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Coding event set to take place Sept. 25–26
Registration has opened for the 2020 iteration of the Society for Vascular Surgery’s Coding and Reimbursement Workshop scheduled to take place from Sept. 25–26. Though it remains scheduled as a live event at the Hyatt Rosemont Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois,…
Preparing for arrival of CMS Quality Payment Program year 4
It’s here: 2020 is year four of the Quality Payment Program (QPP), established by the Medicare Access and Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (MACRA) in 2015. QPP requires that most physicians who submit claims to the Centers for Medicare…
Study cites drop in aortic dissection cases in NY during pandemic
In a recently-published study, researchers found a significant drop in acute aortic dissection cases in New York City since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The study—”The COVID-19 pandemic and acute aortic dissections in New York: A matter of public health”—has been…
AHA issues call to action to prevent VTE in hospitalised patients
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is the leading cause of preventable hospital death in the U.S. and worldwide. A new policy statement from the American Heart Association (AHA) provides a focused review of VTE, risk scoring systems, preventive measures for the hospital…
Your SVS: Membership deadline is June 1
The next membership application deadline for 2020 is June 1. Be part of all SVS has to offer its members, including the online community SVSConnect, which has featured robust resources and conversations on COVID-19, plus free or reduced-rate subscriptions to…
Dispatches: Vascular surgery and pandemic redeployment in New Orleans
At one point in the COVID-19 pandemic timeline, New Orleans was in a perilous position. In late March, the Louisiana governor reported that the state bore the highest rate of growth in cases anywhere in the world—and the Big Easy…
SVS ONLINE: How VAM program was transformed for virtual alternative
How do you turn a live event for thousands of participants and exhibitors into a trimmed-down, online experience? Carefully, and not easily. “We got here because COVID-19 happened,” wryly observed Matthew Eagleton, MD, chair of the Society for Vascular Surgery…
VESAP5 debuting by Aug. 1
The fifth edition of the Vascular Educational Self-Assessment Program (VESAP) will be available before the beginning of August, when VESAP4 expires. The online program, with a companion app for off-line use, is designed to meet the requirements of the Vascular…
Positive two-year data from ALPS registry of LimFlow system published
LimFlow SA today announced publication of positive two-year data from the ALPS registry of the LimFlow percutaneous deep vein arterialization (pDVA) system. Results were published online yesterday in the Journal of Endovascular Therapy and will also appear in the August print issue…
Embracing new definition of healthcare as digital age confronts holdouts
There is no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic has challenged our healthcare system like nothing before. We have confronted other diseases like influenza, tuberculosis, AIDS and even the opioid epidemic; but we have never before shut down the world economy…