Compliance, Coding, Reimbursement, and Practice Management Boot Camp for the Audiology Practice

Contact:

Kim Cavitt, AuD 
Audiology Resources, Inc. 
audiologyresources@me.com 
773-960-6625 

When

Thursday, October 12, 2017 at 8:00 AM CDT
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Friday, October 13, 2017 at 5:00 PM CDT

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Where

Hilton Garden Inn - Chicago O'Hare Airport
2930 South River Road, Des Plaines, IL 60018

(847) 296-8900

 
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Audiology Resources will be hosting an Audiology Boot Camp: Compliance, Coding, Reimbursement, and Practice Management for the Audiology Practice on Thursday, October 12 and Friday, October 13, 2017 at the Hilton Garden Inn - Chicago O'Hare Airport. The course will run Thursday and Friday from 8AM to 5PM. Lunch and snacks will be provided each day.  Complementary WIFI will be available in the meeting space.

Please go to the Training Event page of our website www.audiologyresources.com for information on recorded and future Audiology Resources events. 

Accommodations will be available at the Hilton Garden Inn - Chicago O'Hare Airport at $129 per night, double occupancy. You can book your accommodations at (847) 296-8900. Parking at the hotel is $16 per day and the hotel is easily accessible from I-90 and I-294.  If you fly into O'Hare International Airport, the hotel offers a free shuttle.  If you fly into Midway, I suggest you rent a car. 

The course will be worth 1.50 CEUs  (15.0 hours of continuing education).  CEUs will be offered and have been approved by the American Academy of Audiology (AAA).  AAA ABA Tier 1 and Ethics credit (2 hours) will be available from this course. Please note: ASHA does not require that a program need to be approved by ASHA to count towards re-certification.  As a result, no ASHA CEUs will be offered.  You can learn more at http://www.asha.org/certification/maintFAQs/#do%20I%20have%20to%20earn. 


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.  Registration is open to practice managers, audiologists, coders, office staff, hearing aid dispensers and AuD students.  

Space will be limited to a maximum of 60 attendees.  We will not be able to exceed 60 attendees.

All attendees will be supplied a bound booklet, which contains a copy of the slides and valuable Medicare and professional resource documents. Attendees will also be supplied a certificate of attendance, upon request.   As a result, no on-site registration or guests will be allowed.  

The Boot Camp will address all of the following topics.  Dr. Cavitt will be available to answer attendee questions throughout the training event and will address attendee questions following the conclusion of the Boot Camp until March 31, 2018 at no additional charge.  This service is built into the cost of the event:

Day #1 Agenda:

8AM-10:30AM (Ethical/Legal Section):

  • 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 

10:45AM-12:30PM:

  • Managed Care Terms
  • Insurance Contracting/Contract Renegotiation for Audiologists
  • Insurance Credentialing
  • Third-Party Reimbursement Tips
  • Billing Hearing Aids to Third-Parties
  • CMS 1500 Form Requirements

 1:30PM-2:30PM:

  • CPT Coding
  • Coding Scenarios
  • ICD 10 and its Implementation

 2:45PM-5PM: 

  • HCPCS
  • Modifiers
  • Evaluation and Management Codes and their Role in
  • Audiology
  • Documentation and Report Writing

 Day #2 Agenda:

 8AM-10:30AM:

  • Medicare and Medicaid
  • Medicare Enrollment for Audiologists
  • Medicare Policies for Audiology
  • Medicare Order Requirements for Audiologists
  • Health Care Reform: MACRA, MIPS, and PQRS Penalties

 10:45AM-12:30PM:

  • Advanced Beneficiary Notice Use for Traditional Medicare
  • Pre-Determination for Medicare Part C
  • Notification of Non-Coverage
  • Disruptive Innovation/2020 Competition
  • Service Delivery Model

 1:30PM-2:30PM:

  • Pricing Strategies for the Audiology Practice/Breakeven
  • Diagnostic Procedure Pricing
  • Hearing Aid Service Pricing

 2:45PM-5PM:

  • Bundled Pricing Models
  • Unbundled/Itemized Pricing Models

 

In
Registration Fees: 

Two Day-Thursday and Friday: $595.00
One Day Only-Thursday or Friday: $350.00
Your registration is not guaranteed until your payment is received.  

Registration Information: 

  • When registering for the Boot Camp, each attendee must register with a unique name and email address.  This is a CEU requirement. 
  • If you are seeking AAA CEUs, you must include your AAA membership number in your registration. 
  • Please let us know, in advance, if you require a certificate of attendance so we can have it prepared for you.
  • Please let us know, in advance, if you have any dietary restrictions or special needs.  We will try our best to be accomodating. 
  • THERE WILL BE NO ON-SITE REGISTRATION ALLOWED.  
  • YOUR SPOT IN THE COURSE IS NOT GUARANTEED UNTIL PAYMENT IS RECEIVED AS WE CANNOT HOLD SPOTS!
  • As we cannot recoup certain processing fees and, after a certain point, are locked into operational and food and beverages costs that we cannot cancel, cancellation fees do apply. There is a cancellation fee of $25 per registrant if cancelled prior to September 14, 2017, a fee of $200 per registrant if cancelled between September 15, 2017 and September 28, 2017, and no refund if cancelled after September 29, 2017.  There are no exceptions. Monies paid cannot always be applied to a future event but may be applied to a recorded event.
  • If the course is ultimately sold-out and your spot can be rebooked, these cancellation fees may be waived or reduced and refunded to you.
 

More Information

Please go to www.audiologyresources.com or contact Kim Cavitt at 773-960-6625.  We would be happy to assist you with any questions or concerns.  More information will be provided to registrants four weeks prior to the event.