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Articles about the Society for Vascular Surgery.
May 1, 2020 • Article
Preparing for arrival of CMS Quality Payment Program year 4
BY CHRISTOPHER J. SMOLOCK, MD, PATRICK RYAN, MD, KAREN WOO, MD, AND JILL RATHBURN It’s here: 2020 is year four of the Quality Payment Program (QPP), established by the Medicare Access and Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (MACRA) in 2015. QPP requires that most physicians who submit claims to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) participate in one of two programs to avoid a reimbursement penalty: the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) or an Advanced Alternative Payment Model (APM).
May 1, 2020 • Article
BY BETH BALES THE FIFTH EDITION of the Vascular Educational Self-Assessment Program (VESAP) will be available before the beginning of August, when VESAP4 expires. The online program, with a companion app for off-line use, is designed to meet the requirements of the Vascular Surgery Board of the American Board of Surgery for continuing medical education and Maintenance of Certification self-assessment credits.
May 1, 2020 • Article
SVS journals: Study of interest
BY BETH BALES ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM repair (EVAR) for a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) proved less hazardous than open repair within 30 days of the procedure, but there were no differences between 30 days and five years, and five to 10 years following repair, according to a study in the June issue of the Journal of Vascular Surgery.
May 1, 2020 • Article
From the Editor: COVID-19: How to Be a Doctor at the End of the World
BY MALACHI SHEAHAN III My predecessor at Vascular Specialist, Russell Samson, MD, had a gift for writing from experience. Perhaps in fear of being unkindly compared with him, I moved in the opposite direction. My editorials are heavily researched, often for months. I felt that the opinions I’ve earned outweigh those that I simply held. In this piece, however, I will abandon the shelter of research and offer the lessons I have learned from a few unique experiences.
