Hearing Aid Business Owner Gets Prison Time for Healthcare Fraud
A licensed hearing instrument specialist and the owner of a Connecticut hearing aid dealer was sentenced to four years in prison for fraud.
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‘KHN’ Article Looks At True Cost of Medicare Advantage Plans
In a recent article on the “Kaiser Health News (KHN)” website, author Phil Galewitz examines the true cost of added coverage for hearing, vision, and dental care in Medicare Advantage plans.
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ASHA Releases ‘2021 Medicare Fee Schedule for Audiologists’
The report includes a 6% decrease in payment for audiology services due to changes to office-based outpatient evaluation and management (E/M) procedure codes that provide payment increases for primary care services.
Warren and Rice Advocate to Attach Key Audiology Bill to COVID-19 Relief Packages
A bipartisan group is urging fellow Members of Congress to include provisions of the Medicare Audiologist Access and Services Act (H.R. 4056/S. 2446) in upcoming COVID-19 packages. The bill would include eliminating physician order requirements, updating the Medicare statute to classify audiologists as (LLP) practitioners, and authorizing Medicare to reimburse audiologists for the Medicare-covered medically necessary treatment services.
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NationsBenefits Partners with ADT on PERS for Medicare Advantage & Part D Plans
The company’s expansion is said to be largely tied to updated guidance and increased flexibility provided by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), which results in MA plans offering more supplemental benefits for 2020 and beyond.
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CMS Issues Recommendations to Re-Open Health Care Systems in Areas with Low Incidence of COVID-19
The new recommendations are specifically targeted to communities that are in Phase 1 of the Guidelines for Opening Up America Again with low incidence or relatively low and stable incidence of COVID-19 cases.
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ASHA Announces Expanded Telepractice Coverage and Reimbursement for Three Health Plans
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) announced that as a “direct result of its...
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Medicare Telehealth Benefits Expanded During COVID-19 Crisis
As part of the expansion, Medicare will pay physicians, nurse practitioners, clinical psychologists, and licensed clinical social workers to offer telehealth services in any healthcare facility including doctor’s offices, nursing homes, hospitals, or their homes, according to the article.
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NationsBenefits Ranked #1 on Inc.5000 Series: Florida
Born of the annual “Inc. 5000” franchise, this regional list represents “a unique look at the most successful companies within the Florida economy’s most dynamic segment—its independent small businesses.”
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South Carolina Senator Sponsors Bill for Insurance Coverage for Hearing Aids
A bill sponsored by South Carolina Sen. Greg Hembree to provide coverage for hearing aids and repairs, up to $2,500 every two years, is currently in the Senate’s banking and insurance committee.
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AuDStandard Acquires Paradigm Growth 360, Forms HearWorks
This acquisition will reportedly allow AuDStandard “to provide the industry’s most innovative and effective marketing services to current and future clients,.”
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Report Shows Out-of-Pocket Costs for Medicare Advantage May Still be High
According to the study, which analyzed data from the 2016 Cost Supplement to the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey, out-of-pocket expenses comprised 79% of spending for hearing care among Medicare beneficiaries with supplemental coverage.
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Hearing Aid Legislation: Evidence of a Burgeoning New Reality?
Are subtle but important distortions of audiological science being slipped into hearing-related legislation? H.R. 3’s current language promotes a bias—intended or not—that mild-to-moderate hearing loss and severe-to-profound hearing loss are two distinct categories, requiring two distinct legislative treatments. Says who?
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NationsHearing Rebrands to NationsBenefits; Launches New Website
NationsHearing, LLC, a hearing aid and services benefit, announced that the company has completed a redesign and rebrand to NationsBenefits.
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Healthfirst and NationsHearing Partner on Hearing Program for Medicare Advantage
Healthfirst announced that it is teaming with NationsHearing to provide an enhanced hearing health...
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Blueprint Solutions Partners with ESCO
Blueprint Solutions announced it has partnered with ESCO to provide practices a “unique, automated...
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Vision Benefits of America Partners with Your Hearing Network
Vision Benefits of America, Inc (VBA), a commercial group benefits organization, announced it has...
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Managed Care and Your Hearing Care Business: An Interview with Sycle’s Ridge Sampson
HR sat down with Sycle Co-founder and CEO Ridge Sampson to talk about the changing audiology market, and how he views the role of managed care, third-party reimbursement, and how they are influencing the hearing healthcare field.
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