SBHS Audiology Evaluation and Services include assessment of children with hearing loss, determination of the range, nature and degree of hearing loss, including the referral for medical or other professional attention for restoration or rehabilitation due to hearing disorders, provision of rehabilitative activities, such as language restoration or rehabilitation, auditory training, hearing evaluation and speech conversation, and determination of the child’s need for individual amplification, obtaining and interpreting information, coordinating care and integrating services relative to the student receiving services such as:
- Auditory acuity (including pure tone air and bone conduction), speech detection, and speech reception threshold
- Auditory discrimination in quiet and noise
- Impedance audiometry, including tympanometry and acoustic reflex
- Central auditory function
- Testing to determine the child’s need for individual amplification
- Auditory training
- Training for the use of augmentative communication devices
SBHS audiology evaluation and services shall be provided by audiologists who meet the federal requirements at 42 CFR 440.110 and who operate within the scope of their health care practitioner’s license or certification pursuant to state law.
SBHS Medicaid-reimbursed services and treatments are provided in accordance with Oregon’s Prioritized List of Health Services to recipients receiving services pursuant to an IEP/IFSP eligible under IDEA in the educational setting. The above-listed therapy services and treatments are examples of services that may be provided to eligible recipients in an educational setting under Oregon’s Medicaid program. The current Prioritized List of services can be found on the Health Services Commission Web site.
Important! The SBHS rules define Oregon’s fee-for-service program to reimburse publicly funded education agencies for health services provided under the IDEA to Oregon’s Medicaid-eligible children. The SBHS rules are also a user’s manual designed to assist the Education Agency (EA) in matching state and federal funds for Oregon’s Medicaid-eligible students with disabilities. The SBHS rules are to be used in conjunction with:
- The General Rules governing the Division of Medical Assistance Programs (DMAP) (OAR 410 Division 120);
- The Oregon Health Plan (OHP) rules (OAR) 410 Division 141); and
- The Oregon Administrative Rules (OARs) in Chapter 581, Division 15, for the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) outlining Oregon’s program to meet the federal provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
Please go to the SBHS information page and review the above listed rules for additional information.
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