Anna Marie Jilla

Bio
Anna M. Jilla, AuD, PhD, ABA Certified, is the Jo Mayo Endowed Assistant Professor of Audiology at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas.
Articles
CODING AND REIMBURSEMENT | Health Insurance: A Primer on Navigating Care
By J. Connor Sullivan, Mariah Cheyney, and Anna M. Jilla What Is (Health) Insurance? Insurance is a means of protection…
Read MoreCODING AND REIMBURSEMENT | Coding and Coverage for Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential Testing
By Anna Marie Jilla The American Academy of Audiology (Academy) Coding and Reimbursement Committee (CRC) has received feedback from members…
Read MoreCODING AND REIMBURSEMENT | The Medicare National Correct-Coding Initiative: A Tutorial
By Anna Marie Jilla The purpose of this article is to review the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)…
Read MoreCODING AND REIMBURSEMENT | Audiology Advocacy—Working Together to Make a Difference!
By Andrea Gohmert, Shawna Jackson, and Anna Marie Jilla Every health-care profession deals with changes and challenges, especially in reimbursement.…
Read MoreCODING AND REIMBURSEMENT | Telehealth Policy Basics
By Anna Marie Jilla Please note that telehealth guidelines and policies related to the COVID-19 pandemic continue to evolve on…
Read MoreCODING AND REIMBURSEMENT | CPT Coding Changes for 2021: Auditory Evoked Potentials and Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials
By Anna Marie Jilla and Annette A. Burton Introduction The American Academy of Audiology (the Academy), together with the American…
Read MoreCODING AND REIMBURSEMENT | Deciphering Medicare Advantage Hearing Benefits
By Anna Marie Jilla and Mariah Cheyney Introduction to the Medicare Advantage Program The Medicare Part C Program was developed…
Read MoreCODING AND REIMBURSEMENT | Specialty Series: Telehealth
By Shreemanti Chakrabarty, Anna Marie Jilla, and Erin L. Miller In the era of COVID-19, it has become increasingly important…
Read MoreCODING AND REIMBURSEMENT | Specialty Series: Cochlear Implants
By Mariah Cheyney, Alyssa Needleman, and Anna Marie Jilla In July 2019, the American Academy of Audiology released its Clinical…
Read MoreCODING AND REIMBURSEMENT | Specialty Series: Tinnitus
By Richard S. Tyler, Anna Marie Jilla, and Susan Von Dollen The National Health Interview Survey found that approximately 10…
Read MoreCODING AND REIMBURSEMENT | When and Why to Modify
By Jennifer Frank and Anna Marie Jilla Billing modifiers were created to provide additional information to the payer about the…
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