Wednesday
SESSION 38: TOPICS RELATED TO THE FDA, VALUE OF A VASCULAR SURGEON, VASCULAR PRACTICE, THE SVS, VQI AND GOVERNMENTAL REGULATIONS AND REIMBURSEMENT
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Ali F. AbuRahma, MD / Keith D. Calligaro, MD  
SESSION 38 SCHEDULE
4:55 PM - 5:00 PM How Innovative Vascular Devices Can Get To Market: What Is The De Novo Pathway
  Presenter(s):Dorothy B. Abel, BSBME  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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5:01 PM - 5:06 PM What Is The Value Of A Vascular Surgeon To A Health Care System In And Out Of The Operating Room: In Many Ways It Is Priceless But Under-Rewarded
  Presenter(s):Richard J. Powell, MD / Fred A. Weaver, MD, MMM  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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5:07 PM - 5:12 PM How Can Vascular Surgeons Best Cope In A MIPS And MACRA World: What Will Happen With The Medical Device Excise Tax In 2020 And Why Its Repeal Is Important To Vascular Surgeons And Vascular Specialists
  Presenter(s):Robert M. Zwolak, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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5:13 PM - 5:18 PM What Is On The Horizon For Vascular Surgeons And Vascular Specialists Reimbursement: Will Income Go Up Or Down For The Same Amount Of Work
  Presenter(s):Sean P. Roddy, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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5:19 PM - 5:24 PM Opposite Trends In Reimbursement By CMS For Arterial And Venous Procedures: Implications For Vascular Surgery Practices
  Presenter(s):Thomas F. O'Donnell, Jr., MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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5:25 PM - 5:30 PM Revascularization For CLTI By Endovascular Treatments Or Open Surgery Is Cost Effective And Saves Lives Compared To Major Amputations
  Presenter(s):Richard F. Neville, MD / Jihad A. Mustapha, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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5:31 PM - 5:36 PM How To Shorten Lengths Of Stay After Vascular Open Surgery Or Interventions: It Is Not Easy, But It Is Doable
  Presenter(s):Fred A. Weaver, MD, MMM  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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5:37 PM - 5:42 PM Progress In And Value Of The SVS VQI Program: Where Is It Going And Why Will It Become Increasingly Important
  Presenter(s):Jack L. Cronenwett, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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5:43 PM - 5:48 PM Improvements In Vascular Specialist, The SVS Newspaper: Opportunities And Challenges And How It Can Benefit Vascular Surgeons And Others
  Presenter(s):Malachi Sheahan, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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5:49 PM - 5:54 PM Recent Improvements In The JVS: How To Get A Paper Accepted In The JVS: How Best To Review A Paper For The JVS
  Presenter(s):Peter Gloviczki, MD / Peter F. Lawrence, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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5:55 PM - 6:02 PM Panel Discussion
End of Program E

END OF SESSION 38
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