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Learn coding intricacies at October workshop on reimbursement
The SVS will host the SVS Coding and Reimbursement Workshop this fall, providing a comprehensive program designed to equip vascular surgeons and their support staff with essential knowledge and competence in appropriate billing and coding procedures. Over the course of…
SVS responds to CMS proposed coverage expansion for carotid stenting
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) and its affiliated Patient Safety Organization (PSO)/Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) have submitted a formal response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding its proposed national coverage determination on percutaneous transluminal angioplasty…
SVS urges members to make voices heard on CMS carotid stenting coverage expansion
The SVS has created a template to help members transmit comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding proposed major adjustments in National Coverage Determination (NCD) 20.7, which covers carotid artery stenting (CAS). The CMS proposal would…
Comments sought on CMS proposed coverage expansion for carotid stenting
SVS members are encouraged to submit comments—due Aug. 10—to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on its proposed national coverage determination on percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) of the carotid artery concurrent with stenting. The move would expand coverage…
SVS coding workshop coming in October
The SVS’ 2023 Coding and Reimbursement Workshop will help participants learn about accurate coding and reimbursement for vascular surgery. The intensive two-day program will review essential topics such as recent Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code and Medicare changes. An optional…
SVS member elected to RUC committee
SVS member David Han, MD, has been re-elected to the American Medical Association (AMA) Relative Values Scale (RVS) Update Committee (RUC). Han’s two-year term runs from March 2023 and ends in February 2025. This is the third time Han will…
Early data show ‘dramatic improvement’ in amputation-free survival after initiation of novel ‘Limb Alert’ for acute limb ischemia
This advertorial is sponsored by Tampa General Hospital. In cases of acute limb ischemia (ALI), time is of the essence, says Charles J. Bailey, MD—from the moment a patient first reports to the emergency room (ER) through to the time…
Has the risk in the value-based payment model been sold as another ‘shiny new object’?
Value-based payments (VBP), or “volume to value,” was the new buzz word over a decade ago, promising yet another chimera in ways to reimburse physicians and hospitals based upon “value,” instead of fee-for-service (FFS). VBP models link payment or compensation to…
New SVS series zeroes in on government’s impact on vascular surgery
Starting next month, the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) will begin a series of articles focusing on how the actions of Congress and regulatory agencies affect vascular surgeons and the patients they serve, and importantly, how sustained advocacy engagement is…
SVS ends 2022 with latest ‘Week of Action’ to prevent Medicare payment reductions
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) issued its thanks to December “Week of Action” participants. Once again, SVS members showed incredible support for the Society’s advocacy efforts by engaging in the week’s various activities and continuing to amplify the specialty’s…