Category: Medicare

Hearing Aid Distribution Systems – I

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HEARING AID DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS Many current discussions concerning hearing aid sales relate to how hearing aids are dispensed – what distribution system is being used?  Where is the hearing aid industry going with regard to distribution systems?  What is the best system?  How will I survive?  Just about everyone has a solution they think is…

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Hearing Aid Dispensing – IX

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Attempts to Control Hearing Aid Sales Costs at the Federal Level Medicare Influence on Hearing Aid Dispensing System In 1978, the House Ways and Means Committee approved a change in Medicare law to delete the requirement that a physician prescribe the plan of treatment for speech-impaired Medicare beneficiaries.  A subcommittee of this Committee proposed extending…

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