2022 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Virtual Conference
March 13 - 15, 2022
3/10/2015 | 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM | “Outsourcing” Newborn Hearing Screening: Questions and Considerations | Combs Chandler | 1
“Outsourcing” Newborn Hearing Screening: Questions and Considerations
In recent years, many hospitals have elected to outsource their newborn hearing screening services through contractual relationships with non-hospital personnel. Some of the contractual models are designed to provide these services at no charge to the institution. Hospital administrators are attracted to this model because it relieves them of burdens associated with training, screening, maintenance of equipment, reporting and follow-up. But there are many important issues that need to be considered, some related to choice of hearing technology, some related to protocols and procedures, and others related to billing, financial arrangements, and communication with families. This presentation will examine current models for contracted hearing screening services followed by a review of key questions and considerations. Specifically, we will examine inpatient vs outpatient screening; management of high risk babies; data management; tracking and surveillance; compliance with hospital regulations and standards; communication with families and primary care providers; reporting of screening outcomes to the hospital and state EHDI program; coordination of follow-up with the state EHDI program, and financial issues related to billing, collection, and potential impact on denials. Attendees will be provided with a checklist that summarizes each of these important considerations.
- Describe 3 models for contracted hearing screening services
- List 3 potential advantages of contracted hearing screening services
- List 3 considerations when exploring contracted hearing services
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Presenters/Authors
Randi Winston-Gerson
(Primary Presenter,POC), NCHAM, A.T. Still University, The EAR Foundation of Arizona, randiwinston@infanthearing.org;
Randi consults on a variety of EHDI related projects and serves as adjunct assistant professor at A.T. Still University. Prior to that she worked as a consulting audiologist for The EAR Foundation of Arizona and Arizona's EHDI Program since 1998. Her role included the implementation of newborn hearing and early childhood screening programs with an emphasis on program quality, systems development and best practices. During that time she served on NCHAM’s Technical Assistance Network, assisting states in Region X. Randi maintains her role as lead audiologist on the Newborn Hearing Screening Training Curriculum (NHSTC) project and has co-authored several research articles involving newborn and early childhood screening.
Randi holds doctorate of audiology, is state licensed in Arizona and a member of AAA, ASHA and the ArSHA. She also serves as director of the Arizona Special Olympics Healthy Hearing Program.
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Jackson Roush
(Co-Presenter), University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, jroush@med.unc.edu;
Dr. Roush is Professor and Director of the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC. He also serves as Director of the North Carolina LEND program and is co-chair of the NC EHDI Advisory Board. Dr. Roush has been a pediatric audiologist for 35 years.
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