News on Medicare & Hearing Aids

Older Americans are not receiving the critical preventive medical services that will help them live healthy, independent lives.

DenverDecember 12, 2005Cochlear Americas has announced that the Baha system, an osseointegrated auditory implant system, is now covered by Medicare under a new policy issued by...

Effective January 1, 2005 all new Medicare beneficiaries are entitled to a preventive physical examination within six months of enrollment in Medicare Part B program. The exam...

The 2005 Medicare Fee Schedule (MFS) and Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) for Audiologists is now available to ASHA members. This ASHA document provides ov...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) accepted comments submitted by ASHA to create a new Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC) for cochlear implant follow-up...

This morning, the Senate passed the Medicare Reform bill following House passage last Friday. While the cornerstone of this legislation provides a new prescription drug fo...