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, September 20, 2018 at 7:30 AM CDT
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Friday, September 21, 2018 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, September 20 and Friday, September 21, 2018 at the Hilton Garden Inn - Chicago O'Hare Airport. The course will run Thursday and Friday from 7:30AM (breakfast) to 5PM. Breakfast, 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 $149 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 a maximum of 1.60 CEUs  (16.0 hours of continuing education).  CEUs will be offered and have been approved by the Association of Otolarynology Administrators (AOA), American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) and 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. 

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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 (for two-day registrants), which contains a copy of the slides and valuable Medicare and professional resource documents. Section registrants will receive copies of the slides for the sections they plan on attending. 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, 2019 (for two day registrants) at no additional charge.  This service is built into the cost of the event. Section registrants receive 30 days of no charge guidance for each section purchased.

Sections and Topics Covered: 

Day #1 (Thursday) and Section #1: Ethics, Legalities and Compliance

Codes of ethics of audiology

Ethical scenarios

Published professional guidelines for audiology

State licensure laws pertaining to audiology

Sunshine Act

Anti-kickback

Stark laws

False claims

Food and Drug Administration guidance on hearing aids

HIPAA

Telehealth

Documentation and report writing 

Day #1 (Thursday) and Section #2: Fundamentals of Coding

CPT coding

Coding scenarios

Modifiers

HCPCS

ICD10

Evaluation and management coding for audiologists

Case history

Health care reform: MACRA, PQRS and MIPS 

Day #2 (Friday) and Section #3: Managed Care

Managed care terms

Insurance contracting

Insurance credentialing

Coverage and reimbursement tips

Third-party administrators

Billing hearing aids to third-parties

Notifications and waivers

CMS 1500 form requirements

Medicare enrollment

Medicare policies

Medicare physician order requirements

Medicaid

Place of service

Medicare Part C

Day #2 (Friday) and Section #4: Pricing, Delivery and Differentiation

Disruptions and differentiation

Competition

Pricing strategies for diagnostics and treatment, including hearing aids

Bundled and unbundled pricing models

Implementation of unbundled pricing

Implementation of over the counter options

Rental options

Learning Objectives 

Participants will be able to:

  • List the 18 pieces of protected health information.
  • Describe how the anti-kickback statute applies to audiology.
  • List the eight warning signs of ear disease.
  • List the place of service codes most commonly used by audiologists. 
  • Describe how to code different types of hearing loss.
  • Define numerous managed care terms. 
  • List the Medicare coverage requirements.
  • Describe the different Medicare enrollment options. 
  • Describe how to evaluate a managed care agreement.
  • Describe the differences between bundled and unbundled pricing.
  • Describe how to calculate their own breakeven amount. 
  • List various basic health screenings
Registration Fees: 

Two Day-Thursday and Friday (all four sections): $595.00

Individual Section can be individually and separately purchased (instead of a full-two day purcahse and attendance):
Day #1 (Thursday) and Section #1: Ethics, Legalities and Compliance: $175.00
Day #1 (Thursday) and Section #2: Fundamentals of Coding: $175.00
Day #2 (Friday) and Section #3: Managed Care: $175.00
Day #2 (Friday) and Section #4: Pricing, Delivery and Differentiation: $175.00

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, AOA or AAPC CEUs, you must include your specific 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 August 17, 2018, a fee of $200 per registrant if cancelled between August 18, 2018 and September 6, 2018, and no refund if cancelled after September 7, 2018.  There are no exceptions. 
  • 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.