23 Miss. Code. R. 213-3.2 - Definitions
A. Medicaid defines speech therapy services
as medically prescribed services necessary for the diagnosis and treatment of
communication impairment and/or swallowing disorder that has occurred due to
disease, trauma or congenital anomaly.
B. Medicaid defines a speech-language
pathologist (speech therapist) as an individual who meets the state and federal
licensing and/or certification requirements to perform speech-language
pathology services.
C. Medicaid
defines a speech-language pathology assistant or speech therapy assistant as an
individual who meets the state and federal licensing and/or certification
requirements to assist in the practice of speech-language pathology services
under the supervision of a licensed speech-language pathologist.
D. Medicaid defines a speech-language
pathology aide as an unlicensed individual who assists the speech-language
pathologist and the speech-language pathology assistant in the practice of
speech-language pathology. The speech-language pathology aide performs services
under the supervision of the licensed speech-language pathologist.
E. Medicaid defines group therapy as the
simultaneous treatment of two (2) or more beneficiaries.
F. Medicaid defines a prescribing provider as
a state licensed physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant who
refers the beneficiary for therapy services.
G. Medicaid defines maintenance therapy as
activities that preserve the beneficiary's present level of function and
prevent regression of that function.
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