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Health-Care Staff Vaccination Requirements
In late December 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released guidance on the Health Care Staff Vaccination Interim Final Rule. The emergency regulation requires vaccinations for eligible staff at health care facilities participating in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Where It Applies The staff vaccination requirement applies to the following Medicare and…
Academy and ASHA Advocate for Auditory Evoked Potentials Medicaid Coverage
In response to reports of audiologists having difficulty getting paid for auditory evoked potential (AEP) services, the Academy and the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) have reached out to Medicaid agencies to clarify the new current procedural terminology (CPT) codes (92650-92653) for AEP services. In a recent letter sent to all 50 Medicaid agency directors, the…
Senate Releases Text of Medicare Hearing Benefits
AAA, ADA, and ASHA have been working collaboratively to help shape congressional legislation that could add new hearing benefits to Medicare. The Senate Finance Committee recently released its version of the Build Back Better Act (H.R. 5376), which passed in the House of Representatives last month. This bill contains several provisions critical to audiologists. Like the…
