Educational Program
Educational Program
Featured Presenter: Noel C. Pace, Esq., JDTelemedicine: Revolutionizing the Health-Care Industry As a board-certified health-care executive, former community hospital chief operating officer, executive director of a large Miami for-profit ambulatory surgery center (ASC), multiple hospital leader—and now as a health-care attorney, Mr. Pace understands the complex legal, compliance, accreditation, and business needs of physicians, healthcare professionals, and healthcare entities, which makes him an ideal advocate for his clients. |
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Thursday January 9 |
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Registration in the Afternoon | |||
4:30–6:30 pm | Opening Session Reception |
Great Debate: Hearing Aids Should Be a Paid Benefit for Medicare Beneficiaries | Catherine Palmer, PhD; Bettie Borton, AuD; Paul Pessis, AuD; and AU Bankaitis, PhD |
Sponsored by Elite Hearing Network | |||
Friday, January 10 |
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7:00–8:00 am | Registration and Exhibits | Continental Breakfast | |
8:00–9:30 am | General Session | Cyber Security: Bridging the Gap Between Operations and Security | Noel C. Pace, Esq. |
9:45–11:45 am | General Session | Enhancing Patient Care with Medical Knowledge | Alan Freint, MD |
12:00–1:00 pm | Exhibits and Lunch | Lunch | |
1:00–2:30 pm | General Session | Broadening Patient Product Options to Include PSAPs/OTCs/Hearables [1] | Catherine Palmer, PhD, and Erik Rauterkus, BA |
2:45–3:45 pm | General Session | Telemedicine: Revolutionizing the Health-Care Industry | Noel C. Pace, Esq. |
4:00–5:00 pm | General Session | 20/20 Vision in 2020: Practice Management Update | Paul Pessis, AuD |
Saturday, January 11 |
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6:30–7:30 am | Exhibits | Continental Breakfast | |
7:30–8:30 am | Symposium | Marketing Basics for Audiologists: Practical Steps You Can Take to Grow Your Practice [2] | Presented by Joe Karp Sprint CapTel |
8:30–10:00 am | General Session | Audiology and the Digital World | AU Bankaitis, PhD, and Kevin Havens |
10:15–11:15 am | General Session | Innovative Strategies for Hiring [3] | Bettie Borton, AuD |
11:30 am–12:30 pm | Exhibits | Lunch | |
12:30–2:30 pm | General Session | The Audiologist's Obligation to the Vertiginous Patient [4] | Richard Roberts, PhD |
The Practice Management Specialty Meeting is worth a maximum of 1.4 CEUs. Note: The Academy’s approval of this continuing education activity does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products, or clinical procedure. Any views that are presented are those of the presenter and not necessarily of the American Academy of Audiology.