*Uniform Medical                                 

*Private Payment     

 Now accepting credit cards!

* Sorry, we are unable to take new clients with DSHS at this time.

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                                          Financial Agreement and Policy

We have developed a contractual relationship to be a provider of speech and language services with most insurance companies. Your insurance policy is a contract between you and your insurance company. We are not a party to your specific contract or what benefits are included or excluded in your plan. As your service provider, we will inquire about your policy’s applicable benefit for speech and language therapy services. We encourage you to confirm this benefit, as we are not responsible if the benefits quoted differ from your insurance company’s actual payment. If we are not a provider for your particular insurance company or if your insurance company refuses to pay for any portion of the services rendered, the “Parent or Legal Guardian” will be billed directly and will hold full responsibility for any unpaid services.

Children's Communication Corner, Inc. is unable to bill insurance for clinician attendance to team meetings, phone consultations, or initial consultation sessions. The "Parent or Legal Guardian" will be billed directly for clinician time.  Clinician time is billed in 15 minute increments for the above services.  

Applicable co-payments will be billed following insurance reimbursement for services provided. Payments will be due within 30 days following receipt of your invoice. We accept both cash and checks as a payment option. A financial payment plan may be arranged with terms arranged on a case-by-case basis. Payments not received by the due date will be charged a $20.00 late fee, and any unpaid balances will accrue 5% interest at the 1st of each new month until the remaining balance is paid in full. If no payment plan has been arranged and a bill is more than 90 days past due, we reserve the right to contact a collection agency.

I authorize Children's Communication Corner, Inc., to release any information to my insurance company that is pertinent to processing my claim. I also authorize Children's Communication Corner, Inc. to bill my private insurance company for speech, language, and communication services provided. I have read this Financial Policy and understand that I am responsible for payment to Children's Communication Corner, Inc., for speech therapy services not covered by or contracted by my insurance company. 

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Attendance Policy

THERAPY SESSIONS:  An initial evaluation will be conducted during the first session to determine current speech and language skills.  Evaluation procedures differ based on your child’s presenting skill level, age, and specific communication concerns.  If an evaluation has been recently performed by another professional, a new evaluation will only be performed at the request of a parent or if more information is needed.  Specific therapy goals and objectives will be written and reviewed with you.  Therapy sessions will be set up to work on those goals and other related areas.  Therapy sessions are scheduled in 15-minute increments (i.e., 30, 45, or 60 minutes), unless otherwise specified.  The session will end 5-10 minutes early to allow your therapist to review the session with the caregiver(s), clean-up, set-up, and write notes.  Parents are welcome to participate or observe during therapy sessions. 

HOME VISITS:  At Children’s Communication Corner, Inc., we believe that it is a team effort to decide which service delivery model or combination of models may be the most beneficial for you child.  Times when the therapist and family may consider a home or school visit include: carryover of skills into the home or school environments, facilitation of social skills and early communication within the classroom setting, and facilitation of the use of communication systems and devices across the child’s communicative environments. 

In order to compensate the clinician for their time to and from the school or home, as well as gasoline and vehicle wear and tear, we have the following fee schedule for home and school visits.  Mileage is calculated from Children’s Communication Corner, Inc. to your child’s home or school using MapQuest. 

0-10 miles             $10.00

10-15 miles           $15.00

15+ miles              $20.00

CANCELLATIONS:  If you are unable to attend your therapy session, please call to notify your therapist.  If the office is closed when you call, please leave a message on the recorder.   Please call to cancel as early as possible; however, it is understood that children may present symptoms of illness up to the time of his/her therapy session.   Parents will not be penalized for late cancellations due to illness.  Please consider canceling a session if your child has vomited 2 or more times in a 24 hour period, rash (especially with a fever or itching), diarrhea, thick/colored drainage from his/her nose, sore throat with fever or swollen glands, a fever of over 100 degrees within the last 24 hours, they were kept home from school that day due to illness, or just does not appear to be feeling well.  As a speech therapist I work within a very close proximity with your child and therapy may include physical contact in or near your child’s mouth to facilitate speech skills, making therapists very susceptible to catching infectious conditions. 

Just as you may have to cancel because of illness of yourself or your child, your therapist may need to cancel as well.  Your therapist will try to give you as much notice as possible, so it is important that he/she have up-to-date contact information for you. 

NO-SHOW:  In the event of a no-show (i.e., you do not show for a scheduled appointment or your child is not home or at school upon therapist arrival), you will be billed $50.00 no-show fee, which is not payable by insurance.  We understand that emergencies arise or life becomes hectic; however, you are responsible for the time your therapist has scheduled to see your child.

Unfortunately, we are unable to hold a therapy time for clients who demonstrate 3 or more no-show visits or whose overall attendance is below 70%.  We are happy to provide referrals to other clinics for all families whose spots we are unable to hold due to attendance.