Communication Sciences and Disorders Continues 50th Anniversary Celebration with Audiology Services Event

The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders will continue celebrating their 50th anniversary with an event discussing long term care and the Effects of Affordable Care Act on speech-language pathology and audiology services.

The event takes place on Friday, January 15th, 2015, at the Triplett Alumni Center Butler Auditorium on the campus of University of Mississippi.

Three speakers will give lectures at the event:

• Janet McCarty, MS, CCC/SLP, Director of Private Health Plan Reimbursement  for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Government Relations and Public Policy. McCarty has relevant financial relationships with ASHA as a paid employee and contributor of for-sale ASHA products.
• Lisa M. Satterfield, Director of Health Care Regulatory Advocacy for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Satterfield is a non-paid consultant with the American Physical Therapy Association, the American Occupation Therapy, and the American Academy of Audiology.
• Daneen Grooms, Director of Health Care Regular Advocacy for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and Director, Health Reform Analysis and Advocacy.

Early registration from January 1-14, 2016 will be $75.
On-site registration will be $85.

The registration brochure and agenda of events can be found here.