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Government Grand Rounds: Culture of engagement
Welcome back to Government Grand Rounds, where the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Advocacy Council discusses how sustained advocacy engagement is important for all SVS members. While “advocacy” continues to rank high among SVS member priorities, many remain unsure how…
New Government Grand Rounds series highlights how perspective matters in advocacy
Matthew Sideman, MD, and Megan Marcinko, MPS, unveil new advocacy column aimed at drilling into the actions of Congress, and how they impact vascular surgery. The first in the series looks at advocacy as a tool to “protect.” Welcome to…
Spotlight: SVS members take up new positions, make endowment
Sean Lyden, MD, is now chief medical consultant for VESTECK and has joined the VESTECK Scientific Advisory Board. VESTECK is an early-stage medical device company focused on the aortic repair and structural heart markets. Lyden chairs the Society for Vascular…
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…
Medicare payments: Congress fails to #StopTheFullCut
Despite intense pressure from the entire healthcare provider community, Congress failed to include provisions in its year-end legislative package to fully prevent Medicare payment cuts that took effect Jan. 1. The package—negotiated by congressional leadership—includes adjustments for the Medicare Conversion…
‘Week of Action’ raises awareness of SVS advocacy activities
From sending emails to lawmakers, posting on social media to amplify legislative issues, and donating to the Society for Vascular Surgery Political Action Committee (SVS PAC), SVS members embraced a variety of activities to support the Society’s first-ever Advocacy “Week…
SVS launches program to ‘REACH 535’ lawmakers
To leverage the power of direct engagement with lawmakers on the part of constituents, the SVS advocacy team is launching a grassroots advocacy plan to help foster this direct communication between SVS members and their federal lawmakers. The program will…
SVS advocacy in action: Protecting and advancing the interests of vascular surgery
Deep in to the second half of the year, there is no rest for the weary regarding Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) advocacy initiatives. In July the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its calendar year 2023 proposed…
New SVS president outlines priorities for his tenure as Society aims to reach out
Michael Dalsing, MD, who took over as Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) president at the 2022 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) in Boston (June 15–18), talks about the priorities he has set out for his time at the helm, which include…