American Cochlear Implant Alliance Foundation

“The executive committee shall be a committee of the board and shall be composed of the chair of the board, the vice chair of the board, the secretary, the treasurer, the chair of membership, the chair of nominating and other chairs as the board of directors so designates. The chair shall serve as the chairperson and the secretary shall serve as the secretary of the executive committee. The honorary chairman of acia may also serve as an ex-officio, non-voting member. Except for the power to amend the articles of incorporation and bylaws, the power to remove or fill vacancies of directors or officers, and such other powers as may be reserved to the board by law, the excecutive committee shall manage the affairs of acia requiring attention between the meetings of the board and shall have the power to conduct the current and ordinary business of acia while the board of directors is not in session.”

“The organization has members.”

“Members of the board have the power to elect or appoint members of the governing body.”

“The 990 is reviewed by the executive director and treasurer prior to filing. The executive committee is sent the final 990 prior to filing.”

“The organization annually reviews their conflict of interest policy.”

“American cochlear implant alliance foundation makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements available upon request.”

“The foundation began offering the following program service: awareness - the foundation conducts awareness activities about candidacy and outcomes associated with cochlear implantation. The foundation provides extensive information about insurance coverage and other access issues through our website and articles, papers and presentations. Additionally, the foundation encourages coverage of cochlear implants in private and public insurance plans.”

“The foundation is no longer offering the following program service: coverage with evidence decision-making (ced) registry - the ced was a research project that was undertaken by the foundation in collaboration with 10 university-based cochlear implant centers and the centers for medicare and medicaid services. The purpose was to explore the outcome of expanded candidacy in medicare age beneficiaries and assess the safety and efficacy of providing cochlear implants to older adults with more residual hearing than is currently allowed under medicare. The registry provided a framework for collecting and analyzing data from the ten research sites.”