ASHA Learning Pass

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:

• ASHA employee

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).