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How to Successfully Find Your First Job
In your last year and half of training, you will need to give serious thought to your future vascular surgery career. This practice memo briefly describes the steps involved in a job search, such as the interview process, tips on finding the right practice fit, as well as contract expectations and the preparation needed to be credentialed after you have secured a job.
Vascular Access Management for the Recently Trained Vascular Surgeon
Depending upon your practice location, your involvement in the management of end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients will vary. However, for most vascular surgeons entering private practice, the management of these complex patients will be a significant portion of your caseload, which can directly affect the growth of your practice. This practice memo explores this topic in more depth.
Practice Mergers: Key Business Questions and Decisions
Prepared by Stephen P. Murray, MD, FACSa and Bhagwan Satiani, MD, MBAb on behalf of the SVS Community Practice Committee
Practice Mergers: Key Business Questions and Decisions
This practice memo is intended to aid vascular surgeons contemplating or in the process of a practice merger/acquisition with the business questions and decisions involved in the process.
SVS Medicare Physician Payment Plan 2013
A New Medicare Physician Payment System: Principles for Replacement of the SGR Formula for Surgeons
SVS Board Endorses ACS Statement on Firearm Injury
The Board of Directors of the Society for Vascular Surgery has voted to endorse a statement by the Board of Regents of the American College of Surgeons on firearm injuries.
Negotiating a Compensation Plan
Prepared by Bhagwan Satiani, MD, MBAa and Michael Go, MDa on behalf of the SVS Community Practice Committee
Negotiating a Compensation Plan
This practice memo briefly describes how to design a compensation plan, pros and cons of various incentives, financial drivers in formulas, and recent trends in compensation formulas in private practices and hospital employed vascular surgeons, as well as a few negotiation tips.
Marketing Your Practice Series, Part 2: How to Introduce Yourself to a New Community
Prepared by the SVS Young Surgeons Advisory Committee
This is the second in a series of practice memos that are being developed to assist vascular surgeons to effectively market their practices.
Marketing Your Practice Series, Part 2: How to Introduce Yourself to a New Community
This is the second in a series of practice memos that are being developed to assist vascular surgeons to effectively market their practices. This section will focus on assessing your unique situation before beginning your introduction to the community.
SVS Position Statement on Vascular Screening
Vascular disease is among the leading causes of death in the United States, yet is generally asymptomatic until a catastrophic event occurs, such as a stroke or aneurysm rupture.
Removal of AAA Screening Barrier in Health Care Reform
As of January 1, 2011, co-insurance for the abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening benefit in Medicare (G0389) was waived for beneficiaries who qualify for this one-time screening as part of the Welcome to Medicare Physical Exam, which is available during the first twelve months of Medicare el
Marketing Your Practice Series, Part 1: Defining Your Competitive Edge
Prepared by the SVS Young Surgeons Advisory Committee
This is the first in a series of practice memos developed to assist vascular surgeons to effectively market their practices.
Marketing Your Practice Series, Part 1: Defining Your Competitive Edge
This is the first in a series of practice memos developed to assist vascular surgeons to effectively market their practices. This section will focus on how to define your competitive edge.
Tips on Applying for Vascular Surgery Residency Programs
This article highlights 5 essential tips when applying to vascular surgery training programs.
Meaningful Health System Reform
Many aspects of health care in the United States are the best in the world; however, escalating expense, lack of access and variable quality must be addressed.
SAAAVE Act Background
The Screening Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Very Efficiently (SAAAVE) Act passed the full (US) Senate as a last minute amendment to the Finance Committee’s budget reconciliation package in November 2005, but was not included in the House package because Medicare was not addressed.
How to Start a Vascular Lab
For many vascular surgeons, the vascular lab has become an integral extension of the physical examination, offers an excellent modality of non-invasive testing, and validates the scientific basis for vascular surgery.This practice memo focuses on how to start a vascular lab, certification requirements, and the accreditation process.
Preparing for the Vascular Surgery Boards
This practice memo reviews the board certification process for vascular surgery and provides some helpful hints for preparation.
Choosing Vascular Surgery in Medical School
Deciding on a field to pursue during medical school can take a great deal of soul-searching. For many, just deciding between a medical field and a surgical field alone can be difficult. This article focuses on how to make the most out of exploring the vascular surgery specialty.
Recent Articles
Developing Preoperative Risk Score for AAA
Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms risk scores, based on four variables, allows accurate prediction of 30-day mortality after repair, according to a study published in October’s Journal of Vascular Surgery.
AAA Guideline Translated into Spanish
The Society for Vascular Surgery has translated the updated guidelines on abdominal aortic aneurysms into Spanish, aimed at the large population of Spanish-speaking vascular surgeons.
SPOTLIGHT ON LEADERSHIP: Interview with Ronald L. Dalman, MD
I had the honor of interviewing Dr. Ronald Dalman, the Walter C. and Elsa R. Chidester Professor and Chief of Vascular Surgery at Stanford University.
SVS Working Hard to Protect Vascular Surgeons, Medicine in CMS Proposals
Proposed Rules Include Substantial Cuts to Vascular Labs
After reviewing proposals from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Society for Vascular Surgery has drafted comments to mitigate potentially substantial negative effects on SVS members.
Course Focuses on Reimbursement, Risk and Red Tape
Why should vascular surgeons or their coding staff attend the SVS Coding and Reimbursement Workshop? The short answer is: reimbursement, risk and red tape.
Vascular Nurses Week is Sept. 9-15
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From the Editor: An Open Letter to our Hospital Consultants
Just thought I would write and give you a quick update on our situation, not that you asked. As you recall, a few years ago we spent many hours discussing and planning the Heart and Vascular Service Line that you encouraged us to set up in our new hospital.
SVS Joins With Others to Seek E&M Documentation Changes in Letter to CMS
A coalition of more than 150 medical associations and societies, representing subspecialties and states and including the Society for Vascular Surgery, has urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to adopt changes to CMS’ proposed rule on Evaluation & Management services alterat
Washington Update - NIH appropriations
In August, the U.S. House has taken a huge step forward in health and research funding, as Congress has not passed a Labor HHS funding bill without an omnibus since 2007.
CAC shows good results in treating incompetent great saphenous veins
TWENTY-FOUR MONTH RESULTS FROM A RANDOMIZED TRIAL OF CYANOACRYLATE CLOSURE VERSUS RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF INCOMPETENT GREAT SAPHENOUS VEINS. Journal of Vascular Surgery Venous and Lymphatic Disorders. September 2018
LE Bypass and claudicant smokers
More evidence that lower extremity bypass may be a poor choice for claudicants who smoke
ACTIVE SMOKING IN CLAUDICANTS UNDERGOING LOWER EXTREMITY BYPASS PREDICTS DECREASED GRAFT PATENCY AND WORSE OVERALL SURVIVAL. Journal of Vascular Surgery, September 2018.
Recent Articles
Developing Preoperative Risk Score for AAA
Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms risk scores, based on four variables, allows accurate prediction of 30-day mortality after repair, according to a study published in October’s Journal of Vascular Surgery.
AAA Guideline Translated into Spanish
The Society for Vascular Surgery has translated the updated guidelines on abdominal aortic aneurysms into Spanish, aimed at the large population of Spanish-speaking vascular surgeons.
SPOTLIGHT ON LEADERSHIP: Interview with Ronald L. Dalman, MD
I had the honor of interviewing Dr. Ronald Dalman, the Walter C. and Elsa R. Chidester Professor and Chief of Vascular Surgery at Stanford University.
SVS Working Hard to Protect Vascular Surgeons, Medicine in CMS Proposals
Proposed Rules Include Substantial Cuts to Vascular Labs
After reviewing proposals from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Society for Vascular Surgery has drafted comments to mitigate potentially substantial negative effects on SVS members.
Course Focuses on Reimbursement, Risk and Red Tape
Why should vascular surgeons or their coding staff attend the SVS Coding and Reimbursement Workshop? The short answer is: reimbursement, risk and red tape.
Vascular Nurses Week is Sept. 9-15
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From the Editor: An Open Letter to our Hospital Consultants
Just thought I would write and give you a quick update on our situation, not that you asked. As you recall, a few years ago we spent many hours discussing and planning the Heart and Vascular Service Line that you encouraged us to set up in our new hospital.
SVS Joins With Others to Seek E&M Documentation Changes in Letter to CMS
A coalition of more than 150 medical associations and societies, representing subspecialties and states and including the Society for Vascular Surgery, has urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to adopt changes to CMS’ proposed rule on Evaluation & Management services alterat
Washington Update - NIH appropriations
In August, the U.S. House has taken a huge step forward in health and research funding, as Congress has not passed a Labor HHS funding bill without an omnibus since 2007.
CAC shows good results in treating incompetent great saphenous veins
TWENTY-FOUR MONTH RESULTS FROM A RANDOMIZED TRIAL OF CYANOACRYLATE CLOSURE VERSUS RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF INCOMPETENT GREAT SAPHENOUS VEINS. Journal of Vascular Surgery Venous and Lymphatic Disorders. September 2018
LE Bypass and claudicant smokers
More evidence that lower extremity bypass may be a poor choice for claudicants who smoke
ACTIVE SMOKING IN CLAUDICANTS UNDERGOING LOWER EXTREMITY BYPASS PREDICTS DECREASED GRAFT PATENCY AND WORSE OVERALL SURVIVAL. Journal of Vascular Surgery, September 2018.