Audiology Resources

This course was recorded, as a live stream from Chicago, on February 8-9, 2018. The course instructor is Kim Cavitt, AuD, owner of Audiology Resources, Inc. and the course moderator is Brian Urban, AuD.

The purpose of this program is to provide audiologists, students and their staff with the fundamentals of compliance, coding, reimbursement, and practice management in an audiology practice. I want attendees to have takeaways that will benefit the practice and the patients they serve and immediately improve their productivity and profitability. 

The course is geared to audiology practices, otolaryngology practices which house an audiology department, hospital audiology departments or hearing aid dispensing practices which employ audiologists.

The course will address the following topics: 

• Codes of Ethics Of Audiology
• Published Professional Guidelines For Audiology 
• State Licensure Laws for Audiology
• Legal Aspects of Audiology State Licensure Laws
• Anti-Kickback
• False Claims Act
• Stark Laws
• Food and Drug Administration Guidance on Hearing Aids
• HIPAA 
• Telehealth
• Managed Care Terms
• Insurance Contracting/Contract Renegotiation for Audiologists
• Insurance Credentialing
• Insurance Verification
• Third-Party Reimbursement Tips
• Billing Hearing Aids to Third-Parties
• Insurance Process 
• CMS 1500 Form Requirements
• CPT Coding
• Coding Scenarios
• ICD 10 and its Implementation
• HCPCS
• Modifiers
• Evaluation and Management Codes and their Role in Audiology
• Documentation and Report Writing
• Medicare and Medicaid
• Medicare Enrollment for Audiologists
• Medicare Policies for Audiology
• Medicare Order Requirements for Audiologists
• Health Care Reform: MACRA, MIPS, and PQRS Penalties
• Advanced Beneficiary Notice Use for Traditional Medicare
• Pre-Determination for Medicare Part C
• Notification of Non-Coverage
• Disruptive Innovation/2020 Competition
• Pricing Strategies for the Audiology Practice/Breakeven
• Diagnostic Procedure Pricing
• Hearing Aid Service Pricing
• Bundled Pricing Models
• Unbundled/Itemized Pricing Models

Purchasers will have access to the course slides and chat/question log from the event.

Audiology Resources does offer printed slide booklets, which, as a bonus, include: 

• The Medicare Benefit Policy Manual - Chapter 15 related to Audiology

These booklets can be purchased from Audiology Resources Inc., via PayPal, at [email protected]. The cost is $50, including Priority Mail shipping. 

This training event offers 1.6 American Academy of Audiology, AAPC, and AOA/COPM approved continuing education credits. State audiology licensure, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association certification, and American Board of Audiology certification requires evidence of course attendance. This will be supplied at the end of each course via a certificate, once the course assessment and/or course evaluation (which are both requirements for continuing education) have been completed and submitted. Audiology Resources reports continuing education to the American Academy of Audiology and American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, after receipt of materials, on a monthly basis. Audiology Resources also retains records of course attendance in the event of a continuing education audit.

Only the individual who registered and paid for a course is eligible for continuing education credit and is eligible to ask questions as part of the no charge guidance. The no charge guidance runs for six-months from the date of the purchase. No other individual who viewed the course or completed an assessment can apply for continuing education or receive guidance.