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For Healthcare Facilities

Bring Gold-Standard Diagnostics to Your Facility

CA Mobile FEES partners with facilities across Southern California to provide timely, cost-effective, and clinically excellent swallowing evaluations — eliminating scheduling delays, transportation costs, and lost productivity.

The Hidden Costs

The Cost of Inaction

Without proper instrumental assessment, facilities face escalating costs from misdiagnosis, unnecessary restrictions, and preventable complications.

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Average cost per aspiration pneumonia episode

$0–$1,700

Transport cost per outpatient MBSS

$0–$289/mo

Thickened liquids cost per patient

$0–$3,000/mo

Tube feeding cost per patient

$0+

Re-hospitalization from undiagnosed aspiration

0%

Added healthcare costs from dysphagia (Westmark, 2018)

91%

of nursing home residents could tolerate higher-level diets after instrumental assessment (Groher & McKaig, 1995)

Why Facilities Choose CA Mobile FEES

Reduce Costs

A fraction of the cost of an outpatient MBSS. No ambulance fees, no lost therapy time, no radiology coordination.

Improve Outcomes

Accurate diagnostics lead to appropriate diets, fewer restrictions, and better quality of life for patients.

Reduce Re-Hospitalizations

Proper assessment identifies at-risk patients and guides aspiration pneumonia prevention.

Zero Operational Burden

We bring all equipment and supplies. Your SLP can bill therapy the same day — no productivity loss.

Doctor consulting with a senior patient about swallowing assessment results

How Onboarding Works

Step 1

Contact Us

Discuss your facility’s needs and learn how FEES can support your patients and team.

Step 2

Establish a Partnership

Enter into a mutual agreement with CA Mobile FEES by signing a Professional Service Agreement. The agreement is not exclusive, but a prerequisite to providing FEES services at your facility.

Step 3

Place Referrals

Obtain a physician’s order and contact us. We handle scheduling.

Step 4

We Deliver Results

FEES completed on-site within 1–3 days. Detailed report including images provided within 24 hours.

Step 5

Ongoing Partnership

Follow-up evaluations, consultation, dysphagia education, in-services, and lunch & learns.

Healthcare professional shaking hands with a facility administrator, establishing a partnership

Billing & Insurance

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FEES is covered by Medicare and nearly all private insurances. It follows Medicare consolidated billing rules.

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Your facility directly pays a flat fee to CA Mobile FEES, then bills the patient’s insurance for reimbursement.

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For Medicare Part A residents: The flat fee directly paid to CA Mobile FEES is significantly less than what your facility pays overall for recurring costs from pneumonia, re-hospitalizations, and thickener/tube feeding, etc.

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For Medicare Part B residents: CPT codes 92612 for FEES, 92610 for dysphagia evaluation, and 92526 for dysphagia therapy can all be billed on the same day.

Healthcare administrator reviewing documents and planning at a hospital desk

Schedule a Free Consultation

Learn how CA Mobile FEES can reduce costs and improve outcomes at your facility.