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The Opportunity for Impactful Integration of Vascular and Podiatric Care

Background: The importance of collaboration between vascular and podiatric surgeons has been well-established. High-level partnerships are integral to the development of multidisciplinary programs and wound care centers, ultimately resulting in improved patient outcomes. This vascular–podiatric inte...

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Autores principales: Kim, Young, Southerland, Kevin W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10573282/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37834881
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12196237
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description Background: The importance of collaboration between vascular and podiatric surgeons has been well-established. High-level partnerships are integral to the development of multidisciplinary programs and wound care centers, ultimately resulting in improved patient outcomes. This vascular–podiatric integration is not universal, however, and podiatric surgery may not be aligned within a vascular surgery division at many institutions. As one such institution, we reviewed our single-center experience in order to identify opportunities for the impactful integration of vascular–podiatric patient care. Methods: Institutional electronic medical records were retrospectively reviewed for all procedures performed by vascular surgeons at a high volume, safety-net academic medical center. Data were collected on all primary and additional procedures, current procedural terminology (CPT) codes, case type (elective, urgent, emergent), surgeon specialty, and date/time of the procedures performed. CPT codes were linked to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Physician Fee Schedule to estimate the work relative value unit (wRVU) per procedure. Results: From 2018 to 2022, vascular surgeons performed a total of 12,206 operations, of which 1102 (9.9%) involved podiatric procedures. The most common vascular-performed podiatry procedures performed were toe amputations (38.1%, n = 420), transmetatarsal foot amputations (20.1%, n = 222), and ankle/foot debridement (16.2%, n = 178). Foot/ankle-specific procedures were identified as the primary procedure in 726 (65.9%) cases and as the adjunct procedure in 376 (34.1%) cases. A substantial proportion of podiatric procedures occurred on an urgent (n = 278, 25.2%) or emergent (n = 28, 2.5%) basis. A total of 163 (14.8%) cases occurred after hours (either before 0600 or after 1800), and 133 (12.1%) cases were performed on a holiday or weekend. Procedure-specific revenue included 4243.39 wRVU for primary procedures and 2108.08 wRVU for additional procedures performed. Conclusions: We report our single-center experience in which vascular surgeons provide a significant proportion of podiatric procedures. Our study underscores the potential for integrating podiatric surgeons within a vascular surgical division and presents opportunities for collaboration and enhanced patient care.
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spelling pubmed-105732822023-10-14 The Opportunity for Impactful Integration of Vascular and Podiatric Care Kim, Young Southerland, Kevin W. J Clin Med Article Background: The importance of collaboration between vascular and podiatric surgeons has been well-established. High-level partnerships are integral to the development of multidisciplinary programs and wound care centers, ultimately resulting in improved patient outcomes. This vascular–podiatric integration is not universal, however, and podiatric surgery may not be aligned within a vascular surgery division at many institutions. As one such institution, we reviewed our single-center experience in order to identify opportunities for the impactful integration of vascular–podiatric patient care. Methods: Institutional electronic medical records were retrospectively reviewed for all procedures performed by vascular surgeons at a high volume, safety-net academic medical center. Data were collected on all primary and additional procedures, current procedural terminology (CPT) codes, case type (elective, urgent, emergent), surgeon specialty, and date/time of the procedures performed. CPT codes were linked to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Physician Fee Schedule to estimate the work relative value unit (wRVU) per procedure. Results: From 2018 to 2022, vascular surgeons performed a total of 12,206 operations, of which 1102 (9.9%) involved podiatric procedures. The most common vascular-performed podiatry procedures performed were toe amputations (38.1%, n = 420), transmetatarsal foot amputations (20.1%, n = 222), and ankle/foot debridement (16.2%, n = 178). Foot/ankle-specific procedures were identified as the primary procedure in 726 (65.9%) cases and as the adjunct procedure in 376 (34.1%) cases. A substantial proportion of podiatric procedures occurred on an urgent (n = 278, 25.2%) or emergent (n = 28, 2.5%) basis. A total of 163 (14.8%) cases occurred after hours (either before 0600 or after 1800), and 133 (12.1%) cases were performed on a holiday or weekend. Procedure-specific revenue included 4243.39 wRVU for primary procedures and 2108.08 wRVU for additional procedures performed. Conclusions: We report our single-center experience in which vascular surgeons provide a significant proportion of podiatric procedures. Our study underscores the potential for integrating podiatric surgeons within a vascular surgical division and presents opportunities for collaboration and enhanced patient care. MDPI 2023-09-27 /pmc/articles/PMC10573282/ /pubmed/37834881 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12196237 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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