Speech-language pathologists are calling ASHA to ask about the likelihood of Medicare and private payers resuming the practice of billing based onward 15-minute time units.

Speech-language pathologists are calling ASHA to ask about the likelihood of Medicare and private payers resuming the practice of billing based onward 15-minute time units. For almost three years, the Medicare Part B program --and many private payers that come next Medicare's lead--have required billing strictly in succession the basis of the instant Procedural Terminology (CPT) code description. The CPT descriptors for the for the use of all speech-language pathology and dysphagia digests contain no designation of time. The instant code for a speech-language pathology evaluation (92506) or treatment (92507)

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