Prepared by the SVS Young Surgeons Advisory Committee

Prepared by Bhagwan Satiani, MD, MBA^a and Michael Go, MD^a on behalf of the SVS Community Practice Committee

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.

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.

Prepared by Stephen P. Murray, MD, FACS^a and Bhagwan Satiani, MD, MBA^b on behalf of the SVS Community Practice Committee

Prepared by Timothy Wu, MD and Rabih A. Chaer, MD on behalf of the SVS Young Surgeons Committee and Nichol L. Salvo, DPM on behalf of the APMA Young Physicians’ Leadership Panel 

CMS has established a process for reporting postoperative encounters, inpatient and outpatient, during the surgical 10- or 90-day global period for a select number of procedure codes. The physician fee schedule (PFS) reimburses services based on all services rendered during the global period, inclusive of surgical procedures and all postoperative visits, as a single PFS payment.

This practice memo reviews the board certification process for vascular surgery and provides some helpful hints for preparation.

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.

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.