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Prioritizing DEI Principles
Thanks to all of our members who have been communicating with us since the VAM. Though VAM 2022 proved to be our most diverse national meeting yet, and there is much excitement to build upon, we acknowledge there were also shortcomings as it relates to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).
NEW CMS MIPS Performance Feedback Phase: Final Score Preview
CMS is introducing a new phase of MIPS performance feedback – Final Score Preview – which will be launched in June 2022.
SVS Celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Featuring Krishna Jain, MD
I was born in India and decided to move to the USA for further training in Surgery. When I was finishing medical school in India.
MIPS Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances Application Reopens
CMS has reopened the 2021 MIPS EUC application to allow groups, virtual groups, and APM Entities to submit an application requesting MIPS performance category reweighting due to the ongoing COVID-19 PHE. (Because of the automatic EUC policy, individual clinicians don’t need to su
MIPS Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances Application Reopens
MIPS Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances Application Reopens and Deadline Extended to March 31, 2022
Congress Failed Our Nation’s Health Care Providers by Allowing Massive Medicare Cuts to Take Effect That Will Harm Seniors
Continuing resolution to fund the government disregards need to protect patient access to care. WASHINGTON, December 2, 2021 – Congress is on the brink of allowing massive Medicare cuts to go into effect at the start of the new year based on the language of the continuing resolution
Study Shows Intraoperative Vascular Surgeon Consultations are Increasing at a Major American Trauma Center
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Findings Reinforce Vascular Surgeons’ Value for Trauma Centers
Medicare Cuts to Vascular Surgery Ignore Realities of Pandemic and Will Harm Patient Care
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) urges Congress to stop the harmful Medicare cuts that will take effect in less than two months and will limit patient access to needed care; Majority of the U.S. House supports stopping the cuts.
More Than One Million Health Care Providers Tell Congress to Stop Medicare Cuts
Organizations representing more than one million physician and non-physician health care providers unite to protect care for the millions of seniors who rely on the Medicare program.
Study Shows Increase in Risk of Renal Failure Following Lytic Therapy for Acute Deep Vein Thrombosis
A large single-center retrospective study reveals the risk of acute kidney injury (AKI) following pharmacomechanical thrombolysis (PMT) for lower extremity deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a high as 22%.
Recent Articles
Celebrating Women's History Month - A Profile on Ruth Bush, MD, JD, MPH, FACS, DFSVS
Dr. Ruth L. Bush (MD, JD, MPH, FACS, DFSVS) is a professor of vascular surgery and the Associate Dean for Educational Affairs at the John Sealy School of Medicine-University of Texas Medical Branch.
Visual Presentations, Abstracts, Preview Upcoming VAM Sessions
To provide potential attendees with a sneak peek at some of education that will be presented at the Vascular Annual Meeting, the Society for Vascular Surgery has launched virtual representations promoting several of its educational sessions.
VAM 2023: Early-bird registration opens
Meeting registration and hotel reservations opened March 15 for the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) 2023 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM).
Celebrating Women's History Month - A Profile on Kristina Giles, MD
Dr. Giles is currently the Chief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at Maine Medical Center.
Celebrating Black History Month - A Profile on Lee Kirksey, MD
I would like to romanticize it and claim that it was love at first site…but I would be lying. Vascular surgery was my first my very first surgery experience as a third-year medical student at Ohio State University.
David Han Re-elected to Influential RUC
SVS member David Han has been re-elected to the American Medical Association Relative Values Scale (RVS) RVS Update Committee (RUC). His two-year term begins in March and ends in February 2025.
Celebrating Black History Month - A Profile on Frederick Beavers, MD
Dr. Frederick P. Beavers’ life depicts him as the embodiment of an experienced professional. Through trial and error, he has gained the ability to interact with patients, colleagues and administrators.
VAM 2023 meeting set to take place as exclusively in-person event
A block party on opening day, session recordings available daily and—of course—the educational and scientific sessions for which the Society for Va
SVS, VQI Respond to CMS Proposal
The Society for Vascular Surgery and the SVS’ Vascular Quality Initiative both have sent letters to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regarding changing the National Coverage Determination for percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of the carotid artery concurrent with stenting.
Celebrating Black History Month - A Profile on Kyle Reynolds, MD
Dr. Kyle B. Reynolds knows firsthand how life can follow a nonlinear progression, given how his path into vascular surgery was the answer that awaited him at the end of his journey.
SVS: Pay 2023 dues to avoid lapse in benefits
Members, have any of you missed your most recent issue of Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS)? If so, it could be because your 2023 Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) dues have not yet been paid.
Recent Articles
Celebrating Women's History Month - A Profile on Ruth Bush, MD, JD, MPH, FACS, DFSVS
Dr. Ruth L. Bush (MD, JD, MPH, FACS, DFSVS) is a professor of vascular surgery and the Associate Dean for Educational Affairs at the John Sealy School of Medicine-University of Texas Medical Branch.
Visual Presentations, Abstracts, Preview Upcoming VAM Sessions
To provide potential attendees with a sneak peek at some of education that will be presented at the Vascular Annual Meeting, the Society for Vascular Surgery has launched virtual representations promoting several of its educational sessions.
VAM 2023: Early-bird registration opens
Meeting registration and hotel reservations opened March 15 for the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) 2023 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM).
Celebrating Women's History Month - A Profile on Kristina Giles, MD
Dr. Giles is currently the Chief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at Maine Medical Center.
Celebrating Black History Month - A Profile on Lee Kirksey, MD
I would like to romanticize it and claim that it was love at first site…but I would be lying. Vascular surgery was my first my very first surgery experience as a third-year medical student at Ohio State University.
David Han Re-elected to Influential RUC
SVS member David Han has been re-elected to the American Medical Association Relative Values Scale (RVS) RVS Update Committee (RUC). His two-year term begins in March and ends in February 2025.
Celebrating Black History Month - A Profile on Frederick Beavers, MD
Dr. Frederick P. Beavers’ life depicts him as the embodiment of an experienced professional. Through trial and error, he has gained the ability to interact with patients, colleagues and administrators.
VAM 2023 meeting set to take place as exclusively in-person event
A block party on opening day, session recordings available daily and—of course—the educational and scientific sessions for which the Society for Va
SVS, VQI Respond to CMS Proposal
The Society for Vascular Surgery and the SVS’ Vascular Quality Initiative both have sent letters to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regarding changing the National Coverage Determination for percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of the carotid artery concurrent with stenting.
Celebrating Black History Month - A Profile on Kyle Reynolds, MD
Dr. Kyle B. Reynolds knows firsthand how life can follow a nonlinear progression, given how his path into vascular surgery was the answer that awaited him at the end of his journey.
SVS: Pay 2023 dues to avoid lapse in benefits
Members, have any of you missed your most recent issue of Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS)? If so, it could be because your 2023 Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) dues have not yet been paid.