Indianapolis Awaits Your Arrival for #OTOMTG25
February 3, 2025Known for fast cars and blockbuster events, the city of Indianapolis is a burgeoning metropolitan area quickly becoming known for its culinary and brewing scene, thriving cultural institutions, cool neighborhoods, and much more. Join the Academy in the city affectionately known as “Indy” for the…
Clinical Practice Guideline: Adult Sinusitis (Update)
February 2, 2025This guideline was published in the April 2015 issue of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery on April 1. Clinical Practice Guideline: Adult Sinusitis The purpose of this multidisciplinary guideline is to identify quality improvement opportunities in managing adult rhinosinusitis and to create explicit and…
Top 100 ENT Facility and Non-Facility Codes
January 31, 2025Each year the AAO-HNS complies as list of the top 100 most utilized CPT codes as reported in the Medicare database from the most recently reported year (two years prior) for both the facility and non facility settings. These tables will highlight any…
Kids ENT Health Month
January 31, 2025National health statistics reveal that pediatric ear, nose, and throat disorders remain among the primary reasons children visit a physician, with ear infections ranking as the number one reason for an appointment. From earaches to choking hazards, kids can suffer from a variety of…
Grassroots Advocacy
January 29, 2025Become a Member of Project 535 Successful legislative advocacy starts with a solid grassroots foundation. To ensure the message of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery is heard broadly on Capitol Hill, the AAO-HNS launched PROJECT 535 in 2015. Our goal is to recruit…
Foundation Education Committees
January 21, 2025Volunteerism is the key to the Foundation's core function of educating our fellow otolaryngologist - head and neck surgeons and primary care colleagues, residents in training, and non-physician clinicians. Membership on an Education Committee is a renewable 2-year term and a member…
Affiliate Meetings/Events
January 17, 2025Various organizations will be hosting ancillary and affiliate meetings during the AAO-HNSF 2024 Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO. For the most up to date information, view the full schedule. Don’t miss the premier event for the specialty. For the most up to date…
2025 Quality Measures
January 16, 2025Quality measures are used to track patient care, connect outcomes with processes, and meet third-party payer requirements, such as the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and MIPS Value Pathways (MVPs). Reg-ent allows participants to track performance and benchmark against peers in…
Reg-ent℠ Governance
January 14, 2025The Reg-ent Executive Committee The Reg-ent Executive Committee’s work has contributed to the core success of the AAO-HNS in its leadership role in the launch, development, and continued growth of the AAO-HNSF Reg-ent registry. Under the guidance of…
AAO-HNS COVID-19 Podcast Series
January 8, 2025AAO-HNS has launched a new podcast series that is specific to COVID-19. The series provides peer-to-peer connection on COVID-19 pandemic related topics. See links below to download the Voices of Otolaryngology app to get immediate notification when new podcasts…
Podcasts
January 7, 2025Learn about the very latest in otolaryngology education, how to get involved with the Academy, news about upcoming events, including the Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO, and more! This podcast highlights original research published in the official journal of the American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head…
CORE Grants Program
January 3, 2025The Centralized Otolaryngology Research Efforts (CORE) grants program is a collaboration of several societies and industry supporters focused on providing support for research in the field of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery. About the CORE Grants Program Since 1985, CORE has awarded more than…
Reimbursement Advocacy
January 2, 2025Private Payer Advocacy Learn about the Academy's payer advocacy efforts, how you can use Academy template appeal letters to help your practice receive payment instead of denials from private payers and much more. Medicare Advocacy Visit the Medicare Advocacy page to learn more…