Marrying a Private Practice: Partnering with Insurance Companies, Buying Groups, and Audiology Management Groups
Course: #35409Level: Intermediate 1.5 Hours 125 Reviews
This multi-course presentation will cover topics that the presenter learned from her own experiences launching a new private practice. The fifth webinar will discuss Medicare, third party payers, and third party administrators, including how to determine the best options for a start-up practice. Additionally, buying groups and audiology management groups will be discussed with the unique role they can provide in COGs cost and business growth.
Please note: You may earn ABA Tier 1 credits for this course if you complete it as part of the course 35473, "Marrying a Private Practice Series." Course 35473 contains recordings of all six events from our 2020 series on Private Practices. ABA Tier 1 CEUs can be earned only when all modules are completed as part of course 35473.
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Learning Outcomes
- After this course, participants will be able to list the information needed for providers and the private practice to enroll in insurance.
- After this course, participants will be able to outline the steps required to enroll in Medicare as a provider and practice.
- After this course, participants will be able to explain the role of third party payers and third party administrators in a start-up private practice.
Course created on August 5, 2020
Agenda
| 0-5 Minutes | Introduction |
| 5-15 Minutes | Identification Numbers |
| 15-25 Minutes | Medicare Enrollment |
| 25-45 Minutes | Third Party Payers |
| 45-65 Minutes | Third Party Administrators |
| 65-75 Minutes | Buying Groups |
| 75-85 Minutes | Audiology Management Groups |
| 85-90 Minutes | Frequency Asked Questions |
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Alicia Spoor
AuD
Alicia D.D. Spoor, Au.D. is the Audiologist and President of Designer Audiology, LLC. She opened her own business with an unbundled/itemized pricing structure- one of the first in the nation to do so from day one, to benefit the patient and demonstrate the value of the audiologist. Dr. Spoor is the current Legislative Chair for the Maryland Academy of Audiology and a Past-President of the Academy of Doctors of Audiology.
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Australian College of Audiology
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Association of Hearing Instrument Practitioners of Ontario
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American Speech-Language-Hearing Assn.
Intermediate Level
0.15 ASHA CEUs
British Academy of Audiology
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Canadian Academy of Audiology
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International Hearing Society
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New Zealand Audiological Society
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