Fraud Protection for Audiology Practices

Protect your audiology practice from equipment fraud, service contract manipulation, and embezzlement

Unique Fraud Risks in Audiology

Hearing aids and assistive devices are expensive, portable, and have strong resale value

Long-term service agreements and payment plans create opportunities for manipulation

Vulnerable patient demographic may be less likely to notice or report discrepancies

Protect against these specialized fraud tactics

Ordering devices under patient insurance but redirecting them for personal sale or use by unauthorized individuals.

Average Loss: $90,000 - $320,000

Collecting payment for multi-year service contracts but not recording them or pocketing renewal payments.

Average Loss: $75,000 - $250,000

Charging for premium hearing aid models but providing standard models, pocketing the difference.

Average Loss: $60,000 - $210,000

Billing both insurance and patient for the same device or service, keeping the duplicate payment.

Average Loss: $55,000 - $190,000

Specialized protection for audiology operations

Monitor hearing aids from order through fitting and track all device movements

Track service agreements and automatically flag unusual payment patterns

Verify that charged device models match actual devices dispensed

Join audiology practices using Dolos to prevent equipment fraud and embezzlement