Session: Considerations for Clinical Management & Practice Efficiency
Moderators: Ravi Sami, MD & Linsey Sunderhaus, AuD

• Eeny Meeny Miney Mo. How do Patients Choose Their Device? Is the Current Practice of Not Recommending Manufacturers Meeting Recipient Needs for Device Selection?: Cache Pitt
• Supporting Access to New Indications for Cochlear Implants: Health Technology Assessment Challenges and Insights: Thomas Walsh
• The Affordable Care Act and Cochlear Implantation: Donna Sorkin
• Improving Patient Access and Profitability in Cochlear Implant Programs in the Current Healthcare Environment: Susan Waltzman
• Challenges to Transferring Kaizen Methodologies to CI Programs Functioning in Non-Lean Medical Centers: Doug Backous
• Use of Lean Six Sigma in Improving Best Cochlear Implant  Practices and Financial Sustainability: Jacques Herzog
• Challenges to Implementing a Follow-Up Program to Newborn Screening in the Era of Hospital Consolidation: Alexandra Parbery-Clark
• Raising the Bar for Industry and Clinical Partnerships: A Call for Action and Transparency: Michael Page