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Metform shows promise for slowing AAA growth
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SVS Comments on Veterans Community Care Program
The Department of Veterans Affairs issued a proposed rule (comment deadline March 25) to amend its medical regulations to implement its authority for covered veterans to receive necessary hospital care, medical services, and extended care services from non-VA entities or providers in the Communit
JVS: Proximal seal zone anatomy determines TEVAR outcomes
New research highlights the importance of positioning thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) devices within healthy aorta proximally to avoid serious complications.
What's causing the dramatic increase in EVT in Medicare patients?
IMPACT OF PROVIDER CHARACTERISTICS ON USE OF ENDOVENOUS ABLATION PROCEDURES IN MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES. March 2019, Journal of Vascular Surgery: Venous and Lymphatic Disorders.
VAM: Gala Response ‘Spectacular’ as Ticket Sales Open
The early response has been “spectacular.” That’s as in “Vascular Spectacular,” the gala that will be a central festivity of the 2019 Vascular Annual Meeting.
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.
Leadership: Spotlight on Frank Pomposelli, MD
Barry Posner and James M. Kouzes’ “The Truth About Leadership” describes 10 critical “truths.” In this latest column highlighting the evidence-based behaviors and attributes that define great leadership, we focus on “you either lead by example or you don’t lead at all.”
VRIC: Highlighting Research in Vascular Calcification
Vascular calcification affects the vascular health of millions of patients. No current therapies exist to prevent or reverse it, and the problem has confounded researchers and physicians for decades.
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.
VQI Registries Add 30-Day Follow-Up Forms
In response to member requests, the Vascular Quality Initiative now includes 30-day follow-up forms in most of its 12 registries.
Education: VAM Registration, Housing Now Open
Registration and housing have opened for the 2019 Vascular Annual Meeting. This year’s premier educational event for vascular professionals will be June 12 to 15 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., outside of Washington, D.C.
From Our Journal
The April Journal of Vascular Surgery takes a look at the “adequate” proximal seal for complicated type B aortic dissections. Failure to achieve any intramural hematoma-free proximal seal zone during such surgeries may be associated with higher degrees of retrograde type A dissection.
SVSConnect App Now Available
The SVSConnect mobile app — for cell phones and tablets — brings easy access to collaboration, engagement and communication with your SVS member colleagues and thought leaders.
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.
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.
Young Researcher Dr. Catherine Go Relishes Presenting Her Work
Encourages Other Young Surgeon-Scientists to Attend VRIC
Dr. Catherine Go had the opportunity last year to present her research at VRIC, answer questions about her work and talk collaboratively with others during the conference.
Nominate an SVS Honoree
Apply by March 1 for SVS, SVS Foundation Awards
SVS is accepting nominations and applications through March 1 for its three highest honors, to be recognized at the 2019 Vascular Annual Meeting in June.
Prepare for a ‘Spectacular’ Evening at VAM Gala
Purchase tickets today for “Vascular Spectacular,” the elegant evening planned for Friday, June 14, at the Vascular Annual Meeting to benefit the SVS Foundation.
From Our Journals
From JVS: Researchers believe metformin, a commonly used prescribed oral hypoglycemic agent, may limit enlargement of abdominal aortic aneurysms, after analyzing patients of diabetic patients who are being treated in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Vascular Annual Meeting Program Taking Shape
Session by session, time slot by time slot, the 2019 Vascular Annual Meeting is coming together.
YOUR SVS: New Member Urges Others to Take Advantage of SVS Opportunities
Young Erben, MD, has fully embraced SVS membership, joining an SVS committee and actively taking advantage of the benefits SVS offers.
Recent Articles
Society for Vascular Surgery and Cell-Ed Partner to launch pilot of SVS SET: A mobile exercise therapy app that may prevent and delay progression of peripheral artery disease
SVS SET’s remote digital program is the first of its kind offered by a surgical association
SVS Pilots SET App for Peripheral Artery Disease Patients
Doctor-prescribed and -supervised exercise therapy is going digital. The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) will begin piloting a ground-breaking app for Supervised Exercise Therapy (SET), for at-home use by patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD).
ACC, SVS Join Forces on Single Vascular Registry
WASHINGTON (June 23, 2020) — The American College of Cardiology and Society for Vascular Surgery are collaborating on a single vascular registry to harness the strengths of both organizations in improving care and outcomes of patients with vascular disease.
SVS Foundation Announces Awards, Grants
The SVS Foundation honored its 2020 grant recipients during the first SVS Annual Business Meeting, held virtually on Monday, June 15.
Clinical Competence Statement on Training and Credentialing for Trans-carotid Artery Revascularization: a Report of the Society for Vascular Writing Committee
ROSEMONT, Ill., June 22, 2020 – The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has released a Clinical Competence Statement on training and credentialing for Trans-Carotid Artery Revascularization (TCAR) to ensure that patients who are at risk of a stroke receive safe and effective preventative care with this new and promising technology by an experienced and appropriately trained physician.
Society for Vascular Surgery Releases Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Visceral Aneurysms
ROSEMONT, Ill., June 16, 2020 – The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has released new clinical practice guidelines on the appropriate care and treatment of aneurysms of the visceral arteries. Visceral artery aneurysms are rare and often poorly defined, but are a clinically important vascular condition.
In Historic First, SVS Holding Online Officer Voting
SVS members voted decisively to change SVS bylaws and permit all eligible voting members to participate in Society business decision-making. The vote came Monday, June 15, during the first session of the SVS Annual Business Meeting.
Vascular Surgeons Identify Health Concerns that Result from Quarantine
ROSEMONT, Ill., June 4, 2020 – Vascular surgeons from across the country are reporting health impacts on some patients, particularly elderly ones, in quarantine. The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) queried vascular surgeons regarding their concerns for patients’ health during the pandemic, and shared the findings as well as suggested solutions for patients with vascular disease who are confined at home.
VESAP5 to debut this summer
BY BETH BALES
The fifth edition of the Vascular Educational Self-Assessment Program (VESAP), with a substantially enlarged section on vascular ultrasound and imaging, is expected to be introduced by Aug. 1. VESAP4 will expire on July 31.
Coding event set to take place Sept. 25–26
BY BRYAN KAY
Registration has opened for 2020 iteration of the Society for Vascular Surgery’s Coding and Reimbursement Workshop scheduled to take place from Sept. 25–26.
Double whammy: Pair of Annual Business Meetings slated for 2020
BY BETH BALES
In a year full of changes, the SVS Annual Business Meeting is changing, too, with two separate virtual meetings scheduled for 2020 instead of one live event.
Preparing for Quality Payment Program Year Four
(NOTE: This is a longer version of an article that appeared in the May 2020 issue of Vascular Specialist.) Congress passed the Medicare Access and Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (MACRA) by a bipartisan vote in 2015.
New Collection of Articles Available on Impact of COVID-19 in Treating Vascular Disease
Journal of Vascular Surgery: Vascular Experts Collectively and Continuously Share Best Practices in Care Amid Pandemic
Recent Articles
Society for Vascular Surgery and Cell-Ed Partner to launch pilot of SVS SET: A mobile exercise therapy app that may prevent and delay progression of peripheral artery disease
SVS SET’s remote digital program is the first of its kind offered by a surgical association
SVS Pilots SET App for Peripheral Artery Disease Patients
Doctor-prescribed and -supervised exercise therapy is going digital. The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) will begin piloting a ground-breaking app for Supervised Exercise Therapy (SET), for at-home use by patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD).
ACC, SVS Join Forces on Single Vascular Registry
WASHINGTON (June 23, 2020) — The American College of Cardiology and Society for Vascular Surgery are collaborating on a single vascular registry to harness the strengths of both organizations in improving care and outcomes of patients with vascular disease.
SVS Foundation Announces Awards, Grants
The SVS Foundation honored its 2020 grant recipients during the first SVS Annual Business Meeting, held virtually on Monday, June 15.
Clinical Competence Statement on Training and Credentialing for Trans-carotid Artery Revascularization: a Report of the Society for Vascular Writing Committee
ROSEMONT, Ill., June 22, 2020 – The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has released a Clinical Competence Statement on training and credentialing for Trans-Carotid Artery Revascularization (TCAR) to ensure that patients who are at risk of a stroke receive safe and effective preventative care with this new and promising technology by an experienced and appropriately trained physician.
Society for Vascular Surgery Releases Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Visceral Aneurysms
ROSEMONT, Ill., June 16, 2020 – The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has released new clinical practice guidelines on the appropriate care and treatment of aneurysms of the visceral arteries. Visceral artery aneurysms are rare and often poorly defined, but are a clinically important vascular condition.
In Historic First, SVS Holding Online Officer Voting
SVS members voted decisively to change SVS bylaws and permit all eligible voting members to participate in Society business decision-making. The vote came Monday, June 15, during the first session of the SVS Annual Business Meeting.
Vascular Surgeons Identify Health Concerns that Result from Quarantine
ROSEMONT, Ill., June 4, 2020 – Vascular surgeons from across the country are reporting health impacts on some patients, particularly elderly ones, in quarantine. The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) queried vascular surgeons regarding their concerns for patients’ health during the pandemic, and shared the findings as well as suggested solutions for patients with vascular disease who are confined at home.
VESAP5 to debut this summer
BY BETH BALES
The fifth edition of the Vascular Educational Self-Assessment Program (VESAP), with a substantially enlarged section on vascular ultrasound and imaging, is expected to be introduced by Aug. 1. VESAP4 will expire on July 31.
Coding event set to take place Sept. 25–26
BY BRYAN KAY
Registration has opened for 2020 iteration of the Society for Vascular Surgery’s Coding and Reimbursement Workshop scheduled to take place from Sept. 25–26.
Double whammy: Pair of Annual Business Meetings slated for 2020
BY BETH BALES
In a year full of changes, the SVS Annual Business Meeting is changing, too, with two separate virtual meetings scheduled for 2020 instead of one live event.
Preparing for Quality Payment Program Year Four
(NOTE: This is a longer version of an article that appeared in the May 2020 issue of Vascular Specialist.) Congress passed the Medicare Access and Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (MACRA) by a bipartisan vote in 2015.
New Collection of Articles Available on Impact of COVID-19 in Treating Vascular Disease
Journal of Vascular Surgery: Vascular Experts Collectively and Continuously Share Best Practices in Care Amid Pandemic