In this
webinar, members of ASHA’s Health Care Economics Committee explain
and discuss key 2024 coding and health care payment updates for SLPs. Topics
include new CPT codes for caregiver training, relevant updates to ICD-10
diagnosis codes, the 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, and common coding
and billing challenges and solutions. The speakers will present scenarios
across a variety of settings and patient populations to illustrate how SLPs
should apply coding and payment principles for proper claim submissions.
Learning
Outcomes
You will be
able to:
- Discuss how to correctly use the
new caregiver training CPT codes
- Discuss the 2024 Medicare
Physician Fee Schedule, including payment changes
- Discuss in-depth clinical coding
and billing scenarios
Contents
- Introduction (5 min.)
- 2024 Medicare Fee Schedule Updates (10 min.)
- ICD-10 Updates for 2024 (5 min.)
- Coding & Billing for Cognition and Language (15 min.)
- Practical Coding & Billing Scenarios for Cognition and Language (10 min.)
- Audience Q&A (10 min.)
- New Caregiver Training CPT Codes (30 min.)
- Practical Coding & Billing Scenarios New Caregiver Training CPT Codes (15 min.)
- Audience Q&A (15 min.)
- Closing (5 min.)
Presenter
Information
Duane
Trahan, MS, CCC-SLP, is a member of the ASHA Health Care
Economics Committee and is the lead speech pathologist in the DOHNS at
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). He is a co-founder and director of
Facial Nerve Rehabilitation of the UAB Facial Nerve Multidisciplinary Clinic.
He has served in an administrative capacity in a variety of settings, including
skilled nursing facilities, in-patient rehabilitation and acute care, and
outpatient settings. He is heavily engaged in multidisciplinary education and
training for dysphagia and communication-related issues related to head and
neck surgery. Clinically, his areas of focus are oropharyngeal and esophageal
dysphagia, head and neck cancer and functional outcomes, and facial nerve
deficits and impact on communication.
Financial
Disclosures:
- Financial compensation from ASHA
for this presentation
Nonfinancial
Disclosures:
- Member of ASHA Health Care
Economics Committee
Wendy
LeBorgne, PhD, CCC-SLP, is a sought-after voice pathologist,
international speaker, best-selling author, and master-class clinician
regarding vocal wellness and vocal athletes. Dr. LeBorgne actively presents on
the professional voice and vocal wellness. She is an associate professor at
Mount St. Joseph University, where she teaches graduate and undergraduate
courses in their speech pathology program. She also serves on ASHA's Health
Care Economics Committee.
Financial
Disclosures:
- Financial
compensation from ASHA for this presentation
Nonfinancial
Disclosures:
- Member
of ASHA Health Care Economics Committee
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
Content origination date: February 23, 2024
End date: February 25, 2025
This course is offered for 0.2 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Related area).
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