Quality & Outcomes

May. 8, 2020 • Article

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...

Oct. 8, 2019 • Press Release

W. L. Gore & Associates supports SVS quality initiatives with new block grant

SVS: W. L. Gore & Associates Block Grant Will Support Vascular Quality ROSEMONT, Ill., Oct. 8, 2019 – W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. will support a new Society for Vascular Surgery initiative...

Mar. 22, 2018 • Article

Quality: Get AAA Guidelines in Several Forms

The new abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) guidelines are some of the most extensive ever developed by the Society for Vascular Surgery, with 112 recommendations and 774 supporting references. For...

Dec. 18, 2017 • Press Release

SVS Publishes First AAA Guidelines Updates in Nine Years

SVS announces major update of AAA Clinical Practice Guidelines CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 18, 2017 – A team of 14 experts has published the first update in nine years to the Society for Vascular Surgery...

May. 12, 2017 • Article

2016 VQI Participation Awards

The SVS Patient Safety Organization has announced the winners of the 2016 VQI Participation Awards. This program, in its second year, recognizes the importance of active participation in the VQI as a...