2008 State & National Legislative News

• Michigan Becomes 48th State to Pass SLP Licensure Legislation (December 22, 2008)
• ED Releases IDEA Part B Supplemental Final Regulations (December 03, 2008)
• 2009 Medicare Fee Schedule Includes SLP Private Practice Regulations (November 17, 2008)
• Analysis of 2009 Medicare Fee Schedule for Audiologists Available (November 17, 2008)
• ED Releases Final Regulations on NCLB Title 1 (November 06, 2008)
• ED Releases Notice of Final Interpretations for English Language Proficiency (November 06, 2008)
• The Votes Have Been Cast – Now The Real Work Begins! (November 06, 2008)
• ASHA Prepares for New Congress and Administration with 2009 Public Policy Agenda (October 30, 2008)
• Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Examiners Hold Annual Meeting (October 29, 2008)
• ASHA Submits Comments to ED on Implementation of Higher Education Act (October 21, 2008)
• ASHA Members Needed to Speak at HEA Public Meetings (September 17, 2008)
• ED Extends Application Deadlines for FY09 Personnel Preparation Competitions (September 15, 2008)
• ED Holds 2008 OSEP Leadership Conference (September 15, 2008)
• ED Begins Process of Implementing the HEA Reauthorization - Public Meetings Scheduled (September 02, 2008)
• ASHA President Testifies Before ICDR (August 27, 2008)
• ASHA Conducting Physician Practice Information Survey for Audiology (August 27, 2008)
• HHS Announces Adoption of ICD-10 Beginning October 2011 (August 19, 2008)
• Medicare and Medicaid to Update Electronic Transaction Standards (August 19, 2008)
• ED Awards 31 FY2008 Early Reading First Grants (August 18, 2008)
• ED Announces States Participating in Supplemental Educational Services Pilot (August 18, 2008)
• ASHA's Functional Communication Measures Receive Quality Endorsement (August 05, 2008)
• Medicare Announces More Accurate Payments for Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (August 05, 2008)
• Educational Audiologists Are Included in Higher Education Bill For Loan Forgiveness (August 01, 2008)
• Audiology Medicare Enrollment and NPI Requirement Deadline Nearing – October 1 (July 29, 2008)
• Waiving Retroactive Beneficiary Cost Sharing Due to Increases in Payment Under MIPPA (July 29, 2008)
• IES Schedules Four Research Funding Webinars in August (July 23, 2008)
• Preliminary FAQs on Medicare SLP Private Practice Available (July 22, 2008)
• ASHA Meets OSERS Assistant Secretary (July 21, 2008)
• ASHA Submits Comments to ED on IDEA Supplemental Proposed Rules (July 21, 2008)
• Therapy Caps Exceptions Process Reinstituted (July 17, 2008)
• Congress Overrides Presidential Veto to Pass Medicare Relief Legislation (July 16, 2008)
• New 2008 Medicare Fee Schedule Rates for Services July 1 to End of 2008 (July 16, 2008)
• Urge Your Senators to Override Expected Veto on Medicare Bill (July 11, 2008)
• Congress Passes Medicare Relief Legislation (July 10, 2008)
• ED Announces FY2008 IDEA Discretionary Grant Competitions (July 09, 2008)
• Medicare Therapy Caps Resume July 1, 2008 (July 01, 2008)
• Medicare to Hold Part B Claims for First 10 Days of July (June 30, 2008)
• ALERT: Medicare Fee Schedule Cuts & Therapy Caps to Resume on July 1 (June 27, 2008)
• AMA and ASHA Physician Practice Information Survey Going Strong (June 27, 2008)
• Consideration of FY2009 Labor-HHS-Education Funding Bill Stalls in House (June 27, 2008)
• House Subcommittee Passes Health and Education 2009 Funding Bill (June 25, 2008)
• Urge Your Senators to Recognize Private Practice SLPs & Audiologists Under PQRI (June 25, 2008)
• ASHA Submits Comments to ED on NCLB Proposed Rules (June 23, 2008)
• Senate Finance Members Introduce Competing Medicare Fix Bills (June 12, 2008)
• Draft Senate Medicare Legislation Proposed (June 04, 2008)
• Better Hearing & Speech Month Resolutions Introduced in Congress (May 28, 2008)
• New Medicare Speech-Language Pathology Rules Published (May 28, 2008)
• 2009 Defense Bill Requests Center of Excellence for Auditory Disorders (May 27, 2008)
• ED Releases IDEA Part B Supplemental Proposed Rules (May 21, 2008)
• ED Announces List of Full Applicants for FY2008 ERF Competition (May 21, 2008)
• ED Announces Teacher-to-Teacher 2008 Summer Workshops (May 20, 2008)
• Reading First Impact Study: Interim Report (May 14, 2008)
• ED Releases Proposed NCLB Regulations: Schedule of Regional Input Meetings (May 01, 2008)
• The NPI Is Here. The NPI Is Now. Are You Using It? (April 28, 2008)
• Comments Sought on Revised Draft of EHDI State Model Bill (April 24, 2008)
• Medicare Proposes FY2009 Payment Update for Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (April 24, 2008)
• CMS Extends Deadline for Use of Audiology NPI by Physician Practices (April 17, 2008)
• EHDI Reauthorization Bill Passes House, Senate Advocacy Requested (April 10, 2008)
• OPM Urges Enhanced Adult Benefit Coverage of Hearing Aids and SGDs (April 03, 2008)
• ED Announces New Pilot on Differentiated Accountability (March 24, 2008)
• EHDI Reauthorization Bill Clears House Committee (March 24, 2008)
• ASHA Launches New Outreach Model with States (March 24, 2008)
• House and Senate Approve Budget Resolutions (March 20, 2008)
• House Committee Approves TBI Legislation (March 17, 2008)
• Premera Blue Cross Rescinds Exclusion Policy on SGD/AACs for Autism (March 12, 2008)
• Medicare Updates Audiology Coverage Policies (March 10, 2008)
• Action Alert: Co-Sponsors Needed for EHDI Act (February 27, 2008)
• Audiologist Loan Forgiveness Included in House Higher Education Bill (February 26, 2008)
• New IDEA Part B Proposed Regulations Undergoing OMB Review (February 26, 2008)
• ASHA Conducting Physician Practice Information Survey for Audiology (February 15, 2008)
• House Passes Higher Education Bill, Goes to Conference with Senate (February 11, 2008)
• CMS Proposes Bump in Medicare Payments to Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals (February 08, 2008)
• ASHA Meets ED on Implementation of IDEA Regulations (January 30, 2008)
• ED Expands Growth Models (January 23, 2008)
• ED Opens FY2008 Early Reading First Grant Competition (January 09, 2008)