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SUMMARY:Reimbursement Nuances After the Proposed Rule — New SLP Code Playbook\, Part 2
DESCRIPTION:📅 Wednesday\, August 12\, 2026 · 2:00 PM Central · 90-minute live webinar (recording included) \nCMS’s proposed rule lands in July 2026 with the first real reimbursement numbers for the 10 new SLP codes. This session breaks down exactly what those numbers mean for your specific payer mix\, service mix\, and patient population — before the final rule locks anything in. \n \n\nWhat You Will Learn\n\nWhat the proposed values actually mean for your clinic — translating national rate proposals into your specific revenue picture\nPayer-by-payer nuance — how commercial and state Medicaid plans typically track (or diverge from) the CMS proposed rule\nWhere to focus your advocacy — if there’s a window to weigh in during the public comment period\, we’ll tell you\n\n\nYour Speakers\n\n	Candice Mullendore\, MS\, OTR/L\n	Co-founder\, TPAG  |  Clinic Owner\, 18+ years  |  AOTA Alternate Advisor to the HCPAC/RUC\n	Candice has spent nearly two decades running a multidisciplinary therapy clinic and serves as AOTA’s alternate advisor to the HCPAC/RUC committee\, which shapes how Medicare values therapy services. She translates policy into practice-level decisions.\n	\n\n	Kaye Baumgardner\, MS\, CCC-SLP\n	Co-founder\, TPAG  |  Clinic Owner\, 20+ years  |  Senior Planning & Business Development Consultant\, Gillette Children’s\n	Kaye brings the SLP clinical lens and the business development perspective. With two decades of clinic ownership and senior strategy work at one of the country’s leading children’s hospitals\, she understands both the clinical and financial stakes of this transition.\n	\n\n	Mary Walsh Sterup\, OTR/L\, CHT\n	Guest Speaker\, TPAG  |  35+ years experience  |  National leadership\, AMA RUC & HCPAC\n	Mary is a certified hand therapist and healthcare compliance expert who serves in national leadership roles with the AMA Relative Value Update Committee (RUC) and the Health Care Professionals Advisory Committee (HCPAC)\, helping shape CPT coding\, reimbursement\, and healthcare policy. As a former co-owner of one of Nebraska’s largest multidisciplinary therapy practices\, she brings a ground-level view of what these changes mean operationally for practices like yours.\n	\n\nAbout This Series\nThis session is part of the New SLP Code Playbook — a four-part series walking therapy practice owners through the full arc of the CPT code transition\, from code structure to final implementation. This session is $99\, or save by purchasing the Full Series Bundle (Parts 2-4) for $247. \n\nZoom join details are emailed to you automatically the moment your purchase completes. \nWant to save money? Bundle Your Sessions →
URL:https://www.thetpag.com/event/new-slp-code-playbook-part-2-reimbursement-nuances/
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SUMMARY:Clinic Owner Revenue Planning Under the New Codes — New SLP Code Playbook\, Part 3
DESCRIPTION:📅 Wednesday\, September 16\, 2026 · 2:00 PM Central · 2-hour live webinar (recording included) \nThis is the strategic planning session for clinic owners. With the proposed rule’s numbers in hand\, we help you model your revenue exposure across the new code set\, identify where you gain and where you need to adapt\, and build a proactive plan — not a reactive one after January 1. \n \n\nWhat You Will Learn\n\nRevenue modeling walkthrough — a practical framework for projecting your clinic’s reimbursement under the new codes\nWhere clinics typically gain or lose — patterns we’re seeing across payer mixes and service lines\nYour 90-day action plan — concrete staffing\, documentation\, and billing-workflow steps to take before the final rule drops\n\n\nYour Speakers\n\n	Candice Mullendore\, MS\, OTR/L\n	Co-founder\, TPAG  |  Clinic Owner\, 18+ years  |  AOTA Alternate Advisor to the HCPAC/RUC\n	Candice has spent nearly two decades running a multidisciplinary therapy clinic and serves as AOTA’s alternate advisor to the HCPAC/RUC committee\, which shapes how Medicare values therapy services. She translates policy into practice-level decisions.\n	\n\n	Kaye Baumgardner\, MS\, CCC-SLP\n	Co-founder\, TPAG  |  Clinic Owner\, 20+ years  |  Senior Planning & Business Development Consultant\, Gillette Children’s\n	Kaye brings the SLP clinical lens and the business development perspective. With two decades of clinic ownership and senior strategy work at one of the country’s leading children’s hospitals\, she understands both the clinical and financial stakes of this transition.\n	\n\n	Mary Walsh Sterup\, OTR/L\, CHT\n	Guest Speaker\, TPAG  |  35+ years experience  |  National leadership\, AMA RUC & HCPAC\n	Mary is a certified hand therapist and healthcare compliance expert who serves in national leadership roles with the AMA Relative Value Update Committee (RUC) and the Health Care Professionals Advisory Committee (HCPAC)\, helping shape CPT coding\, reimbursement\, and healthcare policy. As a former co-owner of one of Nebraska’s largest multidisciplinary therapy practices\, she brings a ground-level view of what these changes mean operationally for practices like yours.\n	\n\nAbout This Series\nThis session is part of the New SLP Code Playbook — a four-part series walking therapy practice owners through the full arc of the CPT code transition\, from code structure to final implementation. This session is $99\, or save by purchasing the Full Series Bundle (Parts 2-4) for $247. \n\nZoom join details are emailed to you automatically the moment your purchase completes. \nWant to save money? Bundle Your Sessions →
URL:https://www.thetpag.com/event/new-slp-code-playbook-part-3-revenue-planning/
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SUMMARY:Final Rule Follow-Up & Go-Live Preparation — New SLP Code Playbook\, Part 4
DESCRIPTION:📅 Wednesday\, November 18\, 2026 · 2:00 PM Central (12:00 PM Pacific) · 2-hour live webinar (recording included) \nCMS’s final rule publishes in November 2026 — the last checkpoint before the new codes go live on January 1\, 2027. This is the action session: what changed from the proposed rule\, what your billing team needs to update before go-live\, and how to enter 2027 with a clean claim workflow and full confidence. \n \n\nWhat You Will Learn\n\nWhat changed in the final rule — a clear comparison against the proposed values from Part 2\nYour go-live checklist — the specific billing system\, documentation\, and staff-training updates to complete before January 1\, 2027\nCommon first-claim mistakes — what we’re seeing trip up practices in the early weeks under similar past code transitions\, and how to avoid them\n\n\nYour Speakers\n\n	Candice Mullendore\, MS\, OTR/L\n	Co-founder\, TPAG  |  Clinic Owner\, 18+ years  |  AOTA Alternate Advisor to the HCPAC/RUC\n	Candice has spent nearly two decades running a multidisciplinary therapy clinic and serves as AOTA’s alternate advisor to the HCPAC/RUC committee\, which shapes how Medicare values therapy services. She translates policy into practice-level decisions.\n	\n\n	Kaye Baumgardner\, MS\, CCC-SLP\n	Co-founder\, TPAG  |  Clinic Owner\, 20+ years  |  Senior Planning & Business Development Consultant\, Gillette Children’s\n	Kaye brings the SLP clinical lens and the business development perspective. With two decades of clinic ownership and senior strategy work at one of the country’s leading children’s hospitals\, she understands both the clinical and financial stakes of this transition.\n	\n\n	Mary Walsh Sterup\, OTR/L\, CHT\n	Guest Speaker\, TPAG  |  35+ years experience  |  National leadership\, AMA RUC & HCPAC\n	Mary is a certified hand therapist and healthcare compliance expert who serves in national leadership roles with the AMA Relative Value Update Committee (RUC) and the Health Care Professionals Advisory Committee (HCPAC)\, helping shape CPT coding\, reimbursement\, and healthcare policy. As a former co-owner of one of Nebraska’s largest multidisciplinary therapy practices\, she brings a ground-level view of what these changes mean operationally for practices like yours.\n	\n\nAbout This Series\nThis session is part of the New SLP Code Playbook — a four-part series walking therapy practice owners through the full arc of the CPT code transition\, from code structure to final implementation. This session is $99\, or save by purchasing the Full Series Bundle (Parts 2-4) for $247. \n\nZoom join details are emailed to you automatically the moment your purchase completes. \nWant to save money? Bundle Your Sessions →
URL:https://www.thetpag.com/event/new-slp-code-playbook-part-4-final-rule-go-live/
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