This course provides practical coding and payment information for clinicians considering telehealth as a new service delivery model. The course discusses coding, billing, and compliance considerations and provides resources to help clinicians navigate state, federal, and payer laws and regulations. The speaker reviews common questions and case scenarios.
Learning Outcomes
You will be able to:
- State general coding guidelines for telehealth services
- Assess coverage and payment of telehealth services for the payers you bill
Presenter
Information
Neela Swanson, BA, joined the ASHA staff in 2003. Swanson graduated from Berea
College in Berea, Kentucky, with a degree in Speech Communication. She has more
than 15 years of experience in the coding and payment policy arena and
currently serves as ASHA’s Director of Health Care Policy for Coding and Reimbursement
on the Health Care and Education Policy team. She is ASHA’s primary expert and
advocate for health care coding policy and code development and is a resource
for ASHA members regarding coding and payment. Swanson works with the ASHA
Health Care Economics Committee, the American Medical Association CPT Editorial
Panel and Relative Value Update Committee, the Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services, ASHA members, and other specialty societies on Health Care
Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS), Current Procedural Terminology (CPT),
and International Classification of Diseases (ICD) coding issues related to
audiology and speech-language pathology.
Financial
Disclosures:
Nonfinancial
Disclosures:
- Contributor or author for multiple for-sale ASHA products on the topic of health care payment, coding, and payer advocacy; receives no compensation for product sales
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 November
10, 2027.
Program
History and CE
Information
Recording
date: January 2022
End date: November 10, 2027
This course is offered for 0.05 ASHA CEUs (Introductory level, Related area).
