We teach our clients how to be the pilots of their rehabilitation process by mindfully exploiting neuroplasticity, i.e. the brain’s ability to heal itself. We target the foundation skills that support communication and meet our clients where they are in their recovery. Your communication goals are our goals. We have the specialized skills to analyze and create a step-by-step process to reach your LIFE goals.

Mindfulness refers to consciously attending to thoughts without placing any judgments upon them. We train our clients to think first, say what they are thinking, reflect, and then make calm repairs, if necessary. Mindfulness combats aphasia stress which is detrimental to rebuilding neural pathways in the brain.  

Online, telepractice delivery allows us to reach a greater number of clients with chronic aphasia without the limitations of a physical location. We have delivered innovative treatment over telepractice since 2014 before telepractice was mainstream due to the public health emergency. Our clients continued to receive communication treatment they would not have realized without the internet and our ability to deliver a comprehensive, quality speech and language program. Clients receive their therapy, regardless of their location, or ours. We see clients across the USA and abroad.

Absolutely! WE DON'T BELIEVE IN PLATEAUS! Working with chronic aphasia, defined as six months after the stroke, requires a specialized therapeutic toolbox and speech pathology mindset and approach.  Chronic aphasia treatment requires a Whole Person + Whole Family approach.  We utilize innovative, mindful, neuroplastic philosophies, methodologies, and treatment techniques to achieve patient-centered communication goals. Utilizing out-of-the-therapeutic box thinking + motivated clients = successful communication. 

We are an enrolled provider for Original Medicare part B (outpatient services).  Medicare will be billed directly for qualified services.  Medicare pays 80% of the allowed rate and your secondary insurance will be automatically billed the remaining 20% per visit.  If you do not have secondary insurance, you will be responsible for the co-payment at the time of each session.

We are Out-Of-Network (OON) Providers for Medicare Advantage and all private insurance.  We'll provide you with an Insurance Benefits Worksheet that will guide you through the questions to ask your insurance provider to determine your OON benefits.  OON services are paid by the client at the time of service.  If requested, we are pleased to provide you with a Superbill (like a receipt) for the evaluation and treatment so that you may obtain reimbursement directly from your insurance company.

We offer transparent pricing for all of our services and this will be discussed during the consultation call.  We will provide you a Good Faith Estimate for the services recommended so there are no surprises.

A valid credit card is to remain on file for the entirety of treatment.

You do not need to have a referral from your physician to start therapy.  However, Medicare regulations state that a physician must sign the plan of care within 30 days of starting treatment.  Speak to your physician about starting telepractice speech therapy.  We like to partner with your physician to provide excellent care and communication.  A physician referral is a great first step in this relationship.

LIFE Wellness Coaching nor LIFE Aphasia Academy require a physician referral.

No, LIFE Speech Pathology cannot see your loved one in the hospital.  We provide only outpatient services, under Medicare part B. If your loved one is admitted to the hospital, those services will be covered under Medicare part A. d.

Our services can be reestablished via a reevaluation AFTER your loved one is discharged from the hospital.

Many of our clients choose to continue treatment to work on higher-level communication goals that exceed what is referred to as ‘medically necessary’ by Medicare. For those clients who want to keep working, we offer an individualized Communication Wellness program to meet your communication goals. In general, the cost is based on the session length of time and frequency per week. Group treatment is also available for the carryover of learned techniques.

Under Original Medicare part B, speech-language pathology and physical therapy ‘share’ the same pot of therapeutic money. We can definitely see you for speech pathology services, reimbursed by Medicare for services that are medically necessary.

Overall, both our clinic and the physical therapy clinic will have to monitor for benefits utilized and actively monitor for claims reimbursement. Often, once the allowed therapeutic amount of money has been utilized for the year, many of our clients transition to our Communication Wellness program to continue working towards their speech-language-communication goals.