On Friday, June 6th, during SVU’s 2008 Annual Conference
in San Diego, the SVU Advocacy Committee will present an Update session
on various legislative and regulatory advocacy issues affecting the
vascular ultrasound profession.
Dave Parlato, Chair of the SVU Advocacy Committee, will moderate the
annual conference session with the following speakers and their topics:
- Anne Jones, RN BSN RVT RDMA FSVU, will provide an update on the
status of the CARE Bill in the second session of the 110th Congress.
The bill is strongly supported by the Alliance for Quality Imaging
and Radiation Therapy, of which SVU is a member. Anne also will discuss
the latest efforts of the Coalition for Quality in Ultrasound (CQU)
on the need to include technologist credentialing and/or lab accreditation
in the various state local coverage determinations (LCDs)
- Michael Lilly, MD, will provide an update of the latest efforts
in Oregon to pass a medical imaging licensure bill in 2009 that also
would impact vascular technologists. SVU is a participant in the Sonography
Licensure Coalition (SLC) that is meeting with various medical and
state legislature groups to make sure that the vascular ultrasound
profession is properly represented in the development of the bill
for consideration by the Oregon legislature in 2009.
- Cliff Sales, MD, will present an update in the Fistula First Breakthrough
Initiative with CMS.
- Robert Zwolak, MD, who is Chair of the SVS Government Relations
Committee, will present an update on the impact to date on the Medicare
cuts on the ultrasound profession as a result of the DRA. SVS and
SVU will be doing a joint member survey soon on the impact of the
DRA cuts on their members and their vascular labs. Dr. Zwolak also
will speak on the SAAAVE Act that was included in the DRA.
SVU will continue to report on these various legislative and regulatory
advocacy efforts in the monthly e-Spectrum newsletter, on the SVU website
and by broadcast email. Thank you for you support of SVU’s advocacy
efforts on behalf of the entire vascular ultrasound profession. |
