workload anticipated: need reports a minimum of each quarter to address solutions to the problems identified.

 

SLP

School SLPs

Agenda: DOE certification (understand pros and cons), School and EPSDT issue (requested by SC DHHS), Codes on the fee schedule vs clinical practice, Medicaid issues

Committee Chair: Miranda Grice

TBD- membership participation desired

Workload anticipated: need reports a minimum of each quarter to address solutions to the problems identified.

 

Augmentative

Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Agenda: Create content for an AAC hub on SCSHA website, determine advocacy needs with SC DHHS or SCATP, compile educational resources that can be shared, discuss solutions to problems identified

Chair: Stephen Kneece

Workload anticipated: need reports a minimum of each quarter to address solutions to the problems identified.

 

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Legislative Affairs

Agenda: ASLP-IC bill, ABA licensure bills, telemedicine bill, examining state-by-state issues and determining potential impacts or plans for South Carolina, creating an advocacy plan for solutions to problems identified by our committees.

Chair: Kelly Caldwell, VP of Government Affairs

Workload anticipated: ongoing basis with some time-limited tasks for the committee

 

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Membership

Agenda: Discuss declining public trust in organizations, how that may affect SCSHA, and a plan to reach out to current and potential members of the organization

Chair: Christine Lewis

Workload anticipated: need reports a minimum of each quarter to address solutions to problems identified

Annual Convention

Agenda: Assist getting sponsors and vendors. Review speaker/topic options to determine the Convention Agenda

Chair: AnnMarie Knight

Workload anticipated: Quarterly zoom meetings and communication by email as needed.

 

Reimbursement

Agenda: Commercial and Medicaid MCO reimbursement and policy advocacy

Committee Chair: TBD

Membership to include: Clinic director/administrator, SLP with billing/coding experience, 2 SLP clinical providers who are not an administrator, SLP Assistant, ASHA STAR(s), 2 At-Large SCSHA members, 2 student members

Workload anticipated: Need reports each quarter to address solutions to the problems identified. Report to the SCSHA president at quarterly meetings. First meeting to occur when 50% of the committee membership has been filled.