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Subject : Re: Requirements for Medical Evaluations posted by kooch on Fri Nov 28, 2008 3:49 pm |
| Posted by SaraAuD: > Many people have PhD/AuD in Audiology. I suspect you’re being modest. I’ve never before heard of such a combination, especially when the PhD was conferred first… Such a combination of credentials does not make a lot of sense in my state, as neither PhD nor AuD credentials qualify a person to perform medical evaluations. Need to be a licensed medical professional – i.e., a medical doctor (MD). One reason for ENTs… Here, medical doctors request hearing tests from audiologists as part of a medical evaluation, and provide signed referrals the audiologist uses to validate insurance reimbursement claims. A HOH can avoid a medical evaluation, but to do so (s)he must provide the testing audiologist with a written waiver of his/her rights to a medical evaluation. And unfortunately, many health insurance companies do not reimburse claimants for hearing testing charges that are not a part of a medical evaluation. My state’s audiology licensing agency puts all this information in a small brochure which practicing audiologists are legally required to explain to HOH who have never had a medical evaluation. Doesn’t your state have similar regulations? k |
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