Abstract

In the day-to-day life of an audiologist, he or she may not always consciously consider the laws that must be abided to function in a productive and ethical manner. The Medicare/ Medicaid Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark Laws, and Health Information Portability and Accountability Act are discussed in this article as well as suggestions for optimizing chart documentation, strategies for legally dismissing a patient, protocols for referring to another audiologist, and recommendations for coding appropriately.

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