Annual Meeting & OTO Experience: The future of medicine
Daniel Kraft, MD Opening Ceremonies Keynote Speaker Daniel Kraft, MD, is a Stanford- and Harvard-trained physician-scientist, inventor, and entrepreneur who founded and chairs Exponential Medicine, where he is executive director. He will be the keynote speaker at the AAO-HNSF 2017 Annual Meeting…
Annual Meeting & OTO Experience: Activities and networking
Community Service Activity With a greater emphasis on giving back to our host city, the AAO-HNSF is proud to be partnering with Cradles to Crayons® in Chicago. Cradles to Crayons provides children from birth through age 12, living in homeless or low-income…
Annual Meeting & OTO Experience: Pre-Conference Workshops
8:00 am-4:00 pm | Friday, September 8 The Endoscopic Ear Surgery Workshop is an advanced hands-on endoscopic dissection course using fresh, frozen cadaveric specimens. The course is suitable for consultants and senior otolaryngology trainees and will be delivered by international and national…
Better Hearing and Speech Month: Noise-induced hearing loss through time
A historical look at hearing conservation efforts for the U.S. workforce and consumers James C. Denneny III, MD AAO-HNS/F EVP/CEO The celebration of Better Hearing and Speech Month gives us the opportunity to highlight a problem that deserves attention 12 months…
Medical Informatics Committee: HIPAA and texting
This article provides background information regarding the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and secure texting. If you are an employed physician, your obligation is simple: Follow the policy of your employer. Advanced communication technologies put patient privacy at risk Farrel J…
Leadership Forum & Spring BOG Meeting: Legislative Advocacy Highlights
Following the success of the inaugural State OTO Society Roundtable, the BOG Spring Meeting included several advocacy- related sessions where attendees learned about the importance of making their voices heard on Capitol Hill. First, the BOG Legislative Affairs Committee served as a platform for attendees…
Reg-ent℠: ready for MIPS and more
The Reg-ent registry will be ready to accommodate all categories of MIPS 2017 reporting: Scoring engines for each reporting category. Web entry forms for Advancing Care Information (ACI) and Improvement Activities (IA) categories reporting. Payment adjustment estimator. Multiple mapping refinements and complete review before…
Section for Residents and Fellows-in-Training announces delegates
In March, the Governing Council of the AAO-HNS Section for Residents and Fellows-in-Training (SRF) selected the following SRF members to serve as delegates/alternate delegates to the organizations named below. American Board of Otolaryngology Elizabeth H. Wick, MD, delegate Sheena Samra, MD…
Health policy scholarship awarded
Gavin Setzen, MDThe AAO-HNS and the American College of Surgeons (ACS) offer an annual scholarship to subsidize attendance and participation in the Leadership Program in Health Policy and Management at Brandeis University. This year’s scholarship has been awarded to Gavin Setzen, MD, AAO…
State OTO Society Roundtable attendees
Alabama Society of Otolaryngology- Head & Neck Surgery Buffalo Otolaryngology Society Central Indiana Otolaryngology Society Cincinnati Society of Otolaryngology- Head & Neck Surgery Colorado Ear, Nose, and Throat Society Connecticut Ear, Nose, and Throat Society Delaware Academy of Otolaryngology- Head & Neck Surgery Georgia Society of Otolaryngology- Head…
Inaugural State OTO Society Roundtable recap
The inaugural State OTO Society Roundtable was held on March 10 in conjunction with the AAO-HNS/F 2017 Leadership Forum and BOG Spring Meeting. 40 physicians and seven executive directors/society administrators attended, representing 32 state and local otolaryngology societies. The Roundtable, moderated by…
Board of Governors: What? No more course tickets?
Sanjay R. Parikh, MD, BOG Chair-Elect Sanjay R. Parikh, MD BOG Chair-ElectWhen I was a resident, I remember going to my first AAO-HNSF Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA, with my co-residents. We registered in advance by phone, purchased tickets to…
Accepting, understanding, and celebrating diversity
By Valerie A. Flanary, MD, Diversity and Inclusion Committee chair; Sujana S. Chandrasekhar, MD, AAO-HNS immediate past president, with Scott R. Chaiet, MD, MBA, and Stacey L. Ishman, MD, MPHThe word “diversity” can describe many groups. We observe and celebrate the diversity in the…
Board of Governors: The problem is trust
Lawrence M. Simon, MD, Vice Chair, BOG Socioeconomic and Grassroots CommitteeSeveral commentaries have been written recently that incriminate our diagnostic and procedural coding systems. These pieces argue that the complexity of the codes allows them to be manipulated to inflate and/or hide expenditures, and…
AcademyU® How-Tos
AcademyU®, the Foundation’s professional development program, is designed to improve healthcare provider competence and practice through lifelong learning. Here are a few FAQs to help you navigate AcademyU.org. How do I search for education activities? The best way to locate activities in…
Proposed fiscal year 2018 combined budget
Scott P. Stringer, MD, AAO-HNS/F Secretary-TreasurerThe Executive Committees (ECs) of the Boards of Directors (BODs) were presented with the Finance and Investment Subcommittee (FISC) proposed budget for the next fiscal year, July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018 (FY18). They endorsed it for…
AAO-HNSF seeks Coordinator for Research and Quality
A search is underway for the coordinator for Research and Quality. This position coordinates the research and quality improvement efforts of the Foundation with particular attention to oversight of research and evidence-based activities that improve care. This includes the development and maintenance of Reg…
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