Join the SRF Governing Council
May 1, 2023Apply today for a position on the SRF Governing Council. Applications are due by August 2nd.…
Coalition Letter to Cigna Modifier-25
April 27, 2023April 18, 2023 David Cordani Chairman and Chief Executive Officer The Cigna Group 900 Cottage Grove Road Bloomfield, CT 06002 Dear Mr. Cordani: On behalf of the undersigned organizations representing physicians and health care professionals across the country, we request that Cigna immediately rescind its…
Clinical Practice Guideline: Evaluation of the Neck Mass in Adults
April 26, 2023This guideline was published in the September 2017 issue of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery on September 10. Clinical Practice Guideline: Evaluation of the Neck Mass in Adults The primary purpose of this guideline is to promote the efficient, effective, and accurate diagnostic workup…
Clinical Practice Guideline: Tympanostomy Tubes in Children
April 25, 2023The guideline was published as a supplement in the February 2022 issue of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery on February 9, 2022. Clinical Practice Guideline: Tympanostomy Tubes in Children (Update) The purpose of this clinical practice guideline is to reassess and update recommendations in…
Clinical Practice Guideline: Ménière’s Disease
April 25, 2023This guideline was published in the April 2020 issue of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery on April 8. Clinical Practice Guideline: Ménière’s Disease This clinical practice guideline (CPG) is intended for all for all health care providers, in any setting, who are likely…
Clinical Practice Guideline: Nosebleed (Epistaxis)
April 25, 2023This guideline was published in the January 2020 issue of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery on January 7. Clinical Practice Guideline: Nosebleed (Epistaxis) This clinical practice guideline (CPG) is intended for all clinicians who evaluate and treat patients with nosebleed. The target population for…
Clinical Practice Guideline: Sudden Hearing Loss (Update)
April 25, 2023This guideline was published in the August 2019 issue of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery on August 1. Clinical Practice Guideline: Sudden Hearing Loss (Update) This clinical practice guideline (CPG), intended for all clinicians who diagnose or manage adult patients (aged 18 years or…
Clinical Practice Guideline: Tonsillectomy in Children (Update)
April 25, 2023This guideline was published in the February 2019 issue of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery on February 5. Clinical Practice Guideline: Tonsillectomy in Children (Update) This clinical practice guideline (CPG), which is intended for all clinicians in any setting who interact with children aged…
Clinical Practice Guideline: Hoarseness (Dysphonia) (Update)
April 25, 2023This guideline was published as a supplement in the March 2018 issue of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery on March 1. Clinical Practice Guideline: Hoarseness (Dysphonia) (Update) The primary purpose of this guideline is to improve the quality of care for patients with dysphonia…
Clinical Practice Guideline: Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (Update)
April 25, 2023This guideline was published in the March 2017 issue of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery on March 1. Clinical Practice Guideline: Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) The primary purposes of this guideline are to improve the quality of care and outcomes for BPPV by…
Clinical Practice Guideline: Improving Nasal Form and Function after Rhinoplasty
April 25, 2023This guideline was published in the February 2017 issue of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery on February 1. Clinical Practice Guideline: Improving Nasal Form and Function after Rhinoplasty The primary purpose of this guideline is to provide evidence-based recommendations for clinicians who either…
Clinical Practice Guideline: Earwax (Cerumen Impaction) (Update)
April 25, 2023This guideline was published in the January 2017 issue of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery on January 3. Clinical Practice Guideline: Cerumen Impaction The primary purpose of this guideline is to help clinicians identify patients with cerumen impaction who may benefit from intervention, and…
Clinical Practice Guideline: Otitis Media with Effusion (Update)
April 25, 2023This guideline was published in the February 2016 issue of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery on February 1. Clinical Practice Guideline: Otitis Media with Effusion (Update) The purpose of this multidisciplinary guideline is to identify quality improvement opportunities in managing otitis media with effusion…
Clinical Practice Guideline: Allergic Rhinitis
April 25, 2023This guideline was published in the February 2015 issue of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery on February 2. Clinical Practice Guideline: Allergic Rhinitis The primary purpose of this guideline is to address quality improvement opportunities for all clinicians, in any setting, who are likely…
Clinical Practice Guideline: Acute Otitis Externa (Update)
April 25, 2023This guideline was published in the February 2014 issue of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery on February 3. Clinical Practice Guideline: Acute Otitis Externa The primary purpose of the original guideline was to promote appropriate use of oral and topical antimicrobials for AOE and…
Clinical Practice Guideline: Tinnitus
April 25, 2023This guideline was published in the October 2014 issue of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery on October 1. Clinical Practice Guideline: Tinnitus The purpose of this guideline is to provide evidence-based recommendations for clinicians managing patients with tinnitus. The target audience is any…
Clinical Practice Guideline: Improving Voice Outcomes After Thyroid Surgery
April 25, 2023This guideline was published in the June 2013 issue of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery on June 3. Clinical Practice Guideline: Improving Voice Outcomes After Thyroid Surgery The purpose of this guideline is to optimize voice outcomes for adult patients aged 18 years or…