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November 2-3, 2007
Marriott Crystal Gateway Hotel
Arlington, VA, near Ronald Reagan Airport
This two-day conference on the latest regulatory and legislative issues affecting the vascular ultrasound profession provides an excellent opportunity for vascular technologists/sonographers, physicians, lab medical directors, lab and hospital billing/reimbursement managers to get the current information from those in the know. The conference is filled with information and strategies on how to navigate your way through the complex network of federal government agencies and federal legislation that impacts the vascular ultrasound profession, especially in terms of Medicare reimbursement for vascular ultrasound studies performed in a hospital laboratory or independent testing facility. You will have direct access to several expert speakers with a generous amount of time for Q&A. You also will take home several valuable resources and critical information of value to your lab’s billing/reimbursement policy. COURSE OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this Current Issues Conference, attendees should:
- Be aware of current regulatory issues affecting the vascular ultrasound profession and the recent efforts of SVU’s Government Relations Committee
- Understand the various CMS policies/regulatory issues affecting vascular labs, such as a possible Pay for Performance Policy
- Learn what clinical and practice actions could result in a possible government investigation of your lab and how to avoid them
- Know how to receive the appropriate reimbursement for your vascular lab studies
- Learn why your vascular lab should be accredited by ICAVL
- Understand why state Local Coverage Determinations (LCD) are changing and the impact of those changes on your lab
- Understand why SVU, through the Coalition for Quality in Ultrasound (CQU), is in complete support of a credentialing and/or accreditation requirement in LCDs for reimbursement for vascular lab studies
- Learn what’s new in billing and coding for vascular labs
- Learn why the halls of Congress are the new battlefield where decisions are being made about managing the use of imaging services, including vascular ultrasound studies.
- And more...
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
- Physicians and vascular technologists/sonographers who are working in the vascular ultrasound field and want to update and enhance their knowledge of interpretation of vascular ultrasound studies or reimbursement related issues.
- Vascular technologists/sonographers and lab/hospital billing/reimbursement managers who are seeking to further their understanding of the regulatory and legislative issues affecting the vascular ultrasound profession.
- Any physicians and vascular technologists/sonographers who require continuing medical education units to maintain either laboratory accreditation or individual credentials.
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