Medicaid reimbursement of hearing services for infants and young children

Pediatrics

Volumn 126, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  McManus, Margaret A ^a   Levtov, Ruti ^a   White, Karl R ^b   Forsman, Irene ^c   Foust, Terry ^d   Thompson, Maureen ^e  

^a Matern/Child Hlth Plcy Res Ctr   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

^d INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^e AMERICAN SPEECH LANGUAGE HEARING ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Deaf; Early intervention; Hard of hearing; Newborn hearing screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; MEDICAID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CURRENT PROCEDURAL TERMINOLOGY; DEAFNESS; FEE SCHEDULES; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NEONATAL SCREENING; REHABILITATION OF HEARING IMPAIRED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955461924     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-0354H     Document Type: Article

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