April Christopherson, OTR/L has been an Occupational Therapist for almost 20 years and has worked with diverse populations in a variety of settings – including home health, private clinic and in-patient rehabilitation. She is the owner of MaxAchieve, Inc. in Colorado Springs, CO where her current clientele range from pediatrics to adults to high performance athletes, both stateside and Internationally. She is the creator of the BrainFirst! neuro based treatment for clients. She believes in a whole, team approach to the client – including various medical professionals and therapists plus the use of functional neurology and metabolic/nutrition counseling. She also works exclusively with the Shandy Clinic in Colorado Springs, CO as the Director of Occupational Therapy providing solutions to families with children suffering from Autism, Asperger’s, ADHD, and other diagnoses. April has worked as a legal consultant and as an expert witness throughout the United States. She sits on the Clinical Advisory Board for Interactive Metronome Corporation. She is a member of both the Advanced Brain Interactive Metronome adjunct faculty and teaches introductory and advanced continuing education courses to professionals.

April was granted her degrees in Occupational Therapy and Psychology from St Ambrose University in Davenport, IA in 1991. She has furthered her education by taking courses and attending conferences that foster her knowledge in helping clients recover neurological functioning from the lowest level to the higher cognitive and executive levels - such as Boehme Approach to Treatment of the Baby, Sensory Integration Clinics (various), The Listening Program, Interactive Metronome, Alert Program, Talk Tools, Treating Drug Affected Children, OT in the Schools, Benbow’s Loops and Other Groups, Marriage and Family Counseling, Nutrition, Studies in Neurology, Traumatic Brain Injury, and various other certification classes. She uses Interactive Metronome in conjunction with The Listening Program as an intensive neurological treatment option for qualified clients and as an introductory functional treatment option for pediatric clients.

Target Audience:
This webinar welcomes the following professionals who have completed the Interactive Metronome Certification Course.

• Audiologist
• Speech and Language Pathologist
• Speech and Language Pathology Asst
• Occupational Therapist
• Occupational Therapy Assistant
• Physical Therapist
• Physical Therapy Asst
• Athletic Trainer
• Educator
• Licensed Medical, Rehabilitation or Mental Health Professional
• Music Therapist

Instructional Level:
Advanced

Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Identify the components of smart business planning to ensure financial success with IM Home.
• Define the IM Home Business Model, including Client Patient segments, IM Home Delivery Model, IM Home Pricing and Billing, Cost Management and Profit Potential.
• Review the relationship between IM Pro and IM Home and show how each product can complement the other to achieve clinical outcomes while creating more business.
• Explore IM Home patient delivery options considering the provider’s business structure and ultimate goal of achieving clinical success with patients.
• Address IM Home pricing factoring for market demand, provider credentials, geography, insurance reimbursement and competition.
• Review typical costs incurred in delivery so that estimated profitability can be calculated.
• Identify different insurance billing options, factoring for provider credentials, delivery, and coding.
• Define different cash pricing models including package pricing and “pay per visit.”

• Identify the components of smart business planning to ensure financial success with IM Home.
• Define the IM Home Business Model, including Client Patient segments, IM Home Delivery Model, IM Home Pricing and Billing, Cost Management and Profit Potential.
• Review the relationship between IM Pro and IM Home and show how each product can complement the other to achieve clinical outcomes while creating more business.
• Explore IM Home patient delivery options considering the provider’s business structure and ultimate goal of achieving clinical success with patients.
• Address IM Home pricing factoring for market demand, provider credentials, geography, insurance reimbursement and competition.
• Review typical costs incurred in delivery of IM Home as part of speech-language pathology practice so that estimated cost and profitability can be calculated.
• Identify different insurance billing options, factoring for provider credentials, delivery, and coding for SLP practice.
• Define different cash pricing models including package pricing and “pay per visit.”