Communication Station GA

02/02/2026

January attendance drawing

02/02/2026

We always strive to put the safety of our families first. With us serving multiple school districts, and all of them having different plans, that makes it a little tricky. We will be operating as normal tomorrow. If you feel unsafe to get on the roads, please contact your therapist or call the office first thing in the morning to reschedule or possibly telehealth.

Thank you for understanding. 

02/01/2026

First come first serve

01/31/2026

How many of you out there would want work in a field where instead of raises over time, you would repeatedly have your pay reduced?

Well, thats what Caresource is trying yo do to outpatient pediatric therapy providers starting in February.

If you’re a pediatric SLP, OT or PT or you have a child who receives these services, this DIRECTLY impacts YOU.

This policy change will impact our reimbursement by $9-$12 an hour.

This comes out to be an annual cut from 12k to 16k+ PER Full Time PROVIDER.

If a practice has 10 full time providers, that is around a 150k+ annual reduction in inclmr for a clinic.

Many of our clinics are small businesses.

This is not sustainable.

If you’d like to help me fight agains this change, please comment below and I’ll share an email template to send to your local legislators.

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CareSource will impose MPPR on all therapy services for CIS children effective 2/1/2026. This will effectively clawback the increase that the Georgia Legisla...

01/30/2026

Insurance companies and all of these changes drastically affecting our children with special needs are utterly infuriating!

Thank you Beth Fleming for sharing advocating and giving professionals and parents suggestions on how to advocate!

This is a repost from Beth Fleming….

Trying to repost from my friend but it wasn’t working.., this was the Facebook message…

Caresource announced about a week ago that they will be applying a Multiple Procedure Payment Reduction for outpatient therapy services beginning February 1, 2026.
(read more here: https://www.caresource.com/documents/medicaid-ga-policy-reimburse-py-1428-20260201)

What does this mean?

MPPR stands for Multiple Procedure Payment Reduction. It’s a policy originally created for Medicare, which is for adults, to reduce payment when multiple services are provided by the same provider on the same day. The idea is that some costs are “duplicated” when a provider does multiple procedures at once, so the insurance pays less for the additional services.

Why this matters for children in the CIS program:

Georgia’s Children’s Intervention Services (CIS) program is very different from Medicare. Therapy must be provided one-on-one by fully licensed therapists, and assistants or group sessions aren’t allowed.

Applying MPPR here means if your child receives more than one therapy session in a day, the provider could be reimbursed less for the second (and any additional) session.

This could lead providers to reduce the number of sessions offered in a day, limit which children they serve, or in some cases, stop participating in CIS altogether.

For families, this may mean fewer therapy sessions, more travel, delays in care, or having to switch providers—potentially disrupting progress your child has already made.

In short: MPPR could make it harder for children to get the therapy they need, when they need it, and may create added challenges for families who rely on multiple sessions to support their child’s development.

We need providers, parents and other advocates to help try to stop this from happening.

To help out, I have created a few templates that can be used by providers and caregivers that I will post in the first few comments below.

Thank you for taking the time to advocate for your profession and for Georgia’s children.

01/29/2026

This little guy has worked so hard and is now a graduate of CommStat. Miss Bryn and the parents were dedicated as well. 💪Bittersweet goodbye to our friend S!

01/29/2026

He came in needing to learn how to play and he graduated being one of the most imaginative and fun play mates around. Congratulations to Bebe and another hard working, attentive family who showed up and put in the work!

01/28/2026

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Have you discovered (& figured out?!?) all of the updated features in LAMP WFL from 2025?

If you want someone to hold your hand and give you a quick rundown, join LAMP Educators Stefanie Olson &
Laurie Shaw on Feb 10, 2026 at 6-7 pm EST.

We might teach you something new! Bring your device and follow along.

The webinar is free and space is limited. Please register: https://prc-saltillo.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZDy6NjG_S0iVENv0wqNNBQ

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01/24/2026

Co-regulation. How could you modify for at home?

01/24/2026

For the safety of our families, Communication Station GA will follow Murray County school guidelines and will be closed on Monday, January 26. Please continue to follow Facebook for recent updates and immediate changes. Thank you for your patience and stay safe.