AdminaStar Federal, a Medicare intermediary that reviews inpatient and outpatient Medicare claims in four Midwestern states, has revised its policy upon speech-language pathology services in reply to comments submitted according to ASHA. Late last year, AdminaStar issued a draft Local Medical Review Policy (LMRP) for speech-language pathology services (see case below for explanation of LMRPs) AdminaStar lately announced the following modifications, which will affect services in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky: * The written plan of treatment may be established by means of the ...