2025 Medicare Update: Telehealth Services
On December 20, 2024, President Biden signed into law the American Relief Act (H.R. 10545). A three-month extension of the current Medicare telehealth services is included within this law. Additional […]
Quick Tips: Support for Sound Processor Replacements
You are probably very familiar with the feeling of “so much to do, so little time.” To take some of the detailed, operational burden off your hands, Cochlear has a […]
Help your patients maximize 2024 insurance benefits with Cochlear
We’re past the half-year mark—it’s a great time for eligible patients to consider using their 2024 insurance benefits to replace their CochlearTM sound processor. Cochlear will be reaching out […]
New Codes for AOI Fitting Services: Five Steps to Prepare for 2024
Effective January 1, 2024, audiologists who program auditory osseointegrated implant (AOI) devices will have two newly established Current Procedural Terminology (CPT©, American Medical Association) codes to report their services. CPT […]
COVID-19 Public Health Emergency – Expiration date May 11, 2023
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced the expiration of the Public Health Emergency (PHE) declaration for COVID-19 effective May 11, 2023. With this expiration, many waivers […]
Q&A with Dr. Scott Brown: SSD and the reimbursement landscape
By C. Scott Brown, MD, Neurotologist & Lateral Skull Base Surgeon at the Atlanta Institute for ENT Although the recent FDA approval for cochlear implantation for single-sided deafness/unilateral hearing loss […]
Help your patients access insurance support services through Cochlear
Cochlear Americas understands the importance of assisting patients and providers with payer advocacy and navigating the health insurance landscape. We have dedicated experts staffed to support reimbursement and policy. We […]
Help your patients maximize 2021 insurance benefits with Cochlear
Maximizing 2021 insurance benefits We’re past the half-year mark— it’s a great time to remind your patients about potentially using their 2021 insurance benefits to upgrade their Cochlear sound processor. […]
Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Final Rule Calendar Year (CY) 2021
On December 1, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released their final rule on the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS). The changes and new rates outlined in […]
New 2021 CPT Codes for audiology
With 2021 just around the corner, we are excited to share an audiology coding update to help you prepare for these changes. Effective January 1, 2021, seven new CPT (Current […]
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