At least one military veteran discovered he had an abdominal aortic aneurysm large enough to be of concern during a large-scale screening in late July in which the SVS Foundation participated, along with several SVS members.

SVS members: Are you getting all the reimbursement money to which you are entitled? Are you leaving that money on the table, instead of in your practice?

“Correct coding is key in vascular surgery,” said Teri Romano, MBP, CPC, CMDP, one of the faculty leaders of the upcoming SVS 2019 Coding & Reimbursement Workshop. “If you code correctly, you will increase revenue.”

The third membership application deadline for 2019 is approaching quickly, on Sept. 1. SVS members receive substantial benefits, including publications, complimentary subscriptions (with the exception of Senior members) to the Journal of Vascular Surgery; education and networking with leaders at exclusive member pricing, including discounts on the Vascular Annual Meeting, Vascular Research Initiatives Conference and the Coding & Reimbursement Workshop; and management resources, including evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.

SVS President Kim Hodgson, MD, took over the leadership reins of the Society for Vascular Surgery during the 2019 Vascular Annual Meeting in June. He discusses his upcoming year as president in a series of questions and answers below.

Q. What are top priorities you want to address? You have been stressing quality – why good outcomes are no longer good enough, government perspective, practice guidelines and appropriate use criteria, for example – will this continue? What can SVS do about the topic? Are there outcomes you will work towards?

With VAM on Demand, re-live the 2019 Vascular Annual Meeting, review sessions already attended or participate in others for the first time.

Those who took advantage of pre-conference pricing should already have received their codes to access the online materials, which include hundreds of audio/slide presentations.

Others can purchase VAM on Demand now, at $199 for VAM attendees and $499 for non-attendees.

With new initiatives, plenty of educational programming and a party that was the talk of the town, the 2019 Vascular Annual Meeting has been deemed a success.

“I’ve gotten a lot of positive response,” said Matthew Eagleton, MD, chair of the SVS Program Committee, which oversees VAM programming. “I think people for the most part were very pleased.”

[[{"fid":"2684","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default","alignment":"center","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":false,"field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":false},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"default","alignment":"center","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":false,"field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":false}},"attributes":{"height":886,"width":1599,"style":"height: 305px; width: 550px; margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px;","class":"media-element file-default media-wysiwyg-align-center","data-delta":"1"}}]]

Here in the present, the Society for Vascular Surgery has information on both a past and future Vascular Annual Meeting.Access to the 2019 VAM on Demand online library is now available.

A MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS OF TRANSCAROTID ARTERY REVASCULARIZATION COMPARED TO CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY, July 2019, Journal of Vascular Surgery.

ROSEMONT, Illinois, July 2019 – The first report of a matched analysis of TCAR (transcarotid artery revascularization) and CEA (carotid endarterectomy) reveals similar incidence of stroke and death at both 30 days and one year. Results suggest that the new procedure could become an important part of vascular surgeons’ armamentarium in treating significant carotid stenosis.

[[{"fid":"2674","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default","alignment":"","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":false,"field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":false},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"default","alignment":"","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":false,"field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":false}},"attributes":{"height":550,"width":369,"style":"height: 298px; width: 200px; margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px; float: left;","class":"media-element file-default","data-delta":"1"}}]]The Society for Vascular Surgery is esta