David Shulkin, MD, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, has suggested the need to eliminate routine care from the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) in order to better address access to care for wounded veterans. Secretary Shulkin listed audiology services, specifically services for hearing aids, as falling under the category of "routine" health care. Although there are currently no proposals in place, Congress needs to hear that high quality audiologic care for our nation's veterans is anything but routine.

Medicaid providers may receive notice from the Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that they have been randomly chosen for an audit of services provided Medicaid or N.C. Health Choice beneficiaries. But providers may not understand what that means.