Quality & Outcomes

May. 14, 2018 • Article

Special Announcement from the Quality and Performance Measures Committee Regarding the Medicare Quality Payment Program for 2018

Dear SVS Members – We are writing to all SVS Members to remind each of you, regardless of whether you are in academic or private practice, to check your eligibility for the Medicare Merit-Based...

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...

Sep. 5, 2017 • Article

September Webinars Offer Q&A on MACRA, MIPS

Information you MUST have this fall to prevent income loss Do the acronyms MACRA and MIPS have you confused? Do you know what you should do about data for physician reimbursement under Medicare?...

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...