Published: February 27, 2018

Save the date: Alumni reception at the AAO-HNSF 2018 Annual Meeting & OTO Experience

The AAO-HNSF 2018 Annual Meeting & OTO Experience, October 7-10 in Atlanta, GA, is the perfect place to reconnect with colleagues from your alma mater.

The AAO-HNSF 2018 Annual Meeting & OTO Experience, October 7-10 in Atlanta, GA, is the perfect place to reconnect with colleagues from your alma mater.

This year’s reception takes place Tuesday, October 9, 6:30-8:00 pm (ET) in the Omni CNN Atrium. Don’t miss the chance to network across your alumni institutions in this unique venue featuring a 15-story glass-enclosed atrium with sweeping views of the world-famous CNN Center.

This year’s event will feature:

Co-branded selfie frames with your institution name and Annual Meeting graphics and hashtag
Photo prop station including hats, wigs, selfie sticks, and more
Professional photographer
Centrally located bar
10 drink tickets included per reception zone

Make sure your institution is represented at #OTOMTG18 Alumni Reception by reserving your spot today. Visit www.entannualmeeting.org to learn more.

More from March 2018 – Vol. 37, No. 2

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AAO-HNS advocates on Anthem’s Modifier 25 policy

As many AAO-HNS members are aware, in the fall of 2017, Anthem announced its plans to reimburse Evaluation and Management (E/M) services at a 50 percent rate when a significant, separately identifiable E/M service (appended with the 25 modifier) and surgery/diagnostic procedural services are performed on the same day.

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Crowdsourcing knowledge: Learning from the Patient Safety Event Reporting Tool

We all have a wealth of experiences that guide our individual medical wisdom and decision-making process. How much more could our collective wisdom help us all troubleshoot and improve processes in our individual practice environments? There is much to be learned from our combined experiences.

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Don’t delay! Deadline approaching for 2018 international grants and scholarships

Are you an international otolaryngologist–head and neck surgeon, under 40 years old, and in a junior full-time teaching position? You may be eligible for an International Visiting Scholarship (IVS)

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Hearing the future: Congress recognizes World Hearing Day 2018

The AAO-HNS has joined others in the hearing health community to support a Congressional Resolution introduced by U.S. Representatives Mike Thompson (D-CA) and David McKinley (R-WV), co-chairs of the Congressional Hearing Health Caucus. The Resolution designates March 3, 2018, as World Hearing Day.

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New features at the AAO-HNSF 2018 Annual Meeting & OTO Experience

The AAO-HNSF 2018 Annual Meeting & OTO Experience is the premier education and networking event for the otolaryngology–head and neck surgery community. More than 5,000 of the brightest and most talented medical experts from around the globe will convene October 7-10, in Atlanta, GA.

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Board of Governors: What is the big deal with “big data?”

Medicine is going through growing pains. Physicians are encumbered by a growing burden of compulsory administrative and clinical tasks, many in the name of gathering huge volumes of data intended to help guide how medicine is practiced in the future.

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AAO-HNS to participate in FDA workshop on sleep devices

On April 16, 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will convene a public workshop at its Silver Spring, MD, campus regarding the regulation of medical devices for sleep disordered breathing (SDB). The FDA’s goal for the workshop is to expedite innovation and patient access to sleep apnea devices.

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Clinical Practice Guideline: Updates to improve quality of care for patients with Dysphonia

Dysphonia affects nearly one-third of the population at some point in their lives. The primary purpose of the Clinical Practice Guideline Hoarseness (Dysphonia) (Update) is to improve the quality of care for patients with dysphonia, based on current best evidence.

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Q&A: Voice Committee on the theme and responding to common questions

To recognize World Voice Day on April 16, the Voice Committee developed the theme, “Make a Choice, Cherish Your Voice.” Committee members offer responses to patients’ common questions on just how to care for and respect one of our most used relationship tools: our voice.

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Make a choice, cherish your voice

From the moment we wake up in the morning to the second we fall asleep, we all make tens of thousands of choices. Simple decisions are made, such as what to wear based on the weather, expected activities of the day, and the status of laundry.

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Otolaryngologists help celebrate Sleep Awareness Week

Otolaryngologists are uniquely qualified to diagnose and treat sleep disordered breathing. While other health professionals are often involved in the management of these disorders, no other professionals have such comprehensive expertise and ability to offer the breadth of treatment options to improve patient lives that we do.