fresh Codes Will Benefit Audiologists and SLP in succession Nov.

fresh Codes Will Benefit Audiologists and SLP

in succession Nov. 1, the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) issued the final mastery on payment policies under the physician remuneration schedule for 2001. The recent fee schedule reflects significant coding revisions for audiologists, and for speech-language pathologists (SLPs) in the areas of dysphagia assessment, augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices, and cognitive skills exhibition

Among other positive revisions, HCFA also accepted ASHA's petition for a practice expense for the digest for auditory evoked potential,

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