Wednesday
SESSION 38: UPDATES AND ISSUES IMPORTANT TO ALL VASCULAR SURGEONS AND SPECIALISTS: FUTURE REIMBURSEMENT; ETHICS OF INSURANCE; VASCULAR REGISTRIES AND THE VQI, VALUE OF GUIDELINES, ENDPOINTS; INDUSTRY RELATIONS; IMPACT OF GOVERNMENT (ACA) AND REGULATORY AGENCIES (FDA)
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Jack L. Cronenwett, MD / Robert M. Zwolak, MD, PhD  
SESSION 38 SCHEDULE
4:13 PM - 4:18 PM What Obstacles And Blows Are Vascular Surgeons And Other Vascular Specialists Facing In 2021: Will Planned Increased Reimbursement For Office And Hospital Visits Cause Decreases In Procedural Reimbursements
  Presenter(s):Sean P. Roddy, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
4:19 PM - 4:24 PM How Can Vascular Surgeons Identify High Risk, High Cost Patients And Help Health Care Systems Control Costs: How To Prevent Inappropriate Treatments In These Patients
  Presenter(s):Lee Kirksey, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
4:25 PM - 4:30 PM Update On Valuable New Information From The International Consortium of Vascular Registries (ICVR)
  Presenter(s):Adam Beck, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
4:31 PM - 4:36 PM The Role And Value Of Guidelines In Vascular Practice; Why Guidelines Can Be Misleading; How Should They Be Written To Not Be
  Presenter(s):Anders Wanhainen, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
4:37 PM - 4:42 PM The Ethics Of The Health Insurance Business Models To Reduce Costs: Patients Are Not Being Well Served: What Can Be Done About It
  Presenter(s):James W. Jones, MD, PhD, MHA  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
4:43 PM - 4:48 PM Importance Of Clinical Endpoints (Like Wound Healing, Amputation) Rather Than Proxy Endpoints (Like TLR) In Evaluating New Endovascular Technology And Its Incremental Benefits
  Presenter(s):Jim Reekers, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
4:49 PM - 4:54 PM Effects Of The Affordable Care Act (ACA) On Vascular Surgical Outcomes: Does The Medicaid Expansion Of The ACA Improve Outcomes Or Not
  Presenter(s):Mohammad H. Eslami, MD, MPH  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
4:55 PM - 5:00 PM Despite What The New York Times And Others Say, Close Relationships Of Vascular Surgeons With Industry Are Ethical And Beneficial To Patients And Society: Pitfalls To Avoid
  Presenter(s):Bruce A. Perler, MD, MBA  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
5:01 PM - 5:06 PM Panel Discussion
5:06 PM - 5:11 PM Propensity Score Matching Studies: How Do They Work And What Are Their Strengths And Weaknesses
  Presenter(s):Charles C. Miller, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
REGULALTORY ISSUES
5:12 PM - 5:17 PM Historical Perspective Over The Last 25 Years On FDA Approvals Of EVAR Devices Submitted By Investigators And Industry: Lessons Learned To Guide Future Applications
  Presenter(s):Dorothy B. Abel, BSBME  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
5:18 PM - 5:23 PM The New (2020) European Regulations For Medical Device Approval: Will They Impede Approval Of Endovascular Treatments
  Presenter(s):Jim Reekers, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
5:24 PM - 5:29 PM Are The Quality, Safety And Effectiveness Of Generic Drugs Equating Those Of The Patented Original Drugs: How Is The FDA Assuring Equivalence; Should The FDA Do More
  Presenter(s):Valerie M. Merkle, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
JOURNAL ISSUES
5:30 PM - 5:35 PM How To Get A Paper Accepted In A High Impact Journal Like The JVS: Does Bias Ever Matter
  Presenter(s):Peter Gloviczki, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
5:36 PM - 5:41 PM Non-Compliance With The SVS AAA Practice Guidelines Is Common: How Does It Impact On Outcomes
  Presenter(s):Elliot L. Chaikof, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
VQI TOPICS
5:42 PM - 5:47 PM Recent Challenges And Accomplishments Of The SVS VQI: A Worthy Organization
  Presenter(s):Jens Eldrup-Jorgensen, MD / Jack L. Cronenwett, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
5:48 PM - 5:53 PM Using The SVS VQI To Improve The Practice Of Vascular Surgery: What Is The Concept Of CAPT And How Can It Help
  Presenter(s):Fred A. Weaver, MD, MMM  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
5:54 PM - 6:00 PM Panel Discussion
End of Program E

END OF SESSION 38
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