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About FCOM 2020

Target Audience

All interested healthcare professionals involved in ENT including but not limited to physicians, advanced practice providers, audiologists, SLPs, administrators, as well as residents, fellows, med students, and other healthcare-related students.

Educational Objectives

By the end of the presentations, participants should be able to:

  1. Discuss the ENT and facial plastic surgery updates on new techniques, concepts and procedures.
  2. Describe newer surgical indications and techniques.
  3. Identify best practices and outcomes.
  4. Discuss improvement in patient experiences.
  5. Interpret ideas to improve management of the ENT and facial plastic surgical office.
  6. Discuss current regulations and mandates affecting patient practice.
  7. Understand a variety of practice management issues and quality.

2020 CME Sessions Open

All registrants can continue to earn continuing medical education credit for viewing recorded conference sessions through December 31, 2020. To get started, visit the conference home page now.

Diamond Sponsors

Danna-Gracey

Company Info

Website
steve@dannagracey.com
+1 800-966-2120

Danna-Gracey has assisted hundreds of otolaryngologists in Florida with their malpractice insurance coverage through the Network of Florida Otolaryngologists (NFO) Malpractice Insurance Program, the largest Risk Purchasing Group in the nation for otolaryngologists. As the largest independent malpractice insurance agency in Florida Danna-Gracey is honored to be a part of the highly successful NFO program. Coverage in the program is secured through MedPro, the oldest and highest-rated medical malpractice carrier in the nation.

Contact Info

Matt Gracey
CEO

matt@dannagracey.com

ALK

Company Info

Website
jim.lowry@alk.net

ALK is a global allergy solutions company, with a wide range of allergy treatments, unique products and services. ALK is committed to helping allergy sufferers and healthcare professionals. We provide practices with quality supplies to help businesses thrive and provide patients with educational materials to support immunotherapy awareness and compliance.

Contact Info

Jim Lowry
Senior Regional Business Manager

jim.lowry@alk.net

MedPro Group

Company Info

Website
angie.nykamp@medpro.com

As the nation’s first provider of healthcare liability insurance, MedPro Group has protected the healthcare community since 1899. MedPro offers customized insurance, claims, and risk solutions. With an A++ rating from A.M. Best, they protect over 250,000 professionals and facilities across the country. Visit www.medpro.com to learn more.​​​​

Contact Info

Angie Nykamp

angie.nykamp@medpro.com

Platinum Sponsors

Acclarent

Company Info

Website
jtuccio@its.jnj.com

At Acclarent, we partner with physicians to deliver new technology that enables safe, fast and effective treatments in ENT.

Contact Info

Jackie Tuccio Rhodes

jtuccio@its.jnj.com

Modernizing Medicine

Company Info

Website
entsales@modmed.com

Modernizing Medicine and its affiliated companies empower otolaryngologists with a suite of mobile, specialty-specific solutions that transform how healthcare information is created, consumed and utilized to increase practice efficiency and improve patient outcomes. modmed Otolaryngology includes EMA, the otolaryngology-specific EHR system; Practice Management; Business Operations Services; Analytics; modmed Pay, integrated payment processing; and patient engagement tools like modmed Telehealth.

Contact Info

Stephanie Pandal
Events

stephanie.pandal@modmed.com

Gold Sponsors

Aerin Medical

Company Info

Website
info@aerinmedical.com

Aerin Medical is a medical device company that provides durable solutions for chronic nasal conditions. Aerin’s temperature-controlled radio frequency (RF) platform is clinically effective, non-invasive, and utilizes technology indicated to improve nasal obstruction and chronic rhinitis conditions. Unlike traditional RF, Aerin™ Technology automatically adjusts the power output to maintain target temperature for therapeutic benefit while sparing the surrounding tissue. VivAer® enables a physician to non-invasively address nasal airway obstruction by treating the lateral nasal wall, septum and turbinate. With RhinAer®, a physician can comprehensively address chronic rhinitis by treating the posterior nasal nerve and turbinate. VivAer® and RhinAer® fit seamlessly into the office or OR setting and have been clinically proven to be efficacious and low risk.

 

Contact Info

Jess Dinger
Marketing Programs Manager

jdinger@aerinmedical.com

Cognivue

Company Info

Website
info@cognivue.com

Cognivue Thrive is the first fully computerized cognitive screening, self-administered by the patient in just 5-minutes. Based on traditional methods but removing the associated bias and practical barriers of paper and pencil tests, Cognivue enhances patient care by facilitating a more comprehensive assessment of where the patient is today, and what sort of hearing solutions may benefit their overall wellness. Join us on Sunday for the featured presentation, Enhancing Multidisciplinary Care Through Cognitive Testing, presented by Jed Grisel, MD of Texoma ENT Allergy. Kicking off at 8:30am ET, Dr. Grisel will review the clinical association and literature around hearing loss and cognitive function, discuss various cognitive tests and the value of an automated method, and share his own experience implementing cognitive screening into clinical practice. This course is appropriate for medical and audiology professionals.

Contact Info

David Tenbarge
SVP of Marketing & Channel Development
908-531-7375
dtenbarge@cognivue.com

Envoy Medical

Company Info

Website
BLucas@envoymedical.com

Envoy Medical Corporation is focused on innovative technologies across the hearing loss spectrum. It has pioneered fully implanted devices for hearing loss, including its fully implanted Esteem osseointegrated active middle ear implant and the fully implanted Acclaim cochlear implant, an investigational device. For more information, please visit:www.envoymedical.com

Contact Info

Amy Pajula
Senior Inside Sales

apajula@envoymedical.com

Medtronic

Company Info

Website
tim.d.brack@medtronic.com

ENT company that specializes surgical navigation, power and other procedures.

Contact Info

Tim Brack

tim.d.brack@medtronic.com

Phonak

Company Info

Website
candice.tackett@sonova.com
+1 630-488-5748

At Phonak, we believe that hearing well is essential to living life to the fullest. For over 70 years, we have remained true to our mission by developing pioneering hearing solutions that change people’s lives to thrive socially and emotionally. Life is on.

Contact Info

Candice Tackett
National Accounts Manager
6304885748
candice.tackett@sonova.com

Signia

Company Info

Website
vanessa.musto@signiausa.com
+1 800-766-4500

Signia stands for iconic innovation. Since its launch in 2016, Signia has already brought to the market several worlds first solutions. In addition to highly innovative hearing aids, Signia also delivers tools and apps to increase customer interaction and engagement on all levels of hearing aid management. Signia thus allows hearing care professionals and patients to get the most out of their hearing aids.

Contact Info

Vanessa Musto
Territory Account Manager- South Florida, Virgin Islands & Puerto Rico
5612518332
vanessa.musto@signiausa.com

Starkey Hearing Technologies

Company Info

Website
matt.davis@starkey.com

Being able to hear the people and the world around us is as essential to the human experience as breathing. As a world leader in manufacturing and delivering of advanced hearing solutions, we go to work each day to ensure every person has the opportunity to hear their very best.

Contact Info

Matt Davis

matt.davis@starkey.com

Stryker

Company Info

Website
lukasz.stala@stryker.com

At Stryker, everything starts with our mission – Together with our customers we are driven to make healthcare better. We work each and every day to deliver on that mission by providing innovative solutions that simplify the complex, address the unmet needs of your patients, and offer you the flexibility to deliver care in your preferred site of service.

Contact Info

Lukasz Stala

lukasz.stala@stryker.com

Unitron

Company Info

Website
candice.tackett@sonova.com
+1 630-488-5748

Unitron is a hearing solution company that believes people should feel really good about the entire hearing care experience, start to finish. Our ingenious products, technologies, services and programs offer a level of personalization you can’t get anywhere else. Get ready to Love the experience.

Contact Info

Candice Tackett
National Accounts Manager
6304885748
candice.tackett@sonova.com

Silver Sponsors

Hear Billing Solutions

Company Info

Website
stacey@hearbilling.com
+1 919-603-1517 ext. 100

Hear Billing Solutions is a billing and insurance consulting company that specializes in audiology billing. Founded in 2013, HBS currently serves over 425 offices in 45 states across the US. HBS also offers contracting, credentialing services, audits and custom bootcamp-style trainings for owners and staff.

Contact Info

Stacey Long, CPC
CEO, Founder

stacey@hearbilling.com

Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.

Company Info

Website
davidrankin@inspiresleep.com

Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. is the leading developer of implantable neurostimulation systems to treat moderate-to-severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). Utilizing well-established technologies from cardiac pacing and neurostimulation, Inspire developed a proprietary Upper Airway Stimulation (UAS) therapy designed to improve sleep and enrich the lives of people suffering from this challenging condition.

Contact Info

David Rankin

davidrankin@inspiresleep.com

Inventis

Company Info

Website
info.northamerica@inventis.it
+1 844-683-6847

Inventis Audiology equipment is your premier source for audiometric and vestibular instrumentation. Founded in 2005, Inventis has now grown to cover sixty plus countries. With Italian design and manufacturing, Inventis is offering leading-edge technology and proven reliability. For all your audiometric and vestibular needs, Inventis North America is here to take care of you and your practice.

Contact Info

Kevin Deshler
National Sales Director

kevin.deshler@inventis.it

Oticon

Company Info

Website
a.bernstein@oticon.com
+1 800-526-3921

Oticon, Inc. – Life-Changing Technology Oticon is one of the world’s most innovative hearing device manufacturers, with more than 110 years experience in the design and development of hearing aids for adults and children. Our comprehensive portfolio of life-changing technology improves not only the quality of hearing, but the overall quality of life for people with hearing loss. Oticon challenges conventions and pushes the limits of technology to bring to market hearing solutions that exceed the needs and expectations of people with hearing loss, so that they can live their lives without limit. Our groundbreaking BrainHearing technology is helping to provide better hearing with less effort by giving the brain the clearest, purest sound signals to decode. For more information visit www.oticon.com

Contact Info

Adam Bernstein, BC-HIS
Account Manager

adbn@oticon.com

QM2 Solution

Company Info

Website
info@qm2solutions.com
+1 888-580-5282

QM2 Solutions engage clients’ patients on their devices to capture Virtual Visits, Patient Experience and Outcomes while delivering Reputation Management Services. Through customized email or text, QM2 Solutions’ proprietary, HIPAA secure, web applications turn patient feedback into action. The results? Enhanced patient care, increased revenue, and lower overhead.

 

Contact Info

James Benson, M.S.
President and Founder

jbenson@qm2solutions.com

Bronze Sponsors

American Institute of Balance

Company Info

Website
support@dizzy.com
+1 800-245-6442

The average ENT physician sees at least 80 patients per month with complaints of dizziness, vertigo, or falls. What services or testing are you NOT providing? Become an AIB Center of Specialty Care! Let AIB’s 30 years of proven clinical expertise help improve patient care through cost-effective, revenue-generating diagnostic services.

Contact Info

Richard Gans, PhD
CEO and Founder

r.gans@dizzy.com

Dalent Medical

Company Info

Website
mikek@dalentmedical.com
+1 310-845-5863

The Sinusleeve® Balloon is the world’s first balloon sinus dilation sleeve in the ENT field that offers a unique, universal design that provides surgeons the ability to use the same device on multiple sinuses and to use existing suction instruments and other rigid instruments to access the frontal, maxillary and sphenoid sinuses. The ability to use one device such as the Sinusleeve® balloon with a wide array of surgeon-familiar instruments, while also increasing functionality at a lower cost, is a true breakthrough for ENT doctors and their patients.

Contact Info

Anthony Carnemolla
CEO

acarnemolla@dalentmedical.com

Earlens

Company Info

Website
matthew.cavanaugh@earlens.com

The Earlens Contact Hearing Solution is a novel nonsurgical hearing solution that directly activates the ossicular chain using a custom Lens on the eardrum. This revolutionary technology creates sound without an acoustic signal, enabling unparalleled levels of audibility from 100 Hz to 10 kHz even with an open fit.

Contact Info

Brett Pessis

brett.pessis@earlens.com

Hemostasis, LLC

Company Info

Website
bill@sequensant.com
+1 954-225-0170

Hemostasis, LLC specializes in wound healing medical devices and hemostats focused towards the ENT community.

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Contact Info

Kyle Kessler

kkessler@hemostasisllc.com

Intersect ENT

Company Info

Website
info@intersectent.com

Intersect ENT is a medical technology company dedicated to advancing the treatment of ear, nose, and throat (ENT) conditions through evidence-based innovation. We provide treatments for people with chronic sinusitis, an inflammatory sinus condition that has been shown to substantially reduce quality of life. Our core technology is our bioabsorbable drug release platform. The current portfolio of sinus implants is designed to provide mechanical support and localized drug delivery.

Contact Info

Frances Liu

fliu@intersectent.com

KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc.

Company Info

Website
communications@karlstorz.com

KARL STORZ is a global manufacturer and distributor of endoscopes, medical instruments, and devices. As a system supplier, the company combines its expertise in endoscopy with software solutions to achieve integration in the operating room and to support clinical process and resource management.

Contact Info

Yuling tsui
admin

yuling.tsui@karlstorz.com

Sanofi Genzyme & Regeneron

Company Info

Website
Robert.Tullidge@sanofi.com

DUPIXENT (dupilumab) is approved for three indications in the US. Please visit the virtual booth at the website link to learn more!

Contact Info

Sri Reddy
Marketing
8572743456
srinidhi.reddy@sanofi.com

Widex

Company Info

Website
benjamin.ditsch@widexsound.com
+1 800-221-0188

At Widex, helping people hear isnt just our business its our passion. Widex welcomes you to the sound that changes everythingthe revolutionary WIDEX MOMENT hearing aid. In the past, processing incoming sound took hearing aids five or more millisecondsenough to introduce delay-based distortion that produces an unnatural hearing aid sound. WIDEX MOMENT builds on our legacy of innovation by eradicating delay-based distortion, streamlining the process of delivering a personalized fitting, and adding lithium-ion rechargeability to our hearing aids.

Contact Info

Ben Ditsch
South Florida Regional Sales Manager
9548927548
benjamin.ditsch@widexsound.com

Supporting Sponsors

Amplified Resource Group

Company Info

Website
info@amplifiedresourcegroup.com
+1 888-438-0384

ARG is a U.S. based consulting company that operates solely in the ENT space. First and foremost, ARG has developed a unique web-based contracting process that enables them to deliver below market pricing to their client on premium hearing aid technology. ARG awarded a 5-year contract to 5 manufacturing partners. The partners are Phonak, Unitron, Widex, Starkey and Signia. ARG believes they can provide better service and counsel to a finite number of large practices. The group is limited and those practices can expect the following: • Data Modeling: ARG has comprehensive data modeling capabilities to develop fact-based statistics for each of the practices in the group. And since each member is of a similar profile, data from one group can be compared to the performance of the entire group of 40 practices to uncover strengths and areas of opportunity. • ARG Healthcare Alliance—The Healthcare Alliance was established with a partner to secure leverage in negotiating medical coverage for consortium members and their employees and families. We have leverage with the number of lives our members collectively represent and this program is only available to ARG Consortium members. • ARG Marketplace Powered by Drs4Drs—A single portal resource for ordering any product that would be normally placed in a medical practice. This thousand-product resource is available exclusively to our members to source products at previously negotiated prices. • 1st Choice – We have an alternative solution for the TPA/Insurance for our practices. 1st Choice has higher fitting fees for providers and a lower price for patients. 1st Choice also allows the practices more flexibility with products and allows the practice to maintain ownership of the patient.

Contact Info

Richard Jackson

rjackson@amplifiedresourcegroup.com

Amptify

Company Info

Website
Chris@Amptify.com
+1 314-399-9940

Amptify is a tech-enabled hearing health program designed to treat hearing loss and its downstream effects. Amptify offers audiologists a valuable means to provide personalized aural rehabilitation to patients via ongoing guidance from an Amptify hearing health coach, an interactive hearing health curriculum, a peer support community, and auditory training video games.

Contact Info

Chris Cardinal

3143999943
chris@amptify.com

Cochlear & ReSound

Company Info

Website
pmessano@cochlear.com

Cochlear and ReSound collaborate in the Smart Hearing Alliance to develop the worlds smartest bimodal hearing solutions.

Contact Info

Pamela Messano

pmessano@cochlear.com

drs4drs

Company Info

Website
ottoinformation@drs4drs.com
+1 866-374-4377

OTTO.drs4drs is the premiere full-service supply chain solution for medical groups and healthcare companies throughout the U.S., providing single platform/centralized purchasing, full control of every aspect of the supply chain, dramatic cost reductions and customized proprietary software features. Submit an inquiry for a list of ENT client references in Florida or nationwide.

Contact Info

Melody Gill
President
8663744377
mlgill@drs4drs.com

OEI CapTel Outreach

Company Info

Website
mickie.oliva@oeius.org
+1 954-415-9469

Ideal for people with hearing loss, the CapTel Captioned Telephone shows word-for-word captions of everything a caller says. Like captions on TV – for your phone. The telephone, captioning service and installation support are available at no cost for people with verified hearing loss.

Contact Info

Mickie Oliva
Outreach Educator

mickie786@aol.com

RiseENT

Company Info

Website
info@riseent.com
+1 888-571-5701

At RiseENT, powered by AuDConnex, we COLLABORATE with otolaryngology, hospital, and multispecialty practices focusing on opportunities in SUPPORTING practice efficiencies, growth and practice strategy while obtaining COMPETITIVE presence in our ever-changing healthcare landscape. We are here to support you and your patients in the following ways: – Centralized billing for all suppliers, competitive pricing on all hearing aid manufacturers’ products, and discount programs with allergy and practice management software, supplies, and equipment companies – In-house marketing services tailored for the ENT, hospital, and multi-specialty clinics – Our 3X Business Development program with live online, recorded online, and live in-person training for front and back office staff, leadership, management, clinical, and sales competency – Revenue Cycle Management, analytics, compliance, and credentialing systems, allergy software and compounding pharmacy/bulk products partnerships, and vestibular and balance clinical guidance and collaboration – A network of collaboration with 650+ members in the US and Canada – No contracts, purchasing minimums, commitments, or requirements to be a member of RiseENT.

Contact Info

Kyle Acker
Executive Vice President

kyle@riseent.com