In the evolving environment of over-the-counter hearing aids, big box stores, and changing reimbursement, should audiologists charge differently for hearing aid services? This webinar explores why itemizing services or providing a hybrid model of service delivery could be beneficial, how this model was implemented at one medical center, and how to determine what to bill.

Learning Outcomes
You will be able to:

• Describe reasons why audiologists may need to amend their service delivery models
• Identify CPT codes that can be used to bill hearing aid services
• Describe how to determine what to charge for services

Related Courses

This is one of four courses in the ASHA Audiology 2023: Practice Management webinar series. See all the courses in this series.

Contents

• Introduction (5 min.)
• Why itemize? (15 min.)
• The experience of one medical center (20 min.)
• How to itemize for hearing aid services (15 min.)
• What codes to use (30 min.)
• Pitfalls (15 min.)
• Q&A (15 min.)
• Closing (5 min.)

Presenter Information

Meagan Bachmann, AuD, MHL, is the director of audiology for Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where her areas of clinical focus and interest include cochlear implants, promoting evidence-based practice, collaborative culture, and professional issues. Dr. Bachmann received her AuD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her Cochlear Implant Specialty Certification from the American Board of Audiology. More recently, she completed a master’s in health care leadership from the School of Medicine at Wake Forest University. Dr. Bachmann has had many previous state and national service positions including serving as a founding member of the North Carolina Audiology Association, president of the North Carolina Audiology Association, and conference chair for both the NC Audiology Association and NC Speech Language Hearing Association. She is a past chair of the American Board of Audiology Board of Governors. Dr. Bachmann is a member of the Hearing Healthcare Collaborative, a national group of hearing-related professionals dedicated to thinking through the tough issues that create barriers to care.

Financial Disclosures:

• Financial compensation from ASHA for this presentation
• Employee of Atrium Health Wake Forest

Nonfinancial Disclosures:

• None

Assessment Type

Self-assessment—Think about what you learned and report on the Completion Form how you will use your new knowledge.

To earn continuing education credit, you must complete and submit the learning assessment by the end date below.

Program History and CE Information

Live webinar date: July 20, 2023
End date: July 22, 2028

This course is offered for 0.2 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Related area).