OREGON SPEECH-LANGUAGE & HEARING ASSOCIATION

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Your OSHA Executive Board has been working diligently to learn more about the recent Medicare Part B changes and their impact on SLPs in Oregon. Last week, we attended webinars hosted by ASHA and the Council of State Speech-Language-Hearing Association Presidents (CSAP) to learn from and with other state associations. 

Currently, ASHA is leading the advocacy effort given that this is a national issue related to federally-administered program. Their staff is working to secure a meeting with CMS to share the negative impacts of this new definition of providers who are eligible to bill Medicare. However, they NEED OUR HELP! If this change has personally impacted you or if you know of SLPs and organizations who have been affected, please share your stories. ASHA needs our stories to share with CMS. 

There are currently two ways to share your stories and feedback with ASHA. 

1) You can fill out the Policy Impact Member Feedback Form here: https://www.asha.org/form/policy-impact-member-feedback/

2) You can email states@asha.org

You can also go to the ASHA website page titled "Medicare Updates Definition of Speech-Language Pathologist in Its Benefit Policy Manual" for the most up-to-date information from ASHA.

If you have questions about what to do or need support from OSHA, please email us at oshaoregon@gmail.com.