Services Advocacy Toolkit
Welcome to the CBIRT Services Advocacy Toolkit!
These are informational tools that can be used when advocating for evidence-based cognitive rehabilitation services for individuals with brain injury. We will periodically update these resources and invite you to submit any comments and questions to ehlhardtl@wou.edu.
Documents
Cognitive Rehabilitation: Using research evidence and careful documentation to strengthen the case for insurance funding (Sohlberg, M., Ehlhardt Powell, L., deDomingo, K., - Pacific NW Brain Injury Conference; March 2011; power point presentation)
Cognitive rehabilitation IS medically necessary (Ehlhardt, L., deDomingo, K.- Pacific NW Brain Injury Conference; March 2010; power point presentation)
Cognitive Rehabilitation Is Medically Necessary
Evidence-based practice (EBP) Critically Appraised Article Summary Worksheet (Lemoncello, R., Fanning, J; Oregon Speech & Hearing Association Conference, 2010)
EBP – Critically Appraised Article Summary Worksheet
Insurance coverage for cognitive rehabilitation in Oregon (deDomingo, K., pdf; updated March, 2011)
Insurance Coverage for Cognitive Rehabilitation
Blue Cross-Blue Shield (BCBS) Coverage (by state) (deDomingo, K., pdf; updated March, 2011
BCBS Cognitive Rehabilitation Coverage
Finding and Using Resources: Examples of Places to Go and People to Meet to Get the Help You Need (Sohlberg, M., Thomas, C., Ehlhardt Powell , L., Johnson, L.; updated March, 2010)
Finding and Using Resources: Examples of Places to Go and People to Meet to Get the Help You Need
Links
Cognitive rehabilitation literature reviews—Broad reviews:
Cicerone, K. D., Langenbahn, D. M., Braden, C., Malec, J. F., Kalmar, K., Fraas, M., et al. (2011). Evidence-Based Cognitive Rehabilitation: Updated Review of the Literature From 2003 Through 2008. Archives Of Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation, 92(4), 519-530 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21440699
Cicerone, K. D., Dahlberg, C., Malec, J. F., Langenbahn, D. M., Felicetti, T., Kneipp, S., et al. (2005). Evidence-based cognitive rehabilitation: updated review of the literature from 1998 through 2002. Archives Of Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation, 86(8), 1681-1692.www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16084827
Cognitive rehabilitation literature reviews—Reviews to establish practice guidelines
Practice Guidelines of the ANCDS. Practice Guidelines for Traumatic Brain Injury (scroll to bottom of page).
www.ancds.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=9
Turkstra & Kennedy (2008). Traumatic Brain Injury and Cognitive Rehabilitation.
www.asha.org/Publications/leader/2008/080715/f080715a/
NPR Series on Tri-Care and coverage for cognitive rehabilitation services, Miller & Zwerdling.
www.npr.org
- Chapter 1. Pentagon Plan Won't Cover Brain-Damage Therapy—www.npr.org/2010/12/20/132145959/pentagon-health-plan-wont-cover-brain-damage-therapy-for-troops
- Chapter 2. Brain Specialists Reach Unanimous Conclusion—www.npr.org/2010/12/20/132180355/brain-specialists-reach-unanimous-conclusion
- Chapter 3. Pentagon Contractor Finds Therapy Inconclusive—www.npr.org/2010/12/20/132180563/pentagon-contractor-finds-therapy-inconclusive
- Chapter 4. Service Members Struggle to Receive Care—www.npr.org/2010/12/20/132180925/service-members-struggle-to-receive-care
The following link leads to our CBIRT "Products" page. There you will find "Fact of the Matter" briefs that provide an overview of evidence-based practices on a variety of topics including: sports concussion, behavior management, use of external aids, managing executive function impairments, and systematic instruction following TBI.
http://www.cbirt.org/publications-products/
