Otology services are mainly concentrated in metropolitan areas so the main challenge is lack of resources, including human resources, healthcare infrastructure, and health services.
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Pediatric otolaryngology appointments and surgical volumes have yet to return to pre-pandemic numbers.
The two largest areas of change in the Physician Fee Schedule are those in ambulatory/outpatient evaluation and management (E/M) services and those in payment to providers.
Otolaryngology experts examined important clinical questions in five areas—from antivirals for newborn hearing to tonsillar cancer—during the Triological Society’s “Best Practices” session.
Robust research is increasingly showing the ill effects of climate change, from rising temperatures to severe weather events, on human sleep.
When deciding whether to perform tracheotomies during COVID-19 required laryngologists to balance important medical and resource needs with the possibly grave infection risks to medical personnel.
More procedures performed at high-volume hospitals and careful certification of surgeons in clinical trials are ways to improve the quality and value in head and neck care, panelists said.