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The funding of speech generating devices varies, depending upon the laws and policies of an country, province or state. This section contains some funding information and funding resources. Specific resources are also available from AAC manufacturers with funding departments and on the AAC-RERC website (www.aac-rerc.com). MEDICARE COVERAGE OF AAC DEVICES: FINAL POLICY If you wish to comment on the policy, please direct your comments to: The following are links to letters written by concerned organizations to the Health Care Financing Administration in support of AAC device funding. Click on the name of the organization to see a copy of the letter.
A copy of the Formal Request seeking Medicare coverage of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices. This document was developed to request funding of AAC devices by policy makers and AAC practitioners. A synopsis is available in the January 2000 issue of Augmentative Communication News (Vol. 12 #4-5). To see an internet version of the entire document, click here. If you would like more information about this document, please contact Lewis Golinker, Esq. at LGolinker@aol.com Please note that this is a long document which we have broken into sections for easier transmission over the Internet. Some of the original formatting has been lost, but the content is the same.
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