tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2004 Issue 24

AUDIOLOGY: New Rule Takes Guess Work Out Of Audiologist Requirements

For the first time in 20 years, audiologists can expect an update to Medicaid requirements from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Effective June 28, the Medicaid and Medicare program's definitions of a qualified audiologist will fall in step without, CMS claims, putting a kink in states' flexibility. According to a final rule published in the May 28 Federal Register, states will have more room to define credentials. If no licensure requirements exist, audiologists will have to meet specific minimum academic and clinical standards before getting approved as a Medicaid provider. "In conjunction with Medicare's quality standards, states...

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