Vascular Surgical Procedures - Economics
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Thursday, March 11, 2010

Revenue cycle management.

24 Sep 2009 With the widening gap between overhead expenses and reimbursement, management of the revenue cycle is a critical part of a successful vascular surgery practice. It is important to review the data on all the components of the revenue cycle: payer ... Read more...

Marketing strategies for vascular practitioners.

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: A common misconception is that marketing is synonymous with advertising. Marketing by physicians has undergone a transformation from the earlier unacceptable slick sales pitches to a more common sense, tasteful, comprehensive, and well ... Read more...

A Medicare primer.

30 Jul 2009 Medicare is a massive and essential safety healthcare net for the elderly in the United States. It covers 45 million people in 2009 (almost one-sixth of the population) and projected to cover an increasing number of aged beneficiaries with a ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Vascular Surgical Procedures - Economics'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Does vascular surgery cost too much? 24 Sep 2009
• Revenue cycle management. 24 Sep 2009
• Marketing strategies for vascular practitioners. 30 Aug 2009
• A Medicare primer. 30 Jul 2009
• Cost-effectiveness of clipping vs coiling of intracranial aneurysms after subarachnoid hemorrhage in a developing country--a prospective study. 15 Jul 2009
• Choosing a treatment for unruptured aneurysms. 29 Jun 2009
• Endovascular and conventional treatment of thoracic aortic aneurysms: a comparison of costs. 30 May 2009
• A population-based analysis of endovascular versus open thoracic aortic aneurysm repair. 29 Apr 2009
• Setting up an imaging center, adding CT, MR, [corrected] and an angiography suite to vascular labs. 30 Mar 2009
• Cost-effectiveness of preventive treatment of intracranial aneurysms: new data and uncertainties. 16 Mar 2009
• Office-based vascular lab: is it worth the effort? 27 Feb 2009
• Combined aortic debranching and thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair (TEVAR) effective but at a cost. 27 Feb 2009
• How do we guarantee trainee professional purity? 27 Feb 2009
• 24-carat gold, 14-carat gold, or platinum standards in the treatment of critical limb ischemia: bypass surgery or endovascular intervention? 30 Jan 2009
• Current trends in cardiovascular therapy. 30 Jan 2009
• Endovascular treatment of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms in the United States (2001-2006): a significant survival benefit over open repair is independently associated with increased institutional volume. 12 Jan 2009
• Outcome and survival of patients aged 75 years and older compared to younger patients after ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: do the results justify the effort? 8 Jan 2009
• Endovenous laser treatment for uncomplicated varicose veins. 30 Dec 2008
• Radiofrequency ablation for uncomplicated varicose veins. 30 Dec 2008
• Interventions for uncomplicated varicose veins. 30 Dec 2008

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Technical information about 'Vascular Surgical Procedures'

Definition: Operative procedures for the treatment of vascular disorders.

Descriptor UI: D014656

Alternative terms: Vascular Surgical Procedures; Procedures, Vascular Surgical; Surgical Procedures, Vascular; Vascular Surgical Procedure; Procedure, Vascular Surgical; Surgical Procedure, Vascular;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics; adverse effects; contraindications; mortality; psychology; rehabilitation; utilization;

Tree Number: E04.100.814;

History Note: 98; was VASCULAR SURGERY 1963-97

Technical Notes: GEN only: prefer specific blood vessel /surg; SPEC: SPEC qualif