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Effective August 1, 2023, SHARS ORP Providers May Provide Referrals

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Effective August 1, 2023, evaluations from School Health and Related Services (SHARS) audiologists and speech-language pathologists who are enrolled in Texas Medicaid as ordering, referring, or prescribing (ORP) providers may serve as referrals for audiology or speech and language services.

When submitting claims for SHARS audiology and speech and language services, local education agencies must include the referring provider’s national provider identifier (NPI) in the referring provider NPI field of the claim form.