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The Potential Risks Versus the Need for a Comprehensive Medicare Benefit

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1.  Currently, CMS does not provide coverage for the following services if the service is provided by a licensed audiologist?
  1. Canalith repositioning
  2. Aural rehabilitation
  3. Cerumen removal
  4. All of the above
2.  What legally defines the scope of practice of a licensed audiologist?
  1. State licensure
  2. Certification
  3. Medicare coverage of a specific item or service
  4. Masters or doctorate degree
3.  Currently, what CMS policy outlines the role of the audiologist in the Medicare system?
  1. ESRD
  2. Stark
  3. Social Security Act, section 1861 (II)(3)
  4. None of the above
4.  Currently, CMS provides coverage for items and services that are defined as what:
  1. Routine
  2. Medically necessary
  3. Requested by the beneficiary
  4. Ordered by the audiologist
5.  Currently, which entity is typically financially responsible for the costs of therapeutic services provided to a Medicare beneficiary by a licensed audiologist?
  1. CMS
  2. The Medicare Beneficiary
  3. Private insurer
  4. None of the above
6.  Which of the following is not covered by Medicare even if ordered by a physician?
  1. Annual audiogram
  2. Audiogram to document complaint of change in hearing
  3. Tympanometry when beneficiary complains of earache
  4. All of the above
7.  What of the following aspects of an auditory rehabilitation evaluation is not covered by Medicare?
  1. The whole evaluation is not covered because it relates to auditory rehabilitation
  2. The aspects of the evaluation that relate to the development of a plan of treatment
  3. The aspects that include tests such as the Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly
  4. The case history
8.  Hearing aids are not covered by Medicare except
  1. When needed following surgery
  2. When the hearing loss was caused by surgery
  3. When the patient is in a Medicare Part C plan that includes hearing aids
  4. All of the above
9.  Medicare:
  1. Is a static program that has not changed since its inception in the mid-1960s
  2. Has been amended by Congress to expand the types of benefits covered on numerous occasions
  3. Is a program for the elderly only
  4. Is an outpatient benefit only
10.  Under Medicare, audiology services
  1. Are part of the Diagnostic Test benefit
  2. Are defined as diagnostic for hearing only
  3. Are comprehensive in nature
  4. Are similar to the physical therapy benefit