[nfb-db] A question about hearing testing?

[Trish]

I just went to an ear, nose and throat doctor.  I have very little wax in the my HA ear and none in my CI ear.  The  doctor sent me down to have a hearing test with his audiologist.  Before we went down there, my mom mom asked at the front desk if  my Medicare pays for that.  They said yet, my cut in it   would be $32.  

Unfortunately, the  audiologist wouldn’t test me with the HA on,  only the actual hearing in  that ear.  

 

Trish

 

From: nfb-db [mailto:nfb-db-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sterling Shadowwolf via nfb-db
Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 1:10 PM
To: Sheila Leigland; NFB Deaf-Blind Division Mailing List
Subject: Re: [nfb-db] A question about hearing testing?

 

Hi Maurice,

>From what I know, audiology expenses are not entirely covered by Medicare. If the business does accept Medicare, often times you would have to co-pay as Trish has already stated. Each state is different, under Obamacare, depending on the plan you chose. For example, in my state, we also have state medical insurance which is similar to Medicaid. Medicaid is not Medicare. My state insurance under the Obamacare helps cover my audiology expenses. It also depends on the audiology location. Because not all audiology places accept Obamacare related (or state) health insurance or Medicare. And sometimes you would have to travel to another city or town just to find an audiology that does accept it. Also, not every state has accepted Obamacare, due to the political firestorm over it. The states that did not accept Obamacare do not have state issued medical plans, like in my state.

 

-S.

 

On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 8:41 PM, Sheila Leigland via nfb-db <nfb-db at nfbnet.org> wrote:

it is my understanding that rootein hearing tests are not covered. I'm not sure how you get them covered  in other words to proove that the test is necessary.


On 8/20/2014 10:16 AM, maurice mines via nfb-db wrote:

  good morning, I’ve a question? This morning, I called to schedule a hearing test and a cleaning of my hearing is with a new audiology clinic. They ask you what kind of insurance I have, I told them that I have Medicare. The clinic informed me that hearing tests are not covered under Medicare because I already wear hearing aids, so the reasoning is that the hearing test is not considered medically necessary. So my question to the list is this true? The other thing that I have heard is that Medicare considers hearing aids a cosmetic accessory. The other thing which is making me wonder is the $80 cost of the test because the clinic says they must charge this across-the-board because of the Medicare determination. My second question to the list is making any sense?

Sincerely Maurice mines.
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