Hearing Care Best Practices: Bridging Gaps for Adoption
Inconsistent adoption of hearing care best practices across the industry highlights the need for more practice standardization and education.
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Healthy Hearing and Clear Digital Media Launch HH TV
Healthy Hearing and Clear Digital Media (CDM) announce the launch of HH TV, “a custom-designed streaming TV channel designed to play in the waiting rooms of hearing care providers.”
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Starkey Launches ‘Student Series’ Program
This month, Starkey Chief Audiology Officer Dr Sara Burdak and Dr Gyl Kasewurm kicked off the series with an interactive virtual workshop, called “Maintaining the Joy in the Journey.”
Infection Control Anxiety: Acceptable Alternatives to Critical Supplies
Using recommendations from the CDC, audiologist A.U. Bankaitis Smith, PhD, provides practical advice (in writing and in a short video) about safe alternatives when infection control supplies are in short supply.
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Is Hearing Healthcare Essential?
During a crisis, it’s more important than ever that people stay connected. Hearing healthcare professionals must adapt to a world with Covid-19. They must begin to provide care in a different, but responsible, way.
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Cash-Flow in Hard Times: Managing a Practice Through Covid-19 and Other Disasters
Managing a hearing care practice has never been more challenging than during the Covid-19 pandemic. Practice management expert and industry veteran Dan Quall, MS, provides tips for managing cash-flow, revenue generation and patient care, and how to prepare your practice for emerging from this crisis stronger than ever.
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Earlens Offers Webinar on ‘CARES Act’ Resources for Hearing Care Practices
According to Earlens, the webinar draws on the company’s access to leading law firms and medical-device lobbying organizations to help ENT practices clearly understand the new bill, what program(s) are most applicable, and how to apply for them quickly.
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Blog: Don’t Delay in Filing Paycheck Protection Program Application
If you own a hearing healthcare practice and intend to file an application for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), do it right away. That’s the advice I’ve been receiving from industry experts and banking executives in my local community.
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Task Force Unveils ‘Keeping American Workers Paid and Employed Act’
Legislators released the final bipartisan small business emergency economic relief plan that provides more than $377 billion for small businesses to meet their payroll and expenses, and receive education and assistance throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
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Plan for the Worst, Hope for the Best: Strategies for Cash-flow Difficulties and Covid-19
With the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s likely that many hearing healthcare owners and managers are concerned about cash-flow and the solvency of their businesses. Here is some practical advice from Brian Taylor, AuD, about finding and preserving cash flow in these uncertain times.
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Audiology Exclusive Aims to Drive Down Costs for Hearing Care Professionals
Unlike a buying group, the concept behind the Audiology Exclusive system has been compared to discount sites like Groupon. On the company’s website, hearing professionals will find short-term promotions each week from a variety of different hearing healthcare businesses—supplies, equipment, hearing devices, software, etc.
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Competing in the New Era of Hearing Healthcare Part 2: Differentiating a Practice with Comorbidity Screening, Monitoring, and Diagnostics
A differentiation strategy does not occur by accident. This discussion focuses on differentiating a practice with screening for comorbid conditions related to hearing loss, using close and regular monitoring of your patients’ status, and the use of an up-to-date and evidence-based approach to diagnostic assessment.
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Ida Institute Partners with FindHearing.com
Members of the Inspired by Ida program can be featured in the newly launched FindHearing.com searchable online directory of independent clinics that allows consumers to find professional care in their area.
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AuDStandard Partners with Hearing Tracker
In addition to offering hearing care professionals discounted pricing and the freedom to choose between customized services or money-saving rebates, AuDStandard members will now reportedly receive a boost in online visibility through Hearing Tracker’s lead generation platform:
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Competing in the New Era of Hearing Healthcare, Part 1: Developing a Sound Competitive Strategy
Should you try to compete on price, focus on a specific audiological niche like pediatrics or implants, or differentiate your practice by creating a unique patient experience? Longtime private practice audiologist, Robert Traynor, EdD, MBA, explains how to “avoid getting stuck in the middle” and instead develop a competitive strategy that is right for your hearing healthcare practice and right for your market.
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Plural Publishing Releases ‘Dr Gyl’s Guide to a Successful Hearing Care Practice’
While most private-practice owners spend their time working in their businesses, Dr Gyl highlights the importance of working on their businesses.
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AuDStandard Partners with Hear Billing Solutions
The partnership will reportedly give AuDStandard members access to a range of services designed to help hearing practices increase revenue and decrease receivables including insurance billing, credentialing and contracting, on-site insurance training, business readiness, insurance verification, consulting, and more.
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Preparing for OTC Hearing Aids
Unless you’ve been locked in your soundbooth for the past three years, you’re probably well aware that a new class of over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids will get the green light from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sometime around August 2020, with the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) slated for this November.
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