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CAQH Profile Setup Guide for Therapy Providers
A complete guide to setting up and maintaining your CAQH ProView profile. Essential for OT, PT, and SLP providers who need to get credent...
Audiology
Track ASHA CCC-A certifications, AuD state licensure, hearing aid dispenser permits, and Medicare enrollment for your audiologists. Credentialing Now handles the complexity of audiology credentialing so you don't have to.
Audiology credentialing spans ASHA certification, state-specific AuD licensure, hearing aid dispenser permits, and specialized Medicare enrollment rules. We built our platform to handle these specifics.
Monitor Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology status, track continuing education credits toward ASHA certification maintenance, and get alerts before renewal deadlines.
Audiology licensing requirements, CE mandates, and renewal cycles differ across states. Track every AuD license and deadline in one centralized system.
Many states require separate hearing aid dispenser licenses for audiologists. Track these permits alongside your AuD licenses and ASHA credentials without juggling spreadsheets.
Track Medicare enrollment status and revalidation deadlines for diagnostic audiology billing in one place.
Track audiology assistant registrations alongside your licensed audiologists. Upload supervision agreements and scope-of-practice documentation to each provider's file.
Upload board certifications, calibration records, and other compliance documentation to each provider's file. Build custom checklists with reminders so recurring audit-prep tasks don't slip.
Set up profiles for your audiologists and audiology assistants, upload their ASHA CCC-A certificates, AuD state licenses, hearing aid dispenser permits, and existing credentialing documentation. We'll help with the initial setup.
Credentialing Now monitors ASHA renewal dates, state license expirations, hearing aid dispenser permit deadlines, Medicare revalidation, and CE credits. Get alerts before anything is due.
With credentialing running smoothly in the background, your practice stays compliant, your billing stays uninterrupted, and your team can focus on delivering quality audiological care.
Before an audiologist can see insured patients, the practice has to assemble licensure, certification, and enrollment pieces that most other specialties never deal with. Here is what a complete audiology credentialing file looks like.
Every state licenses audiologists separately, and most now require the Doctor of Audiology (AuD) degree for new licensees. Renewal cycles and CE requirements vary by state, and payers verify license status at initial enrollment and again at re-credentialing.
Many payers ask for the Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology (CCC-A) from ASHA or certification from the American Board of Audiology during enrollment. These are separate from state licensure and carry their own renewal and continuing-education requirements.
Many states require a separate hearing aid dispensing license or registration before an audiologist can fit and sell hearing aids, even with a full audiology license in hand. Payers that cover hearing aids often verify the dispensing credential during enrollment, so it needs its own spot on the renewal calendar.
Audiologists enroll in Medicare through PECOS and bill diagnostic testing under their own NPI. Since 2023, Medicare also allows limited direct access for certain non-acute hearing assessments billed with the AB modifier, once per patient every 12 months without a physician order. Enrollment must be revalidated every five years.
Audiology claims may route to the patient's medical plan or to a third-party hearing benefit administrator, and each requires its own enrollment. CAQH ProView profiles feed most commercial applications and must be re-attested every 120 days, or applications stall on stale data.
Payers require a current certificate of insurance for professional liability, and practices are expected to screen providers against the OIG and SAM.gov exclusion lists. Audiologists who see patients at pediatric hospitals or on-site clinics may also need facility privileges, with the facility running its own reappointment cycle.
Commercial payer enrollment typically takes 60 to 150 days from a complete application to an effective date, and hearing benefit administrators run their own timelines on top of the medical plans. Starting applications before a new audiologist's first day, and keeping CAQH attested so payers can pull current data, is the most reliable way to avoid a gap in billable dates.
In many states, yes. State audiology licensure covers diagnostic and treatment services, but fitting and selling hearing aids often requires a separate dispensing license or registration with its own renewal cycle. Check your state board's rules, and track the dispensing credential as its own expiring item rather than assuming the audiology license covers it.
In limited cases. Since 2023, Medicare allows audiologists to bill certain non-acute diagnostic tests without a physician order, once per patient every 12 months, using the AB modifier. Most other diagnostic services still require a physician order, and the audiologist must be enrolled in Medicare through PECOS either way.
No. Credentialing Now is tracking software: it stores documents, monitors expiration dates for licenses, certifications, and dispensing permits with automated email alerts, sends CAQH attestation reminders, and tracks each payer enrollment with follow-up notes and due dates. Your team or your credentialing service still submits the applications.
See how Credentialing Now handles ASHA CCC-A tracking, AuD licensure, and payer enrollment for audiology practices.
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