This bill directs the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to clarify that fully implanted active middle ear hearing devices are prosthetics. It says these devices are not subject to the Medicare "hearing aid" coverage exclusion in section 1862(a)(7) of the Social Security Act. The bill requires CMS to issue that clarification within 60 days of the bill's enactment. The term "prosthetic" is defined by reference to 42 C.F.R. § 414.202.
If you are a person who uses or may receive a fully implanted active middle ear hearing device and you have Medicare, this bill would require CMS to state that those devices are prosthetics and are not covered by the statutory hearing aid exclusion. No publicly available information on how CMS would implement this clarification, how it would change coverage decisions, or how it would affect payment and claims is provided in the bill text.
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The bill text directs CMS to clarify that these implanted middle ear devices are prosthetics and not subject to the hearing aid exclusion. The bill was introduced by Representatives Michelle Fischbach and Angie Craig, with additional sponsors listed in the metadata. The bill was referred to the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the Ways and Means Committee for consideration.
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