Article | April 01, 1999Medicare Update Mark Kander Author Affiliations & Notes Mark Kander ASHA Health Care Policy and Financing Team Copyright © 1999 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Article Information Swallowing, Dysphagia & Feeding Disorders / Articles Article | April 01, 1999 Medicare Update SIG 13 Perspectives on Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders (Dysphagia), April 1999, Vol. 8, 17-18. doi:10.1044/sasd8.1.17 SIG 13 Perspectives on Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders (Dysphagia), April 1999, Vol. 8, 17-18. doi:10.1044/sasd8.1.17 View Article Figures Tables PDF PDF Supplemental Data Supplements Multimedia Share Email Twitter Facebook Pinterest Tools Get Citation Citation Kander, M. (1999). Medicare Update. Perspect Swal Swal Dis (Dysph), 8(1), 17-18. doi: 10.1044/sasd8.1.17. Download citation file: RIS (Zotero) EndNote BibTex Medlars ProCite RefWorks Reference Manager © 2018 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association × Alerts User Alerts You are adding an alert for: Medicare Update You will receive an email whenever this article is corrected, updated, or cited in the literature. You can manage this and all other alerts in My Account The alert will be sent to: Confirm × Sign In or Create a free account to receive alerts. × In mid-February ASHA submitted recommendations to the American Medical Association’s Medicare Practice Expense Advisory Committee (PEAC) for evaluation of four CPT procedures critically in need of increase in the fee schedule. Each medical specialty submitted similar lists. ASHA’s Health Care Policy and Financing Team developed the list with the assistance of the Coding and Relative Value Working Group and the Health Services Team. The fee schedule applies to Medicare Part B services only. However, many private insurance companies and HMOs adopt these fees. The codes submitted were, in order of priority, CPT 92507 (speech-language treatment), CPT 92506 (speech-language evaluation), CPT 92526 (swallowing treatment), and CPT 92557 (comprehensive audiometry). The PEAC accepted the first three codes for review. Because there is not sufficient time for formal surveys, ASHA (and other professional associations) will submit time estimates for typical visits, including time expended by nonprofessionals, for each code to be reviewed. The PEAC will submit as many as 200 codes for formal presentation to the Medicare program prior to development of next year’s fee schedule. ASHA will separately submit comments to the Health Care Financing Administration in response to its forthcoming 2000 proposed fee schedule. We did not submit CPT 92525 (dysphagia evaluation) because ofa lack of data regarding the incidence of bedside evaluations without any instrumental assessment. The evaluation code may be redefined in the future. First Page Preview × View Large Subscribe to view more For full access to this article, log in to an existing user account, become a SIG affiliate, or purchase a short-term subscription. Become a SIG Affiliate Join a SIG Pay Per View Entire SIG 13 Perspectives on Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders (Dysphagia) content & archive 24-hour access $25.00 Buy Now This Issue 24-hour access $17.00 Buy Now This Article 24-hour access $10.00 Buy Now Sign In or Create an Account Please sign in using your ASHA.org login. If you do not have an ASHA login, you may register with us for free by creating a new account. Sign In or Create an Account We've Changed Our Publication Model... The 19 individual SIG Perspectives publications have been relaunched as the new, all-in-one Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups. Learn more > Related Articles Related Topics Swallowing, Dysphagia & Feeding Disorders