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June 21, 2017 • Article
Disability Benefits for SVS Members
The famous Lloyd’s of London has insured hands (the Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards), legs (Betty Grable and others), chest hair (Welsh crooner Tom Jones), nose (Jimmy Durante), tongues (Gene Simmons of Kiss and others), voice (Bruce Springsteen), even beards (Macy’s Santa).
June 19, 2017 • Article
Final Count: VAM17 Breaks Attendance Records
June 19, 2017 (UPDATED) - The 2017 Vascular Annual Meeting in San Diego, Calif., held May 31-June 3, broke all previous attendance records with a final, professional registration total of more than 1,807, the Society for Vascular Surgery has announced. Final counts for 2017 found that:
May 26, 2017 • Article
The Society for Vascular Surgery has learned that Medicare will begin paying for supervised exercise therapy. Here is the CMS announcement: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has determined that the evidence is sufficient to cover supervised exercise therapy (SET) for beneficiaries with intermittent claudication (IC) for the treatment of symptomatic peripheral artery disease (PAD). Up to 36 sessions over a 12 week period are covered if all of the following components of a SET program are met:
May 23, 2017 • Article
Preparing for a Rewarding Retirement Starts Now
May 23, 2017 • Article
VQI: Website for Members Only Launched
The Vascular Quality Initiative has created a new password-protected "Members Only" section for the VQI website. This area will enable members to share best practices, plus materials such as case studies, videos and presentations, more effectively with each other and between representatives of regional groups.
