October 2005 | Vol. 23, No. 10

Register Now to Attend SVU’s 2005 Current Issues Conference, Nov. 4-5, 2005

If you want to find out the latest regulatory and legislative advocacy developments affecting the vascular ultrasound profession, register now to attend SVU’s 2005 Current Issues Conference, Nov. 4-5, at the Sheraton Crystal City Hotel in Arlington, VA, one mile from Reagan National Airport. This will be the first time since November 2003 that SVU has held a Current Issues Conference.

This year’s Current Issues Conference will include sessions on:

• Overview of SVU’s Government Relations Committee efforts
• Latest info on the Medicare Carrier’s Local Coverage Determinations (LCDs), especially as they relate to including an accreditation and/or credentialing requirement for reimbursement for vascular ultrasound studies.
• Medicare Compliance Issues
• Fraud and Abuse Issues and False Claims Litigation
• CME Policy/Regulatory Issues such as the 2006 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule and a proposed Pay For Performance Policy
• Vascular Lab Survival: Fundamentals of Medicare Reimbursement
• Medicare Audits
• Status of the SAAAVE Act in Congress
• Status of the Preserving Patient Access to Physicians Act in Congress
• And much more.

The Current Issues Conference will offer experienced government relations /reimbursement speakers from both the vascular ultrasound profession, such as Bill Schroedter, Frank West, Anne Jones and Bill Sarraille, as well as from federal government agencies and law firms.

Complete program details and a registration form for the SVU 2005 Current Issues Conference are available on the SVU website home page under Upcoming Events at www.svunet.org/events/currentissues/index.htm. The Sheraton Crystal City Hotel provides free shuttle bus service from/to Reagan National Airport

If you are involved in billing and claims reimbursement for your independent vascular lab or hospital imaging department, you need to attend this important two-day SVU Current Issues Conference.