According to information available to the US Attorney’s Office, the dispensing professional schemed to defraud insurers into paying for medically unnecessary hearing aids and also billed insurance for hearing aids that beneficiaries never received.
One of the biggest trends over the past year, noted by a large majority of survey respondents, was the number of rechargeable hearing aids dispensed in 2019 vs. the prior year, HHTM reports.
How is the relative health of your hearing care office/practice? This year's survey provides a gauge for assessing your office's activities relative to others across the United States. The HR 2006 Dispenser Survey reveals that, in 2005, binaural fitting rates and the use of directional systems rose rapidly, open-ear aids now constitute one-quarter of all BTE fittings, and the average price of hearing aids has remained relatively flat during the past year. Find out how your office compares to others in this year's survey.