TY - JOUR
T1 - Third-Party Payer Response to Requests for Purchase of Communication Augmentation Systems
T2 - A study of Washington State
AU - Beukelman, David R.
AU - Yorkston, Kathryn M.
AU - Smith, Kathleen
N1 - Funding Information:
Presented at The American Speech and Hearing Convention, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1983. The authors wish to thank all nonspeaking individuals, family members, and the Staff of participating agencies for their support of this study, portions of which were supported by the National Institute of Handicapped Research, Department of Education, Grant G008200020. The assistance of Kitty Turner, Karen Stanton, and Tamara Hoover was appreciated. Address reprint requests to: David R. Beukelman, Ph.D., RJ-30 Dept. of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195.
PY - 1985/1
Y1 - 1985/1
N2 - The purpose of this study is to document third-party payer response to requests for purchase of communication augmentation equipment for communicatively impaired individuals in the State of Washington. Information pertaining to client etiology and duration of communication disorder was requested by questionnaire along with information about the category of requesting agency, the category of third-party payer, and the cost of the communication system. During an 18-month period from June 1979 to December 1981, 53 completed questionnaires were returned. Thirty percent of the requests for communication augmentation systems were denied by third-party payers. Forty-three percent of requests for clients in the 0 to 18 age range were funded. Eighty-six percent of the requests for clients in the 19 through 40 year age range were funded. Sixty-three percent of the requests in the 40 and above age range were funded. Patterns of third-party payer response according to etiology, cost, requesting agency, and third-party payer category are also presented.
AB - The purpose of this study is to document third-party payer response to requests for purchase of communication augmentation equipment for communicatively impaired individuals in the State of Washington. Information pertaining to client etiology and duration of communication disorder was requested by questionnaire along with information about the category of requesting agency, the category of third-party payer, and the cost of the communication system. During an 18-month period from June 1979 to December 1981, 53 completed questionnaires were returned. Thirty percent of the requests for communication augmentation systems were denied by third-party payers. Forty-three percent of requests for clients in the 0 to 18 age range were funded. Eighty-six percent of the requests for clients in the 19 through 40 year age range were funded. Sixty-three percent of the requests in the 40 and above age range were funded. Patterns of third-party payer response according to etiology, cost, requesting agency, and third-party payer category are also presented.
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U2 - 10.1080/07434618512331273471
DO - 10.1080/07434618512331273471
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84961447656
SN - 0743-4618
VL - 1
SP - 5
EP - 9
JO - Augmentative and Alternative Communication
JF - Augmentative and Alternative Communication
IS - 1
ER -