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Nick will be presenting "The Superpower of Managing Complexity in healthcare, in a Time of 'Chaotic Innovation'", Thursday, October 20, 2022 at 3:40 PM

Nick Webb is a number one best-selling author and is one of the most popular Innovation, Healthcare, Future-trends, and Customer Experience Speakers in the world. Nick is the CEO of LeaderLogic, LLC a Management Consulting Firm that provides consulting services to the top brands in the world. Nick works shoulder-to-shoulder with boards of directors of multibillion-dollar companies to assist them in building future-ready organizations.

On Thursday, September 1, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. Eastern, ADA will host a Town Hall Member Meeting to break down the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Final Rule Establishing OTC Hearing Aids (Final Rule), including provisions related to the establishment of a new category of prescription hearing aids. Implications of the Final Rule on state laws related to audiology licensure and hearing aid sales will be discussed, as will practical recommendations for audiologists and audiology practices.

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released its long-awaited Final Over-the-Counter (OTC) Hearing Aid Rule (Final Rule) nearly five years after the Over-the-Counter (OTC) Hearing Aid Act was signed into law.

The Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA), a longstanding proponent of OTC hearing aids, commends the FDA for including provisions in the Final Rule that provide reasonable assurance of safety and efficacy for adult consumers with perceived mild-to-moderate hearing loss, and that are consistent with Congress’ directive.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare Proposed Physician Fee Schedule (Proposed Rule) includes a proposal to allow Medicare Part B beneficiaries limited direct access to audiologists for hearing assessment services by allowing audiologists to furnish certain diagnostic tests without a physician order.

CMS states: “We are proposing to allow beneficiaries to have direct access, when appropriate, to an audiologist without a physician referral by creating a new HCPCS code (GAUDX) for audiologists to use when billing for audiology services they already provide that are defined by other code(s).

Attention Audiology Students, Preceptors, and Academic Supervisors,

The Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA) invites audiology students who will be entering their 2nd, 3rd, or 4th program year to apply for a scholarship to attend the AuDacity Conference on October 20-23, 2022 at the Gaylord Texan Resort in Grapevine (Dallas), Texas.

On July 7, 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released the CY 2023 Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. This Proposed Rule contains provisions for the removal of the traditional Medicare physician order requirement for limited procedures and in limited circumstances, when the audiologic diagnostic procedure is personally furnished by an audiologist.

Thursday, October 20, 2022, from 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Central/Local

Space is limited to the first 100 attendees

The Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA) and Hearing Health & Technology Matters (HHTM) are collaborating to present a 6-hour AuDacity Preconference Workshop on Mobile Audiology. This terrific intensive, hands-on workshop will give you all the information you need to take your practice mobile! Get practical advice from audiologists who have succeeded in mobilizing audiology service delivery. The course will include plenty of dedicated time for tours of mobile audiology units and opportunities to demo, test, and evaluate products and services specifically designed to assist the mobile audiologist.

A huge thank-you to the 83 AuDvocates who signed in on May 11th for ADA Cyber Lobby Day and asked their members of Congress to sign on to co-sponsor the Medicare Audiologist Access and Services Act (MAASA)! Together, we made virtual visits to 77 Congressional offices and made the case for MAASA as an essential Medicare reform.

Submit your intent to participate form by June 1st

Attention ADA Students—Do you have an entrepreneurial spirit and a desire to create your own destiny? Do you have an interest in private practice ownership or audiology clinic management?

If so, it’s time to get down to business and get prepared for the ADA 2022 Student Business Plan Competition. Submit your intent to participate form by June 1st. Submit your two-page executive summary and two-minute video pitch by June 15th.

Seize the May

There is no better time than Better Hearing Month to engage members of Congress and make the case for the Medicare Audiologist Access and Services Act (MAASA)! Join AuDvocates from around the nation on Wednesday, May 11th, for ADA Cyber Lobby Day and convene on Capitol Hill from the comfort of your clinic (or your couch).