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July 1, 2020 • Article
SVS ONLINE: How remote support systems will transform medical care
BY BRYAN KAY Lumsden gave the address—entitled “TeleWhat? Beyond the office: How remote support systems will transform education, case support and care delivery”—on the second day of SVS ONLINE, on June 23, as the digital alternative to the canceled Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) moved onto Scientific Session 2 and its first Invited Session, “American Venous Forum Debates 2020: Are DVT & PE interventions unnecessary?”
July 1, 2020 • Article
SVS Foundation Board structure changed
BY BETH BALES Expanding the Board provides for broader representation while the three-year term for the chair provides continuity, said Michel S. Makaroun, MD, whose term as chair ended June 20. The changes as a whole “position the SVS Foundation Board for further growth,” he said. In addition, the immediate past president of the SVS will no longer succeed to the chair position, but will serve on the Foundation board.
July 1, 2020 • Article
Coding Course: What you don’t know can cost you money
BY BETH BALES Don’t leave reimbursement money on the table. Plan to attend—or have a staff member or two attend—the 2020 Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Coding and Reimbursement Workshop. This year’s workshop, with an optional session on evaluation and management (EM) codes, will be held Friday and Saturday, Sept. 25 and 26, at the Hyatt Rosemont in Rosemont, Illinois, near O’Hare International Airport. The optional session will be from 8 a.m. to noon Sept. 25, with the main workshop set for 1 to 5 p.m. Sept. 25 and from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sept. 26.
July 1, 2020 • Article
ACC, SVS join forces on single vascular registry
BY BETH BALES Effective January 2021, the ACC’S NCDR will collaborate with the SVS Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) to support and steer a single vascular registry. SVS will operate the registry, creating a cobranded VQI program that will be a unique, comprehensive resource for measuring and improving the care provided to a growing population of patients with vascular diseases.
