Originally posted to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Headlines e-mail list on October 26, 2005.
Rockville, MD-October 26, 2005 -The American Medical Association (AMA) awarded The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) its prestigious Education Excellence Award October 21.
The group's Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Editorial Panel recognized ASHA because of its educational efforts which include a comprehensive coding web site, publications which feature articles and columns on coding and claims, and various Association e-newsletters and educational seminars.
"Education and the development of effective resource materials are key activities for ASHA, which makes it particularly gratifying to receive this award related to coding from a group like the AMA," ASHA's Executive Director Arlene Pietranton, Ph.D. says. "We thank them for their recognition, which encourages us to continue the educational and resource development activities that we do with respect to coding."
ASHA is the national professional, scientific, and credentialing association for more than 120,000 audiologists, speech-language pathologists, and speech, language, and hearing scientists. Audiologists specialize in preventing and assessing hearing disorders as well as providing audiologic treatment including hearing aids. Speech-language pathologists identify, assess, and treat speech and language problems including swallowing disorders.
For more information, log on to ASHA's Web site at www.asha.org or call the Action Center at 1-800-638-8255.
Reprinted by permission of the American Speech-Lanuage-Hearing Association.
