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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 Mannebach at 800-498-2071, ext. 4446, or Mmannebach@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; Lemmietta McNeilly, Facilitating Team liaison to the GRPP Cluster, at LMcNeilly@asha.org; or Catherine Gottfred, ASHA Vice President for Governmental & Social Policies, at Gottfred@aol.com.
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ACTION ALERT
- Input Requested on ASHA's 2006 Public Policy Agenda
STATES
- State Licensing Acts Anticipate Changes in National Audiology Standards
- Minnesota Allows Hearing Aid Dispensing Under Audiology License
- Arkansas Medicaid Broadens Audiology Coverage
- Mandated Coverage of Hearing Aids Stalls in Almost All States
HEALTH CARE
- OIG Critical of Medicaid Billing for SLP Services by New York City Schools
- ASHA Holds Telephone Seminar on Medicare SLP Services
- CMS Announced Effective Date for Expanded Coverage of Cochlear Implants
- CMS Implements Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility 75% Rule
- CMS Proposes Boost in 2006 IRF Medicare Payments
- CMS to Reorganize Medicare Payers and Medical Fraud Review
SCHOOLS
- ASHA President Battle Testifies at NY IDEA Hearing
- ASHA Submits Speech and Language Screening Recommendations to USPSTF
- ED Releases NIMAS Proposed Rules
POLITICAL ADVOCACY
- PAC Activity Increase and Contribution Trends for 2004 Election Cycle
- House Committee approves Campaign Finance Bill
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