Comments on: Seventy Five Percent Of Apraxia Cases Wrongly Diagnosed http://www.speechlanguagefeeding.com/seventy-percent-apraxia-cases-wrongly-diagnosed/ By Isa Marrs Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:20:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Isa Marrs http://www.speechlanguagefeeding.com/seventy-percent-apraxia-cases-wrongly-diagnosed/comment-page-1/#comment-2233 Isa Marrs Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:20:03 +0000 http://www.speechlanguagefeeding.com/?p=811#comment-2233 Jackie, Speech Language Pathologists are qualified and able to make the diagnosis of Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS). It is a motor speech disorder not a "medical diagnosis" and that is our area of expertise. Quite often insurance companies do not cover services for children with CAS regardless of who makes the diagnosis. They most often only cover services that are due to accident, injury or congenital anomaly and they do not feel that CAS is any of these three. Jackie,
Speech Language Pathologists are qualified and able to make the diagnosis of Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS). It is a motor speech disorder not a “medical diagnosis” and that is our area of expertise. Quite often insurance companies do not cover services for children with CAS regardless of who makes the diagnosis. They most often only cover services that are due to accident, injury or congenital anomaly and they do not feel that CAS is any of these three.

]]> By: Jackie http://www.speechlanguagefeeding.com/seventy-percent-apraxia-cases-wrongly-diagnosed/comment-page-1/#comment-2197 Jackie Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:00:50 +0000 http://www.speechlanguagefeeding.com/?p=811#comment-2197 Two issues to consider. Insurance Companies will not accept an apraxia diagnosis from a speech pathologist as it is a medical diagnosis. Second many insurance companies will not pay for a developmental speech delay, but will pay for an apraxia speech issue( referring ti speech therapy services) Two issues to consider. Insurance Companies will not accept an apraxia diagnosis from a speech pathologist as it is a medical diagnosis.

Second many insurance companies will not pay for a developmental speech delay, but will pay for an apraxia speech issue( referring ti speech therapy services)

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