Audible Bleeding editor Wen Kawaji (@WenKawaji) and 5th-year general surgery resident Sasank Kalipatnapu (@ksasank) from UMass Chan Medical School host SVS QPMC leadership Dr. Shutze, Dr. Hicks and Carrie McGraw to take a deep dive into the Vascular Surgery–specific Merit Based Incentive Payment System Value Pathway or MVP.

Show Guests

• Dr. William Shutze: Associate Professor at Texas A&M College of Medicine at Texas A&M Health Science Center in Dallas Texas. He is a managing partner at Texas Vascular Associates. He is the co-chair for the SVS Vascular Center Verification and Quality Improvement program, vice chair for the SVS QPMC committee

• Dr. Caitlin Hicks: Associate professor at Johns Hopkins University school of medicine, vice chair of research in the department of surgery. Chair for the SVS QPMC committee

• Carrie McGraw: SVS manager of Quality Improvement and Practice

Important resources

• 2026 Vascular MVP PDF: https://qpp-cm-prod-content.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/3100/Vascular-Surgery-MVP-Candidate.pdf

• SVS Quality improvement contact email:

[email protected]

• Vascular Specialist article:

https://vascularspecialistonline.com/introducing-the-vascular-surgery-mips-value-pathway-a-new-era-for-meaningful-specialty-driven-quality-reporting/

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