What is the SLPs Role In Medicare Funding of SGDs?
The SLP is the key person in the Medicare claims process related to SGDs. Medicare guidance related to SGDs is unique among all items and medical services Medicare covers in that it designates a non-physician, the SLP, as the primary determiner of a beneficiary’s medical The SLP is the key person in the Medicare claims process related to SGDs. Medicare guidance related to SGDs is unique among all items and medical services Medicare covers in that it designates a non-physician, the SLP, as the primary determiner of a beneficiary’s medical need. For everything else Medicare covers, the beneficiary’s doctor holds responsibility. The assignment of this role to the SLP is based on the enormously positive impression made upon Medicare and DMERC staff by the SLPs who prepared the Formal Request and who thereafter responded patiently to questions raised about AAC intervention. The credibility they established in this process is priceless, and every SLP must approach each Medicare evaluation re
