Tag: outpatient care

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 ...

SVS-ACS Vascular Verification Program marks release of new standards for outpatient...

The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) and the American College of Surgeons (ACS) have released new standards for outpatient vascular centers to help them...

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...

SVS weighs in on 2023 Medicare payment rules for physicians and...

The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has submitted comment letters in response to the proposed rules issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...

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...

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...

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...