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Legal, Ethical, and Professional Issues (LEPI)

LM314 - Advocacy Update: Challenges and Opportunities for Audiology

Friday, April 21, 2023
9:45 AM – 10:45 AM PDT
Location: Tahoma 5 ** 800 Pike
Earn 0.1 CEUs

    Lead Presenter(s)

  • SP

    Susan Pilch, JD

    Financial Disclosures: I do not have any relevant financial relationships with anything to disclose.
    Non-Financial Disclosures: I do not have any relevant non-financial relationships with anything to disclose.

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    • Presenter(s)

  • Lee Cottrell, AuD

    Director of Audiology
    Balance and Hearing Institute

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Abstract:
This session will provide attendees with a comprehensive overview of the legislative and regulatory issues facing the profession of audiology at both the federal and state level. Some of the topics that will be covered include Medicare, OTC hearing aids, and telehealth as well as the audiology and speech-language pathology interstate compact.

Learning Objectives:

  • Describe the current status of state implementation of the OTC Hearing Aid Act
  • Summarize the status of the joint audiology bill (AAA, ASHA and ADA) as well as the other on-going efforts to include hearing aids and audiology services in Medicare
  • Describe on-going efforts regarding tele-audiology in a federal and state settings
  • List the top issues in audiology being discussed in state legislatures