Abstract
A major breakthrough in professional recognition of services delivered by audiologists occurred this year when the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) accepted the American Medical Association (AMA) Relative Value Update Committee (RUC) recommendations for professional recognition for nine audiology procedures, which are currently considered "technical" codes. ASHA, in collaboration with the American Academy of Audiology (AAA), held a Web-based seminar on the RUC survey process that led to an online survey; data was collected from more than 140 responses on services such as comprehensive audiometry, visual reinforcement audiometry, tympanometry, and diagnostic analysis of cochlear implants.