Annual Convention

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

Chair: Dr. Jessica Berry

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

Assistants Advisory Council - NEW

Agenda: Create content for an Assistants page on the SCSHA website, prioritize issues related to assistants to be addressed by the Executive Board, suggest continuing education content specific to assistants and/or supervision of assistants, suggest issues for legislative advocacy related to assistants practice and/or supervision of assistants.

Chair: VP of Membership and Outreach

Membership: Assistants Liaison and 3-5 SLP and/or Audiology Assistants who hold assistant licensure in South Carolina.  Committee members other than the Assistants Liaison are not required to hold current ASHA assistant certification.

Workload anticipated: meet at least quarterly prior to the Executive Board meeting and provide a report to the Executive Board of current issues related to assistant practice and supervision.  

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: TBD

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

Babynet

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

Committee Chairs: Andi Lary, Katrina Tompkins

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

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

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: Carson Walker

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

Reimbursement

Agenda: Commercial and Medicaid MCO reimbursement and policy advocacy

Committee Chair: Carrie Hinnant

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.

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: TBD

Membership to include: School SLPs

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