June 2004
The ASHA GRPP Update is prepared as an ASHA member benefit and designed to be a brief synopsis of ASHA's Government Relations & Public Policy (GRPP) division's activities over the past month. Dissemination of this Update to other members, association newsletters, and electronic mailing lists is encouraged. Information contained in this publication may be reprinted without permission, although attribution to ASHA is requested. For more information about the Update, please contact Michelle Hostler at 800-274-2376, ext. 4446, or ordallen@asha.org.
For information regarding ASHA's advocacy activities not covered in this update, please contact: James Potter, Director of Government Relations & Public Policy at jpotter@asha.org; Arlene Pietranton, Executive Director at apietranton@asha.org; or Catherine Gottfred, ASHA Vice President for Governmental & Social Policies at LarryHigdonTX@aol.com.
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HEALTHCARE
- Summary of CMS Medicaid Final Rule for Audiologists
- Action on Stroke Bill Delayed as Former President Reagan Remembered
- ASHA Requests Deletion of Medicare CCI Edits
- ASHA Seeks Coordinated Effort to Challenge Medicare Mobile MBS Prohibition
- Proposed Medicare Home Health Visit Rates
- BCBS-Michigan Agrees to Re-Examine Speech and Language Benefit
- Provider Coalition Urges MedPAC to Back Fix for Medicare Fee Schedule
- House Passed Budget Plan Drops Medicaid Cuts
STATES
- Victory in Oklahoma! Salary Supplement School-Based CCC Holders
- State Policy Workshop Review
- Michigan, Alaska & Oklahoma Change Licensure Laws
- Restrictive Regulations Defeated in Indiana
SCHOOLS
- U.S. Senate Passes IDEA Reauthorization Legislation
- White House Taps Former VA Official as OSERS Assistant Secretary
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