Hearing Aid Business Owner Gets Prison Time for Healthcare Fraud
A licensed hearing instrument specialist and the owner of a Connecticut hearing aid dealer was sentenced to four years in prison for fraud.
A licensed hearing instrument specialist and the owner of a Connecticut hearing aid dealer was sentenced to four years in prison for fraud.
In a recent article on the “Kaiser Health News (KHN)” website, author Phil Galewitz examines the true cost of added coverage for hearing, vision, and dental care in Medicare Advantage plans.
The report includes a 6% decrease in payment for audiology services due to changes to office-based outpatient evaluation and management (E/M) procedure codes that provide payment increases for primary care services.
A bipartisan group is urging fellow Members of Congress to include provisions of the Medicare Audiologist Access and Services Act (H.R. 4056/S. 2446) in upcoming COVID-19 packages. The bill would include eliminating physician order requirements, updating the Medicare statute to classify audiologists as (LLP) practitioners, and authorizing Medicare to reimburse audiologists for the Medicare-covered medically necessary treatment services.
Read MoreThe company’s expansion is said to be largely tied to updated guidance and increased flexibility provided by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), which results in MA plans offering more supplemental benefits for 2020 and beyond.
Read MoreThe new recommendations are specifically targeted to communities that are in Phase 1 of the Guidelines for Opening Up America Again with low incidence or relatively low and stable incidence of COVID-19 cases.
Read MoreThe American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) announced that as a “direct result of its...
Read MoreAs part of the expansion, Medicare will pay physicians, nurse practitioners, clinical psychologists, and licensed clinical social workers to offer telehealth services in any healthcare facility including doctor’s offices, nursing homes, hospitals, or their homes, according to the article.
Read MoreBorn of the annual “Inc. 5000” franchise, this regional list represents “a unique look at the most successful companies within the Florida economy’s most dynamic segment—its independent small businesses.”
Read MoreA bill sponsored by South Carolina Sen. Greg Hembree to provide coverage for hearing aids and repairs, up to $2,500 every two years, is currently in the Senate’s banking and insurance committee.
Read MoreThis acquisition will reportedly allow AuDStandard “to provide the industry’s most innovative and effective marketing services to current and future clients,.”
Read MoreAccording to the study, which analyzed data from the 2016 Cost Supplement to the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey, out-of-pocket expenses comprised 79% of spending for hearing care among Medicare beneficiaries with supplemental coverage.
Read MoreAre subtle but important distortions of audiological science being slipped into hearing-related legislation? H.R. 3’s current language promotes a bias—intended or not—that mild-to-moderate hearing loss and severe-to-profound hearing loss are two distinct categories, requiring two distinct legislative treatments. Says who?
Read MoreNationsHearing, LLC, a hearing aid and services benefit, announced that the company has completed a redesign and rebrand to NationsBenefits.
Read MoreHealthfirst announced that it is teaming with NationsHearing to provide an enhanced hearing health...
Read MoreBlueprint Solutions announced it has partnered with ESCO to provide practices a “unique, automated...
Read MoreVision Benefits of America, Inc (VBA), a commercial group benefits organization, announced it has...
Read MoreHR sat down with Sycle Co-founder and CEO Ridge Sampson to talk about the changing audiology market, and how he views the role of managed care, third-party reimbursement, and how they are influencing the hearing healthcare field.
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