Overview of H.R. 2330 - The Medicare Audiology Services Enhancement Act of 2013

What H.R. 2330 does

H.R. 2330

• moves audiology forward in the current health care system by recognizing audiologists as diagnostic and treatment providers, able to receive Medicare reimbursement for professional services provided;
• increases access to care by allowing Medicare beneficiaries to receive diagnostic and treatment services from audiologists;
• maintains audiologists' ability to use clinical judgment and expertise in treating their patients;
• recognizes that plans of care are a Medicare requirement for treatment providers and are flexible enough to allow treatment to occur while the plan is under discussion;
• encourages interdisciplinary participation through collaboration with the medical/health home and other specialty care providers;
• positions audiologists positively in health care reform, which is focused on treating the whole patient;
• has a good likelihood of passage in the current political and health reform environments.

What H.R. 2330 does not do

H.R. 2330

• has no impact on the current Medicare requirement for physician or other primary care provider referral or plan of care review,
• does not make audiology services subject to the therapy caps,
• has no direct impact on Medicare reimbursement values and rates,
• has no impact on hearing aid coverage under Medicare.