Billing & Coding Bootcamp CEU Courses

This course will focus on coding and reimbursement changes, specifically as they relate to ICD 10 and PQRS, for 2017.

ICD-10 implementation seems to be on track for October 1, 2015. This course will focus on the basics of ICD-10, the most common codes used by audiologists, and how to effectively integrate this new code set into an audiology practice.

Editor's note: This modular course is comprised of the 1-hour course, Effective Documentation for a Compliant Audiology Practice, and the 2-hour course, Compliance in Audiology: The Ethical and Legal Requirements of Our Profession. Only the second module (2 hours) covers content pertaining to ethics. Both courses are also available as individual courses.

This course reviews compliance in audiology. Part one reviews the fundamentals of documentation and report writing in the audiology practice. Part two covers the foundations of ethics and compliance in audiology, as well as U.S. regulations.

This presentation covers pricing strategies available for diagnostic testing, hearing aid related items and services, and the hearing aids themselves. The importance of the breakeven analysis in effective pricing models, as well as Medicare and competition pricing is explained. Bundled and unbundled (itemized) hearing aid pricing models are discussed, along with their pros and cons, and how they function in various clinical situations.

In this presentation, we will discuss the foundations of ethics and compliance in audiology, as well as U.S. regulations. We will explore the current Ethical Practice Guidelines on Financial Incentives from Hearing Instrument Manufacturers, the AAA and ASHA Codes of Ethics, state ethical guidelines contained in several state licensure laws, Medicare, HIPAA, the FDA Guidelines, Stark laws, Safe Harbors and Anti-kickback laws and explain, in detail, how they relate to specific scenarios we encounter in our profession. This course is part of a multi-course series, Billing, Coding and Compliance Bootcamp. Visit our course library to view the other courses in this series.