Expressable joins Amazon Health Benefits Connector as first speech therapy provider
Expressable said the partnership will help Amazon customers access virtual speech therapy from home. The company says it serves all 50 states and works with hundreds of health plans.
Expressable said on Aug. 20 that it has joined Amazon's Health Benefits Connector as its first speech therapy provider, giving Amazon customers another way to find virtual speech therapy services that may be covered by insurance.
The company said the service is available in all 50 states and works with hundreds of health plans, including Medicaid and most major insurance plans.
In its release, Expressable said it connects each client with a licensed, insurance-covered speech therapist for one-on-one virtual sessions. It also said parents and caregivers receive personalized home programs and practice activities between visits.
Expressable said about 1 in 14 U.S. children has had a speech, language or voice disorder in a given year, and more than 40% of those children did not receive intervention services that year. It also said it offers near-immediate availability in many markets, with after-school, evening and weekend scheduling.
Expressable said 96% of patients across every major diagnostic group made clinical progress toward care plan goals within the first five sessions, based on clinician-rated goal tracking in its internal outcomes report. The company said it treats children and adults with needs that include early language development, speech and language disorders, stuttering, apraxia, aphasia, voice disorders and communication related to autism.
Amazon Health Services representative John Singerling said the Health Benefits Connector is designed to help customers find and use health services that may be covered by their insurer. He said Amazon customers can now access Expressable's clinical expertise and speech therapy platform.
Expressable President and Chief Clinical Officer Leanne Sherred said early identification and support for speech or language disorders can make a difference. She said the collaboration will help more children start care early and help adults receive needed services.
Expressable also said it has hundreds of speech-language pathologists, holds The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval and has a 4.83 out of 5 rating across more than 4,500 client reviews.
Expressable said Amazon customers can now access its services through the Health Benefits Connector.
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