Ethical considerations for the documenting and billing of speech-language pathology services in medical settings (acute care, skilled nursing, and outpatient) are discussed in this course. Billing situations that pose ethical risks and documentation practices that avoid potential pitfalls as well as demonstrate ethical standards are described.
Course created on November 9, 2023
On Demand
Course Type: Video
CEUs/Hours Offered: ASHA/0.1 Introductory, Related; IACET/0.1; Kansas LTS-S1370/1.0; SAC/1.0
Learning Outcomes
- After this course, participants will be able to identify situations of potential ethical risk in billing practices and develop proper responses.
- After this course, participants will be able to identify documentation pitfalls that could suggest unethical clinical practices or billing.
- After this course, participants will be able to describe how to use documentation as a professional safeguard for demonstrating acceptable standards of practice and ethical behavior.
Agenda
| 0-5 Minutes | Introduction |
| 5-15 Minutes | Principles of rule-bound services |
| 15-25 Minutes | Ethical standard types |
| 25-40 Minutes | Ethical considerations in documentation |
| 40-55 Minutes | Ethical considerations in billing |
| 55-60 Minutes | Summary, Q&A |
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Lorelei O'Hara
MA CCC-SLP
Lori O’Hara is the Skilled Reimbursement Resource for Ensign Services, where she supports operationalizing interdisciplinary systems for clinical service delivery and reimbursement. She also oversees the organization’s documentation monitoring systems and ADR and Appeals response. She spent many years as a Director of Rehabilitation and treating clinician in the skilled nursing sector and spent two years as a treating clinician for the National Health Service in southern England. She is a master documentation trainer and has presented and trained nationally on documentation and regulatory topics.
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American Speech-Language-Hearing Assn.
Introductory Level
0.1 ASHA CEUs
International Association for Continuing Education and Training
Continued, LLC, DBA SpeechPathology.com, is accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET). Continued complies with the ANSI/IACET Standard, which is recognized internationally as a standard of excellence in instructional practices. As a result of this accreditation, Continued is authorized to issue the IACET CEU. continued, LLC, is authorized by IACET to offer 0.1 CEUs for this program.
Kansas Dept for Aging and Disability Services
Approved for 1 continuing education clock hour(s) for Kansas licensed Speech Pathologists by the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services. Long-Term Sponsorship number: LTS-S1370.
California Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board: SpeechPathology.com is approved by the California Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board as a Continuing Professional Development Provider, approval number PDP 268. This course may meet the requirements for 1 hours of continuing education credit for SLPs as required by the California Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensers Board. The responsibility for determining whether or not this specific course counts toward an individual's requirements for license renewal is up to the individual. Please refer to the CA state board rules regarding allowable topics and self-study limits: http://www.speechandhearing.ca.gov/licensees/ce_req.shtml. Live webinars on SpeechPathology.com do not count as self-study courses toward California professional development requirements.
Speech-Language and Audiology Canada
Clinically certified members of Speech-Language and Audiology Canada (SAC) can accumulate continuing education equivalents (CEEs) for their participation with SpeechPathology.com. One hour of coursework equals 1 CEE. All SAC members are encouraged to participate in on-going education.