CMS Change a Big Victory for Vascular Surgeons, Patients SVS Led Grassroots Effort on Ultrasound Procedures Following a grassroots effort by SVS and in a move that will protect reimbursements for vascular surgeons, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a correction notice to its 2018 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) Final Rule.
PREDICTORS OF LATE AORTIC INTERVENTION IN PATIENTS WITH MEDICALLY TREATED TYPE B AORTIC DISSECTION, Journal of Vascular Surgery, January 2018.
CHICAGO, Illinois, January 2018 – A new study suggests thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) may be appropriate in uncomplicated Type B aortic dissection (TBAD) based on several anatomic criteria determined by computerized tomography (CT) imaging.
“CLINICAL CORRELATION OF SUCCESS AND ACUTE THROMBOTIC COMPLICATIONS OF LOWER EXTREMITY ENDOVENOUS THERMAL ABLATION.”
Journal of Vascular Surgery Venous and Lymphatic Disorders, January 2018
CHICAGO, Illinois, January 2018 – A large single center experience with endovenous thermal ablation reveals risk factors for thrombotic complications.
CHICAGO, Illinois, December 18, 2017 – For patients and their families, when the doctor talks about vascular disease it can be baffling. Vascular diseases have long, complicated names or acronyms and refer to parts of the body we sometimes don’t understand.
That’s where the Society for Vascular Surgery patient information website can help. The site attracts many thousands of visitors every month looking for information about vascular diseases and disorders, which affect the veins and arteries.
CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 18, 2017 – A team of 14 experts has published the first update in nine years to the Society for Vascular Surgery’s Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Care of Patients with an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA), a leading cause of death in the U.S.
CHICAGO, Illinois, December 18, 2017 – For patients and their families, when the doctor talks about vascular disease it can be baffling. Vascular diseases have long, complicated names or acronyms and refer to parts of the body we sometimes don’t understand.
With her research, Omaida C. Velazquez, MD, searches for "what’s missing today that we can make available for tomorrow’s patients." She presented at the 2017 Vascular Research Initiatives Conference, discussing gene therapy and peripheral arterial disease. Abstracts are being accepted through Jan. 10, 2018, for the May 9 conference.
SVS members: have you ever dreamed about planning and running an event to help improve your community’s vascular health?
Now’s your chance. The SVS Foundation has launched the Community Awareness and Prevention Project Grants, to help members in community practice environments conduct projects that address wellness and disease prevention and emphasize patient education, public awareness or risk assessment.
With a new year on the horizon, SVS members might want to do a wellness check – not of their health, but of their disability insurance coverage to see if they are significantly under-insured.
SVS offers individual disability plans with three companies – Principal Life Insurance Company, Standard Life and Lloyd’s – through its Affinity Program of expanded benefits.