A continuing series upon reimbursement and financing questions.

A continuing series upon reimbursement and financing questions, enigmas and tips.

Effective Jan. 1 the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) established recently made known codes for augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices subordinate to the Medicare Part B absolute title [i]or[/i] posession schedule. These new codes were created coincident with the effective date for the just discovered Medicare coverage policy for speech-generating devices (SGDs) (For an earlier explanation of SGD behold the Feb. 6 issue of The ASHA Leader.)

The use of the season "speech-generating devices" by the Medicare Durable Medical

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