Mar. 30, 2022
AAA and AAO-HNS Submit Joint Comments to CMS Supporting Expansion of National Coverage Determination Policy for Cochlear Implantation
The American Academy of Audiology and the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) submitted comments to CMS in support of the proposed expansion of coverage for cochlear implantation (CI) for adults with aided sentence recognition scores of up to 60 percent (an increase from 40 percent). A well-establish, non-experimental intervention, CI is appropriate for adults, including Medicare beneficiaries,












