Medicare

On January 1, 2001, the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) began providing coverage for AAC devices to Medicare beneficiaries with Part B coverage. Medicare calls AAC devices "speech generating devices," or SGDs, and covers AAC devices as durable medical equipment within its Part B benefit.

Medicare covers all devices in the DynaVox Technologies product line, including the Vmax, V, M3, DynaWrite, Palm3 and the Lightwriter devices featured on this website Medicare also provides coverage for switches, switch mounts, device rental and repair.

Device HCPC Code Medicare Allowable Beneficiary Co-Insurance

Use the following table to estimate your Medicare Part B co-payment. Remember that your actual co-payment may vary depending on the exact equipment being ordered, as well as whether you have met your Medicare deductible. If you have a Medicare Supplemental policy, your co-insurance may be covered in full.

Pricing Effective July 2008