Tag: OBL
Vascular Specialist–November 2024
In this issue:
Service: Giving back—The Eastern Vascular Society (EVS) and American Venous Forum (AVF) pioneer vascular days of service in the community
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SVS announces merger creating Section on Ambulatory Vascular Care
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) announced the merger of its Section on Outpatient and Office Vascular Care (SOOVC) and the Community Practice Section...
New OBL column to launch in October issue
Vascular Specialist is launching a new column in the October issue of the newspaper dedicated to issues important to—and involving—the office-based lab (OBL) setting.
Entitled...
‘Select CLTI patients may be safely treated in the office-based lab’
Results from a single-center analysis show the outpatient setting met SVS objective performance goals.
A retrospective study of endovascular interventions performed for chronic limb-threatening ischemia...
Vascular Specialist–September 2024
In this issue:
‘Select CLTI patients may be safely treated in the office-based lab’: Single-center analysis finds outpatient setting met SVS objective performance goals
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SOOVC outlines strides made to provide platform for surgeons conducting research...
The SVS sub-section on Outpatient and Office Vascular Care (SOOVC) Chair Anil Hingorani, MD, used the group’s dedicated VAM 2024 session to focus on...
The shift to outpatient care: ‘A good business plan is mandatory’
Daniel McDevitt, MD, spoke during the Community Practice Section at VAM 2024 on potential methods to participate in the shift to the office-based lab...
IVUS use in claudicants not associated with improved outcomes, claims data...
The use of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) for the treatment of claudication doubled over a four-year period but there was “no clear relationship between IVUS...
SOOVC releases handbook for outpatient care
The SVS Sub-Section on Outpatient and Office Vascular Care (SOOVC) has released the anticipated Office-Based Lab (OBL) Handbook to guide practitioners and aid with...
SOOVC award initiatives offer opportunities to advance outpatient vascular care
The SVS Sub-Section on Outpatient and Office Vascular Care (SOOVC) has opened applications for its Presentation Award and Research Seed Grant, allowing practitioners to...
Financial viability, appropriate use and patient safety in the operation of...
The number of office-based facilities has been increasing steadily over the past several years—and more vascular surgeons may be considering becoming involved in operating...
From the SVS president: Supporting one another
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has a vision that is unwavering. We desire quality vascular care for all patients by providing our members...
Miss the SVS webinars? Take advantage of the recordings
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) hosts a number of Town Halls, roundtables and webinars for the benefit of its members.
In the past few...
SOOVC sub-section introduces two awards
The Society for Vascular Surgery's sub-section for those who provide service in outpatient settings has created two professional development opportunities for its members, a...
‘Significant’ increase in atherectomy use in US largely driven by office-based...
In the United States, atherectomy use in peripheral vascular interventions (PVIs) “more than doubled” from 2010 to 2019, with office-based procedures a “major driver”...
Vascular practice: Financial wellness is focus of Nov. 2 SVS webinar
Responding to members’ requests for more information on financial education, a nationally known estate and tax attorney will provide information and guidance on financial...
Navigating EMRs: SVS webinar to demonstrate how to make them work...
Vascular surgeons can learn how to make electronic medical records (EMRs) work for them at a webinar Sept. 7. The webinar, sponsored jointly by...
Outgoing SVS president’s message of unity: ‘We must work together to...
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) is no longer the organization it was half a century ago. That was one of the core messages...
SVS special membership sections stage education sessions
For the first time, all those who are part of the five Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) membership sections have educational presentations geared specifically...
Nominations due March 31 for community practice award
Nominations for the Society for Vascular Surgery‘s prestigious Excellence in Community Practice Award are due March 31.
The honor, formerly known as the Excellence in...
Community practice award deadline extended
There's still time! The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has extended the deadline to nominate an SVS member for the prestigious Excellence in Community...
Office-based laboratory setting proves ‘safe’ for iliac vein stenting
A retrospective study of 1,223 iliac vein cases performed in three office-based laboratories (OBLs) demonstrated a major complication rate of 0.41%, suggesting these procedures...
Priorities and objectives will guide 2022 SVS programs
Whether it’s branding, advocacy or determining research initiatives, the process of setting Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) priorities and objectives begins with SVS members....
UPDATED: Last call for community practice accolade
The clock is ticking to submit nominations for the 2022 Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Excellence in Community Practice Award—with an extended deadline now...
We need voices as well as opinions
I have a message for my colleagues on behalf of Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Political Action Committee (PAC), quoting the famous lines from...
Learn best-, worst-case and likely scenarios of upcoming planned cuts to...
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) will hold a Town Hall Nov. 10 to help members understand the upcoming planned federal cuts that would...
SVS task force continues fight to stop cuts
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Medicare Cuts Task Force is continuing its work to stop the proposed cuts in physician reimbursement from going...
Cuts to Medicare: ‘As vascular disease complexity increases, reimbursement for complex...
Outgoing Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society (MVSS) President Kellie Brown, MD, has seen fundamental changes to the way vascular surgery is practiced during her 20...
SVS announces future launch of vascular verification program, aiming to enhance...
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS), in partnership with the American College of Surgeons (ACS), today (Thursday, Aug. 19) announced the future launch of...
Learn nuts and bolts of setting up outpatient facilities
With interest in and creation of outpatient-based labs and facilities—frequently called simply “OBLs”—the Society for Vascular Surgery and its Section on Outpatient and Office...
VAM: Spotlight on Thursday
It’s Thursday and the Vascular Annual Meeting is in full swing. Here are some sessions today for you to consider, including the first Presidential...
VAM double header: Presidential Addresses to feature nod to SVS past,...
Following a year like no other comes a Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) like no other—sort of.
This year, the key date on the vascular...
Map out your VAM experience with the Online Planner
Get a jump start on planning your way through the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) with the SVS Online Planner. It includes the entire VAM...
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories in July
The digital version of our July 2021 print issue, an argument in favor of a multidisciplinary approach to limb salvage and look back at...
The choice between autonomy, true partnership—or the slow drift to ‘thralldom‘
Anthony Valdés, MBA, the president of Tampa, Florida-based Collaborative Health Systems, declares that what physicians want is to “deliver great clinical outcomes, get paid...
SVS Town Hall on June 30 hones in on value of...
The next Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Town Hall will focus on the value of an office-based lab (OBL) to the healthcare system, patients...
SVS creates section for members in community practice
To better meet the needs of those Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) members who practice in the community setting, the SVS has approved a...
OBL: Keys to success in the outpatient setting
The ability to pivot in the face of changes to reimbursement while still meeting the needs of patients is a key facet of success...
Upcoming webinars: May to feature exchanges on coding, employment
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Community Practice Committee will host two webinars in May designed to support members in community-practice settings. Members may...
Plans revealed for pilot study on performance of EVAR for AAA...
Details of a planned pilot study investigating the merits of performing endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) on abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) in office-based labs (OBLs)...
OBL: In praise of the office-based interventional lab
Vascular surgery has undergone dramatic changes over the last 30 years. What was once a traditional open surgical discipline has now become a hybrid...
New officers named to SVS office-based lab section
New officers are in place with the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Section on Outpatient and Office Vascular Care (SOOVC) Executive Committee, which covers...