Meet the experts

Chuanbing “Bing” Huo is a speech-language pathologist based in rural Minnesota and Iowa. He works with patient populations from pediatrics to adults and various diagnoses and settings. He is interested in the evaluation and treatment of childhood apraxia of speech, dysphagia and instrumental swallow assessment, and voice disorders.

Dee Adams Nikjeh, PhD, CCC-SLP, ASHA Fellow, is an expert in health care code sets, compliance requirements, and billing practices for the field of speech-language pathology (SLP). She co-chairs ASHA's Health Care Economics Committee and is the SLP procedural coding advisor on the American Medical Association's Relative Value Update Committee/Health Care Professionals Advisory Committee Review Board. Dr. Nikjeh's professional career in the field of communication sciences and disorders spans four decades as a clinician, researcher, educator, expert witness for the US Department of Justice Civil Division, coding and claims consultant, and an advocate for the profession. She has served on ASHA's Legislative Council and the Executive Board of the Council of State Association Presidents and is a past-president of the Florida Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists.

Sabina Zhornitsky is a speech-language pathologist with over 7 years of experience working in the states of NY, FL, and CO. She has worked with all age groups and populations across a variety of settings, including schools, home health, inpatient and outpatient rehab, and hospitals.