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March 14, 2019 • Article

Welcome to Our New Offices, New Era

As of this Specialist deadline date in late February, the SVS staff was still settling in, unpacking boxes, creating new work spaces and – a very important task! – locating the coffeemaker. The Society for Vascular Surgery is open for business in its new headquarters office at 9400 W. Higgins Road in Rosemont, Ill., just minutes from O’Hare International Airport. Its new digs are, in the words of President Dr. Michel S. Makaroun, “a home for vascular surgeons from all over the country and around the world.”

March 14, 2019 • Article

Your SVS: 2018 Was a Productive Year; No Slowdown Anticipated in 2019!

2019 is in full swing, with work continuing on a wide array of SVS objectives, events and priorities. But before shutting the door completely on 2018, SVS members will be interested to see the lengthy list of achievements for the year. Executive Director Kenneth M. Slaw, PhD, reviewed 2018 activities and their impact for the coming year for the Strategic Board of Directors at its retreat in early January:

February 25, 2019 • Article

Members: Don’t Forget to Submit Your 2018 MIPS Data

The 2018 data submission period is open for Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) eligible clinicians who participated in the 2018 Quality Payment Program (QPP). Please note that your data must be submitted before the submission period closes on April 2, 2019. The following two exceptions for data submission should be noted:

February 25, 2019 • Article

SVS Member Alert: Check Your 2019 MIPS Eligibility Status

SVS members can now use the Quality Payment Program (QPP) Participation Status Tool to check your preliminary eligibility status for the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 2019 performance period. The QPP Participation Status Tool currently shows preliminary 2019 eligibility status based on data from October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018.  Later this year, CMS will update the tool to reflect final 2019 MIPS eligibility status based on data from October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019. 

February 14, 2019 • Article

Vascular Annual Meeting Program Taking Shape

Session by session, time slot by time slot, the 2019 Vascular Annual Meeting is coming together. “Dr. (Vik) Kashyap and his Postgraduate Education Committee have finished selecting breakfast sessions and postgraduate courses, and the members are well on the way to finalizing workshops and concurrent sessions,” said Dr. Matthew Eagleton. He chairs the Program Committee, which oversees all the programming of the Vascular Annual Meeting.