Billing And Coding CEU Courses

AB is excited to offer a five-part series that focuses on empowering patients and creating more efficient practices. Join us for part five of this series to learn about coding and reimbursement for cochlear implant recipients in the US.

This course provides the annual update of coding, managed care, reimbursement, and compliance issues that impact the profession of audiology. This includes a discussion of new CPT codes, prior authorization requirements, and operationalizing different types of Medicare and Medicaid.

This article reviews Medicare coverage policies for audiology services. An overview of health policy statutes related to audiologist participation in the Medicare program are provided.

This course provides the annual update of coding, managed care, reimbursement and compliance issues that impact the profession of audiology. Information on the Medicare physician order changes, good faith estimates and insurance changes will be addressed.

This course will focus on updates involving coding, billing, managed care, and practice management for 2022.

This course discusses various coding options used by audiologists. Part one defines audiology CPT, Modifiers, HCPCS and Place of Service codes and discusses their appropriate use. Part two focuses on the basics of IC-10, the most common codes used by audiologists, and how to effectively integrate this new code set into an audiology practice.

This course will focus on the coding and insurance updates that are new for 2021. We will discuss the CPT changes, MIPS additions, and managed care medical policy and coverage updates.

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.

This course focuses on the fundamentals of third-party payer/insurance contracting and credentialing. We will explore the steps involved in enrollment and credentialing and how to decide whether or not in-network participation is good for your practice.

In this presentation, we will define and discuss all of the terms that surround the billing and reimbursement process. Knowledge of these terms will assist audiologists in establishing a background in managed care.