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The Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”), which became effective January 1, 2024, imposes strict reporting guidelines on small business owners throughout the country. The deadline for non-exempt businesses to submit reporting is December 31, 2024. More information is available here: https://www.fincen.gov/boi.

Join your friends and colleagues for the highly anticipated AuDacity 2025, taking place from September 25-28, 2025, at the elegant Hilton Washington Hotel, located at 1919 Connecticut Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20009.

What will audiology look like in 2050? In this insightful discussion, Doctors Amyn Amlani and Jason Leyendecker sit down with Dave Kemp to explore the Audiology 2050 initiative, a visionary roadmap from aiming to elevate the profession to meet future challenges.

The week, a coalition of national and state associations, including ADA disseminated a letter to U.S. House and Senate leadership to encourage passage of MAAIA in this Congress. Email Stephanie Czuhajewski at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to add your organization to this list!

• Read the letter to members of Congress to encourage passaged of MAAIA in 2024!
• Contact your legislator using Congressional Connect
• Donate to the Eric N. Hagberg Fund to support ADA’s advocacy efforts.

Frankfort, Ky. – During the AuDacity 2024 Conference, the Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA) announced the launch of the Audiology 2050 Initiative, laying out a bold vision for audiology’s future. With patient well-being at its core, the Audiology 2050 roadmap aims to solidify the role of audiologists as primary care providers for auditory and vestibular conditions, advance professional standards, modernize audiology’s scope of practice, and enhance patient care through novel and innovative education, workforce, and care delivery models.

Recently, it has come to the attention of ADA that some confusion exists over numerous coding and reimbursement topics. We are attempting to offer some clarity and documentation supporting the expressed positions.

Audiology services are classified as “other diagnostic services” and we, as a profession, are classified as “suppliers”. As a result, we are subject to the rules outlined in sections 80.3 and 80.6 of Chapter 15 of the Medicare Benefit Policy Manual. Limited audiology services can be provided once per 12 months without an order and the AB modifier can be used. When Medicare patients are seen for services that require an order, the order is required for each incident of care. Standing orders, for example, are not allowed with our class of Medicare provider. There is actually evidence of negative consequences for use of standing orders in audiology: https://oig.hhs.gov/fraud/enforcement/pennsylvania-audiology-practice-agrees-to-voluntary-exclusion/.

The Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA) Nominating Committee is charged with the responsibility to identify candidates who are well suited to lead ADA into the future, through service on the ADA Board of Directors.

After a thorough examination of all nominations, the Nominating Committee is pleased to present the following candidates for the offices of President-Elect and Director-at-Large (two Director-at-Large positions open):

AuDacity will feature two great advocacy sessions, designed to advance ADA’s mission to advance practitioner excellence, high ethical standards, professional autonomy, and sound business practices in the provision of audiologic care.

On May 29, 2024, ADA submitted a response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) request for information (RFI) seeking input from the public regarding various aspects of Medicare Advantage (MA) data.

On May 29, 2024, Maryland SB 795 and HB 464 officially became law, making Maryland the most recent state in the union to fully align its audiology practice act with the education, training, and qualifications of audiologists practicing in the State.