Yelena E Shepard , SLP-CFY
Speech-Language Pathologist β’ Surprise, AZ
13601 N Litchfield Rd Ste 124
Surprise, AZ 853794260
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Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
13601 N Litchfield Rd Ste 124
Surprise, AZ 853794260
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
What Public CMS Data Show
Speech-Language Pathologist: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
NPI first issued
2019
The year this clinician's National Provider Identifier (NPI) was issued. An NPI is a unique 10-digit ID that US health care providers use for billing.
What this does not show: NPI first issued
NPIs have been issued only since 2005, so this year is not necessarily when the clinician started practicing.
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
Medicare assignment not listed
CMS data do not show whether this clinician accepts Medicare assignment. This does not mean they do not accept Medicare. Ask the office.
Medicare assignment applies to Original Medicare. It does not tell you whether the clinician is in a Medicare Advantage plan's network, accepts other insurance, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians; Medicare.gov, βDoes your provider accept Medicare as full payment?β
No telehealth indicator
CMS shows this indicator only when recent Medicare claims include telehealth services. The clinician may still offer telehealth; ask the office.
Source: CMS, Telehealth Indicator on Medicare Care Compare (fact sheet, January 2023); CMS Doctors and Clinicians.
Compared with the same specialty in Surprise and Arizona
107 active clinicians are listed under Speech-Language Pathologist with a practice address in Surprise, AZ (4,510 in Arizona).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Surprise
0% of these 107 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
0.9% of these 107 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.
Sources: CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
Self-certified to NPPES: 2022-07-06NUCC Taxonomy Code: 235Z00000X
The speech-language pathologist is the professional who engages in clinical services, prevention, advocacy, education, administration, and research in the areas of communication and swallowing across the life span from infancy through geriatrics. Speech-language pathologists address typical and atypical impairments and disorders related to communication and swallowing in the areas of speech sound production, resonance, voice, fluency, language (comprehension and expression), cognition, and feeding and swallowing.
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 2355S0801X
Additional State Medicaid & Healthcare Payer Identifiers
Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone
Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.
Occupational Therapist - Pediatrics
Occupational Therapist Registered
Speech-Language Pathologist
Master of Science, Speech-Language Pathologist (Certificate of Clinical Competence)
Career & Practice History Timeline
Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status
Registered at 13601 N LITCHFIELD RD STE 124, SURPRISE, AZ 853794260 (Tel: 6233228250)
Recorded as YELENA SHEPARD, SLP-CFY
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 5540 W GLENDALE AVE STE A101, GLENDALE, AZ 853012579 (Tel: 6024281617)
Registered at 12920 W SIERRA VISTA DR, GLENDALE, AZ 853071915 (Tel: 6239104975)
Recorded as YELENA SHEPARD, SLPA
Specialist/Technologist (license number reported to NPPES: AZ SLPA11647)
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
Mailing Address
12920 W Sierra Vista Dr
Glendale, AZ 853071915
Phone: 6239104975