Outpatient Speech Therapy

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Good morning all. For those of you who offer outpatient speech therapy

services in your clinics - what is a typical length of an outpatient

episode of care (ie: 8 visits, 12 visits?). I am aware that most of the

codes used are untimed codes - so how long does an average session take?

Looking at the facility-based fee schedule for these codes, it is hard

to imagine that outpatient speech therapy could be operated on a

break-even basis. Is this a service that typically shows a loss?

Thank you in advance for your responses.

Proffitt, PT

Hospital-based

Massillon, Ohio