Practice and Advocacy

Policy Statements

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Policy statements are generated from within AAO-HNS/F committees. However, an individual member may request consideration of a topic for policy statement development. If you would like to see if the Academy would consider developing a policy statement on a particular topic, please email the details about the topic and your concerns to healthpolicy@entnet.org. Academy staff will then route your email to the Chair of the appropriate committee(s) for consideration. The committee(s) will examine the need for a statement, draft the necessary policy statement language, and Academy staff will present it to the Academy or Foundation Board of Directors for consideration. If the Board approves the statement, it becomes policy and is added to the existing policy statement library.

Academy Assistance with Payer Audits

Allergy

Ambulatory Procedures

Balloon Dilation

Botulinum Toxin Treatment

CDC Immunization Recommendations for Cochlear Implant Patients

Choice of Physicians

Cochlear Implants

Communicable Diseases

Debridement of the Sinus Cavity after FESS

Delineation of Hospital Privileges

Disorders of the Equilibrium and Drivers Licensing Boards

Disparagement

Diversity

Evaluation Prior to Hearing Aid Fitting

Evidence Based Medicine

Facial Nerve Monitoring Policy

Family Violence

Fiberoptic Endoscopic Examinations of Swallowing

Foreign Bodies of the Upper Aerodigestive Tract

Gender Pay Equity

Head and Neck Surgery

Hearing Aids

Hearing Impairment

Implantable Hearing Devices

Infant Hearing

Institution-Based Audiology Facilities

Intra-Operative Use of Computer Aided Surgery

Itinerant Surgery

Laryngopharyngeal Reflux

Laryngoscopy and Bronchoscopy

Laser-Assisted Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty in Adults

Licensing and Policy Agreement

Medical Liability

Medical Role in Cerumen Removal

Medical Use of Cocaine

Micropressure Therapy

Middle-Ear Ventilation Tube Placement

Minimal Test Battery for Cochlear Implants

Nasal Surgery and OSAS

Official Spokesperson

Otology/Neurotology

Ototoxicity

Patient Physician Covenant

Pediatric Otolaryngology

Performance Measures

Physician Drug Dispensing

Plastic Surgery

Point-of-Care Imaging in Otolaryngology

Policy on Pay-for-Performance

Posturography

Red Flags-Warning of Ear Disease

Reimbursement for Taking Hospital Calls

Remote Practice of Allergy

Scope of Practice of Non-Physician Providers

Second Surgical Opinions

Sinus Endoscopy

Stapedectomy/Stapedotomy

Strobovideolaryngoscopy

Submucosal Ablation of the Tongue Base for OSAS

Surgical Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea

The Roles of Flexible Laryngoscopy Videostroboscopy

The Scope of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery

The Use of the Term Doctor in Advertising and Patient Communications

Thyroid and Parathyroid Diseases

Tobacco Use and Secondhand Smoke

Tonsil and Adenoid Surgery

Tonsillectomy and OSAs

Treatment for Microtia and Anotia

Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Use of Animals in Research

Use of Topical Antibiotic Drops

Utilization Review

Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty

Vestibular Rehabilitation

Voice Therapy in the Treatment of Dysphonia

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