Hearing Device Coverage Clarification Act
New Bill Aims to Require Medicare Coverage for Implanted Middle Ear Hearing Devices
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Key Points
- Congress introduced a bill to make sure Medicare covers a specific type of hearing technology called fully implanted active middle ear hearing devices.
- Right now, Medicare generally does not pay for hearing aids. This bill would label these specific implants as prosthetics, which are medical tools that Medicare is allowed to cover.
- This change is meant to help people with hearing loss who need surgery for an internal device rather than just a removable hearing aid that sits in or on the ear.
- If the bill becomes law, the agency that runs Medicare would have 60 days to update its rules to include these devices in its coverage plans.
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Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Congressional Bill
Official Title
Hearing Device Coverage Clarification Act
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