Topics Related to Hearing Aid Providers

Recent court rulings now require the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to reverse provider rate reductions and restore rates to their Sept. 30, 2025, levels.
NC Medicaid has temporarily modified the delivery of specific optical and hearing aid services to reduce in-person visits for Medicaid and NC Health Choice beneficiaries due to the state of emergency related to COVID-19. These temporary changes are retroactive to March 10, 2020, and will end the earlier of the cancellation of the North Carolina state of emergency declaration or when these modifications are rescinded. When the temporary modifications end, all face-to-face service requirements resume.