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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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TAKE ACTION
- Write Congress To Allow SLP Direct Billing For Outpatient Medicare Services
- Grassroots Action Needed To Block Return Of Therapy Caps
HEALTH CARE
- ASHA Argues For Revising The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule In 2006
- CMS Issues Additional Guidance On National Provider Identifiers
- ASHA And Rehabilitation Hospital Coalition Fight Implementation Of 75% Rule
- Study Finds Medicare 75% Rule Limits Access To Inpatient Rehabilitation
SCHOOLS
- Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments On IDEA Case
- OSEP Releases Issue Briefs On IDEA'04
SPECIAL FOCUS - HURRICANE RELIEF
- Supporting ASHA Members & Others Affected By 2005 Hurricanes
- New Laws To Aid Students & Disabled Affected By Hurricanes
- House Approves Hurricane Relief For Higher Education
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