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The evolving role of academic outpatient vascular centers
Outpatient vascular care has moved from an alternative site of service to the default setting for much of modern practice. Vascular Specialist marked this shift by launching its column, The Outpatient, beginning with the edition titled “In focus: Outpatient vascular…
Helping OBL vascular surgeons fight the squeeze
SVS Section on Ambulatory Vascular Care (SAVC) set to announce set of new initiatives designed to help office-based lab (OBL) vascular surgeons combat rising costs and stagnant payments during jam-packed session focused on the outpatient setting at the 2025 Vascular…
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 (CPS), marking the creation of the new Section on Ambulatory Vascular Care (SAVC), which is set…
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 “The Outpatient,” it will run bimonthly (or six times per year) and be edited by…
‘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 (CLTI) in an office-based lab (OBL) associated with a large New York City medical center…
SVS-ACS Vascular Verification Program marks release of new standards for outpatient vascular centers
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) and the American College of Surgeons (ACS) have released new standards for outpatient vascular centers to help them provide optimal care and treatment of patients receiving vascular surgical and procedural care. These new standards,…
Financial viability, appropriate use and patient safety in the operation of outpatient facilities
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 such centers. To help vascular surgeons consider the various details involved, the SVS Subsection on Outpatient…
SVS weighs in on 2023 Medicare payment rules for physicians and hospital outpatient services
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has submitted comment letters in response to the proposed rules issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Perspective Payment System…
Outgoing SVS president’s message of unity: ‘We must work together to improve, advance vascular care’
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) is no longer the organization it was half a century ago. That was one of the core messages from the Society’s now Immediate Past President Ali AbuRahma, MD, during his Presidential Address at the…
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 Vascular Care (SOOVC) will hold a special OBL session on Thursday at VAM. “The OBL: Embracing…