Tag: SGDs
Bill seeks to make speech generating devices purchased items
March 6, 2015Tracy Orzel
WASHINGTON - Industry stakeholders applaud the recent introduction of a bill that would protect access to speech generating devices for Medicare beneficiaries living with disabilities like ALS and cerebral palsy.Introduced by Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., Erik Paulsen, R-Minn., and Steve Scalise, R-La., The Steve Gleason Act of 2015, H.R. 628, would remove SGDs from the DME capped rental payment category and clarify statutory language to ensure coverage of eye-tracking technology for beneficiaries...