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title: "Ordering Providers"
description: "ADA offers programming and support to audiologists and students who are or who desire to be autonomous practitioners in the field of Audiology."
url: "https://www.audiologist.org/audiologists/medicare/ordering-providers"
date: "2026-06-19T19:55:11+00:00"
language: "en-GB"
---

#  Ordering Providers

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    "description": "Ordering Providers Effective May, 2013, Medicare Area Contractors will begin denying Medicare audiology claims if the claim lacks the name of a Medicare enrolled ordering/referring physician and their associated individual National Provider Number (NPI) in box 17 of the HCFA 1500 form (or its electronic equivalent). The ordering/referring physician must be enrolled in Medicare as a participating provider, non-participating provider, or opt out provider. The following providers may order/refer for audiology services: Certified Nurse Midwives Clinical Nurse Specialists Clinical Psychologists Clinical Social Workers Interns, Residents and Fellows Nurse Practitioners Physicians Assistants Physicians (MDs or DOs, Dentists, Podiatrists, or Doctors of Optometry) For more information, please see Medicare Enrollment Guidelines for Ordering/Referring Providers and Important Update on PECOS & Ordering/Referring. If you have any further questions, please contact Kim Cavitt Au.D.",
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