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Venous CommUNITY Session: Closing Gaps in Access and Research

Mar 2, 2026
The AVF's Venous CommUNITY Committee session tackled two access gaps in venous care. The first panel addressed disparities in...
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7 min read

CMS 2026 Fee Schedule Proposal: What Vein Specialists Should Know

Aug 5, 2025
AVF Healthcare Policy Committee chair Harry Ma, MD breaks down CMS's proposed 2026 Physician Fee Schedule, explaining two pro...
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4 min read

AVF Advocacy Update: Coding Wins, RUC Surveys, and Payment Reform

Jun 24, 2025
AVF's Healthcare Policy Committee chair Harry Ma, MD reports on the society's new seat in the AMA House of Delegates, coverag...
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8 min read

New AVF President Raffetto and Lymphedema Garment Coverage Update

Apr 8, 2025
This issue introduces incoming AVF President Joseph Raffetto, MD, sharing his family background, AVF history, and vision for...
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01:30:34

Venous Health Inequities: Research, Access, and Policy

Feb 18, 2025
This venous health inequities session opened with a mouse model study showing aspirin reduced thrombus formation and vein wal...
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01:55:26

AVF APP Session: Billing, Edema Workup, and Compression

Feb 16, 2025
A dedicated APP education session spans coding and reimbursement rules for nurse practitioners and PAs, ultrasound guidelines...
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9 min read

Arterial Testing and Wound Care Policy Advocacy Update

Oct 8, 2024
This issue highlights why arterial testing matters before treating venous leg wounds, noting that up to 30% of patients with...
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9 min read

Comparing Iliofemoral Thrombectomy Devices and AVF Advocacy Wins

Jul 29, 2024
This issue compares four mechanical thrombectomy devices, EKOS, Indigo Lightning Bolt, Inari ClotTriever/RevCore, and JETi, u...
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5 min read

Cybersecurity, VAM Session, and Medicare Fee Update

Apr 12, 2024
This issue reports on the Change Healthcare cyberattack's disruption to billing and prescriptions nationwide and HHS resource...
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01:01:51

SVS at AVF: Advocacy, Coding, and VQI Registry Update

Mar 6, 2024
This joint SVS and AVF session opened with the SVS strategic priorities of workforce growth, payment reform, and specialty br...
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00:40:14

AVF Toolkit: Guidelines, Member Resources and Advocacy Update

Feb 24, 2023
The AVF Toolkit session reviewed the new 2022 SVS, AVF and AVLS clinical practice guidelines part one on duplex scanning and...
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00:56:45

SVS-AVF Session: Registries, Education, DEI, and Advocacy

Feb 22, 2023
This joint SVS-AVF session covered four collaborative priorities. A registry update described growth of the varicose vein, IV...
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01:01:35

AVLS-AVF Joint Session: Registries, Reimbursement, Outcomes

Feb 25, 2022
This joint AVLS-AVF session opened with Improving Wisely data showing peer benchmarking reduced thermal ablation overuse amon...
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00:02:43

How to Submit an AVF Comment Letter to CMS on Payment

Sep 28, 2021
This quick AVF tutorial shows members how to submit a comment letter to CMS opposing proposed Medicare physician payment sche...
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Patient-Centered Care Takes Center Stage in August Issue

Aug 1, 2021
This August 2021 issue reorients Vein Specialist around the patient experience, with articles on explaining venous disease in...
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SVS-AVF Session: Venous Quality Registry Updates

Mar 20, 2021
This combined Society for Vascular Surgery and American Venous Forum session reviewed the Vascular Quality Initiative venous...
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00:51:08

Villavicencio Symposium: Horizons in Venous Disease Care

Mar 20, 2021
This Villavicencio Symposium honored founder Lionel Villavicencio and convened three expert panels on horizons in venous care...

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