Traditional MIPS to MVP
July 5, 2022What is an MVP? Under traditional MIPS, clinicians have the choice of reporting on over 200+ MIPS quality measures (with additional QCDR measures for Reg-ent participants). MIPS Value Pathways (MVPs), as currently proposed by CMS, will decrease the number of quality measures and improvement…
The Magic You Possess
July 5, 2022Ken Yanagisawa, MDAAO-HNS/F PresidentYou can do magicYou can have anything that you desireMagic, and you knowYou’re the one who can put out the fire~AmericaI vividly recall visiting each of my five children’s kindergarten classes from the late 1990s to the…
Patient Care at the Center of Research and Quality
July 5, 2022Vikas Mehta, MD, MPH, Research and Quality CoordinatorOutlined in this month's issue are the major projects undertaken by the Research and Quality (RQ) business unit over the past year. Overall, our major accomplishments and focus this year have been:Maintaining and developing new evidence…
Apply Today: International Travel Grant to the 2022 Annual Meeting
July 1, 2022Are you a non-U.S. junior faculty member who is currently studying or completing research in an otolaryngology department in the United States or Canada? If so, you may be eligible for one of five grants of up to $1,000 each to attend…
Now Accepting 2023 Humanitarian Travel Grant Applications
July 1, 2022Humanitarian medical efforts can be immensely rewarding and serve as a reminder to the motivation for choosing medicine as a career path. Travel grants provide residents who are Academy members an opportunity to contribute professional service to people in countries with limited resources. AAO-HNSF…
OUT OF COMMITTEE | Outcomes Research and Evidence-Based Medicine
July 1, 2022Kevin J. Contrera, MD, MPh, Michael J. Brenner, MD (OREBM Committee Chair), Vikas Mehta, MD, Joseph Scharpf, MD, and Mark E. Zafereo, MDThe advent of targeted thyroid therapies represents one of the most significant advances in head and neck cancer in the past decade. Patients…
Why Quality Measures Are Important
July 1, 2022Download or view largerVisit l.ead.me/Reg-ent_2022_Quality_Measures to learn more.…
Anatomy of a Measure
July 1, 2022Quality measures are developed to include the accompanying technical specifications that are the instructions for building and calculating a measure. The AAO-HNSF quality measures are categorized as proportion measures where performance is derived by dividing the number of cases that meet a criterion for…
Reg-ent Growth
June 30, 2022Now in its sixth year, the Reg-ent registry has soundly endured as the only national otolaryngology-specific data repository, one that is solely focused on the specialty of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery, its physicians, and its patients. Through the foundation created by the…
Capturing and Measuring Patient Voice with PRO-PMs
June 30, 2022Patient and family engagement is increasingly recognized as an essential component of high-quality clinical care. Patients as partners in care has long been a priority for national healthcare and physician organizations and plays an important role in assessing the quality of care, including patient…
Pitch Your Idea at the 2022 AAO-HNSF Annual Meeting & OTO Experience
June 30, 2022The ENTrepreneur Faceoff, which debuted in 2021, allows industry entrepreneurs to go head-to-head with their latest innovations with a panel of judges and audience members viewing the top presentations and products within the industry. New this year, the ENTrepreneur Faceoff will take place…
AAO-HNS Announces the Results of the 2022 Annual Election
June 30, 2022The AAO-HNS extends its greatest appreciation to the candidates of the 2022 election for their dedication and willingness to run for office and serve the AAO-HNS and its members. The Nominating Committee presented the membership with an outstanding slate of candidates. The AAO…
Pearls From Your Peers | Practice Consolidation and Mergers
June 30, 2022Marc G. Dubin, MD, is a private practice rhinologist and the President and CEO of the Centers for Advanced ENT Care (CAdENT) in Maryland, Washington, DC, and Virginia, and is the Chair of the AAO-HNS Private Practice Study Group. He has gained significant experience…
DONOR SPOTLIGHT: Jonathan Y. Ting, MD, MS, MBA
June 30, 2022The AAO-HNS foundation is pleased to recognize Jonathan Y. Ting, MD, MS, MBA, who became a Millennium Society Lifetime Donor through his generous gift to the 125 Strong Campaign in 2021.Jonathan Y. Ting, MD, MS, MBAMillenium Society Lifetime Donor“I became a Lifetime…
International Advisory Board (IAB) Chair-elect Election
June 30, 2022Following the AAO-HNS call for nominees for Chair-elect of the International Advisory Board (IAB), Ithe IAB Executive Committee selected Prof. Titus Sunday Ibekwe, MD, Abuja, Nigeria, and Prof. Piotr H. Skarzynski, MD, PhD, Warsaw, Poland, as the candidates for Chair-elect. The election…
AAO-HNSF Humanitarian Travel Grant: Medical Outreach Trip to Kigali, Rwanda
June 30, 2022Gaelen B. Stanford-Moore, MD, MPhil (left), University of California, San Francisco Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery.Thanks to funding from the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF), I lived in Kigali, Rwanda, working on a prospective study…
NEW Head and Neck Conditions Now Available on ENThealth.org
June 30, 2022Burning Mouth Syndromehttps://www.enthealth.org/conditions/burning-mouth-syndrome/Dry Mouth Syndromehttps://www.enthealth.org/conditions/dry-mouth-syndrome/Nasopharyngeal Cancerhttps://www.enthealth.org/conditions/nasopharyngeal-cancer/Oral Lichen Planushttps://www.enthealth.org/conditions/oral-lichen-planus/Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosishttps://www.enthealth.org/conditions…
June Is National Dysphagia Awareness Month
June 10, 2022ENThealth.org offers information for your patients on these topics and more: DysphagiaAging and Swallowing Do I Have a Swallowing Problem? For more patient information on ENThealth, search “Conditions and Treatments” and “Be ENT Smart” for articles using keyword “swallowing.” ENThealth.org is dedicated to…
