Changes Ahead for Speech-Generating Device Reimbursement
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You have accessThe ASHA LeaderBottom Line1 May 2014Changes Ahead for Speech-Generating Device ReimbursementSGDs—as part of a Medicare category that includes high-ticket equipment and are, therefore, often the target of fraud and abuse—face tighter restrictions. Mark Kander, and Lisa SatterfieldMS, CCC-A Mark Kander Google Scholar More articles by this author and Lisa Satterfield Google Scholar More articles by this author , MS, CCC-A https://doi.org/10.1044/leader.BML.19052014.26 SectionsAbout ToolsAdd to favorites ShareFacebookTwitterLinked In As the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services tightens policies on Part B (outpatient) durable medical equipment, augmentative and alternative communication devices get swept up in changes designed more for power wheelchairs and diabetes supplies. Speech-generating devices, a type of AAC device, have been covered by Medicare since 2001. Medicare classifies SGDs as durable medical equipment because they can withstand repeated use, are medical
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You have accessThe ASHA LeaderBottom Line1 May 2014Changes Ahead for Speech-Generating Device ReimbursementSGDs—as part of a Medicare category that includes high-ticket equipment and are, therefore, often the target of fraud and abuse—face tighter restrictions. Mark Kander, and Lisa SatterfieldMS, CCC-A Mark Kander Google Scholar More articles by this author and Lisa Satterfield Google Scholar More articles by this author , MS, CCC-A https://doi.org/10.1044/leader.BML.19052014.26 SectionsAbout ToolsAdd to favorites ShareFacebookTwitterLinked In As the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services tightens policies on Part B (outpatient) durable medical equipment, augmentative and alternative communication devices get swept up in changes designed more for power wheelchairs and diabetes supplies. Speech-generating devices, a type of AAC device, have been covered by Medicare since 2001. Medicare classifies SGDs as durable medical equipment because they can withstand repeated use, are medical
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