Course Details

Course # 12945
Show Me the Money: Therapy Reimbursement (Professionals, Parents, Adults)

CEUs/Hours Offered: AAA/0.1 Intermediate; ACAud/1.0; BAA/1.0; CAA/1.0; CASLPA/1.0; IHS/1.0

Course Abstract

It is often assumed that there is limited or no Insurance coverage for therapy post cochlear implantation, particularly for adults. The reality is that most of the major insurance carriers recognize the importance of appropriate (re)habilitation to maximize outcomes and may even state that such services are medically necessary. This seminar will explore the variations in coverage and payment as well as how an individual therapist or recipient may pursue improved reimbursement.

This course was recorded on February 6, 2009

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Course Learning Outcomes

Preview Exam

Participants will be able to describe the range of coverage allowed for therapy post cochlear implantation for children and adults
Participants will be able to describe how to pursue strategies to improve coverage or payment from an individual private carrier
Participants will be able to describe various coverage options outside of private insurance

Time-ordered Agenda

20-25 Minutes	Can you change your insurer's coverage for therapy?
25-35 Minutes	What about Medicare? Other payors
35-45 Minutes	One private therapist's experience
45-55 Minutes	Research and policy statements that may help
55-60 Minutes	Questions and Discussion

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Course Presenters

Donna L. Sorkin, MA

Vice President, Consumer Affairs at Cochlear Americas

Donna Sorkin, M.A. is Vice President, Consumer Affairs at Cochlear Americas. In that capacity, she leads a range of activities at Cochlear aimed at the broad life needs of people with hearing loss including Cochlear’s widely acclaimed HOPE program on (re)habilitation for children and adults and their families. Donna was executive director of Self Help for Hard of Hearing People (now Hearing Loss Association of America) and she also served as executive director of the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. She was appointed by President Clinton to the U.S. Access Board in 1994 and served two terms. She served on the National Institute on Deafness (National Institutes of Health) Advisory Board and has advised numerous U.S. businesses on accessibility for people with disabilities. Donna currently serves on the Advisory Boards of Gallaudet University and Colorado Neurological Institute.

Ashley Garber, MS, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert AVT

owns Listening and Language Connections, LLC,

Ashley S. Garber, MS CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert AVT owns Listening and Language Connections, LLC, a private practice in Ann Arbor, Michigan dedicated to Auditory Verbal Therapy and family-centered aural habilitation services for children and adults with hearing impairment. She has over 12 years of experience in the field with time as a parent -infant therapist at the Bill Wilkerson Center in Nashville Tennessee and as a private therapist and in-class aide for a child with a cochlear implant in Valencia, Venezuela. She spent 4 years as the speech language pathologist at the University of Michigan Cochlear Implant Program specializing in assessment and habilitation services for the center’s pediatric recipients. She had been a consultant to the Cochlear Americas' HOPE program since 2004.

Continuing Education Information

CEUs/Hours Offered: AAA/0.1 Intermediate; ACAud/1.0; BAA/1.0; CAA/1.0; CASLPA/1.0; IHS/1.0

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American Academy of Audiology

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British Academy of Audiology

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Canadian Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists

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International Hearing Society

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