Tag: Office-based labs

‘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 ...

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...

‘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”...

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...

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...

Hodgson: Bringing appropriateness into sharper focus

In 2019, Kim Hodgson, MD, kicked off his presidential year by placing appropriateness and quality of care under the microscope. His turn organizing the...