Wednesday
SESSION 35: MORE ISSUES FOR VASCULAR SURGEONS AND VASCULAR SPECIALISTS: THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, WHERE IT'S GOING; REIMBURSEMENT, VASCULAR MDs’ HEALTH AND ETHICS
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Hans-Henning Eckstein, MD, PhD / Sean P. Roddy, MD  
SESSION 35 SCHEDULE
1:00 PM - 1:05 PM Drivers Of Innovation And New Developments In Medical AAA Treatments: Metformin Is The Newest Drug Of Interest
  Presenter(s):Ronald L. Dalman, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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1:06 PM - 1:11 PM The Importance Of Ethics In Vascular Surgery: How To Resolve Interspecialty Conflicts And Remove Bad Doctors With Poor Outcomes: Turf Issues Cannot Be Allowed To Trump Quality Care
  Presenter(s):Tej M. Singh, MD, MBA  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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1:12 PM - 1:17 PM Do Real Treatments Of Vascular Lesions Conform To Guidelines: What Motivates Doctors To Do Procedures: From The IDOMENEO Study
  Presenter(s):Sebastian E. Debus, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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1:18 PM - 1:23 PM Serious Causes Of Aches, Pains And Ailments To Which Vascular Surgeons And Specialists Are Vulnerable To From Their Procedures: What Can Be Done To Minimize Them Or Treat Them
  Presenter(s):Samuel R. Money, MD, MBA  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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1:24 PM - 1:29 PM Why Vascular Surgeons And Specialists Should Always Be Looking And Planning For Their Next Job: Firing Or Forced Exit Is Always A Possibility: We Should Be Ready
  Presenter(s):Sigrid Nikol, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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1:30 PM - 1:35 PM Vascular Surgeons Are Essential To Our Health Care System: Why Are They Often Excluded From Administrative Decision Making And Resource Assignment
  Presenter(s):Jeffrey H. Hsu, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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1:36 PM - 1:41 PM Obamacare May Not Be So Bad After All: The Maryland Experience Shows Why
  Presenter(s):James H. Black III, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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1:42 PM - 1:47 PM What Factors In New Health Care Systems Affect Reimbursement: How Can These Be Modified To Improve Vascular Surgeons’ Incomes
  Presenter(s):Francesco A. Aiello, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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1:48 PM - 1:53 PM Where Is Health Care Reform Going: Will MACRA Continue: What Will Happen To Vascular Surgeons’/Specialists’ Incomes
  Presenter(s):Timothy F. Kresowik, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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1:54 PM - 1:59 PM What Is Going To Pay For Expensive Vascular Care As The US Shifts From Obamacare (The ACA) To Whatever Is Next: Are Alternate Payment Plans An Answer
  Presenter(s):Sean P. Lyden, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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2:00 PM - 2:05 PM Pay For Performance (PFP) Does Not Benefit Vascular Patients: It Induces Vascular Surgeons And Specialists To Intervene On Easy Cases That Need No Procedure And To Avoid Difficult Cases That Really Need Treatment
  Presenter(s):James W. Jones, MD, PhD, MHA  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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2:06 PM - 2:12 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 35
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