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Thousands of Patients May Be Undergoing Vascular Procedures Too Soon or Unnecessarily

Four years ago, researchers warned the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that some doctors were overusing — potentially even abusing — invasive vascular procedures, increasing patients' ...
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This Researcher Warned of Unnecessary, Risky Vascular Procedures. She Was Called a “Nazi” and Accused of “Fratricide.”

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Vascular surgeon Dr. Caitlin Hicks recalls the first time, ...
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In the “Wild West” of Outpatient Vascular Care, Doctors Can Reap Huge Payments as Patients Risk Life and Limb

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. In the suburbs of Maryland, Dr. Jeffery Dormu’s presence is ...
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N4T INVESTIGATORS: Former patients claim Arizona-based vascular clinic provided 'harmful and unnecessary' procedures

TUCSON (KVOA) - Some former patients of Arizona-based vascular outpatient clinic Modern Vascular claim they received unnecessary and harmful procedures. Kae Barnes now lives day by day without the use ...
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Society for Vascular Surgery Vascular Quality Initiative (SVS VQI) Celebrates 1M Procedures

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Society for Vascular Surgery® Vascular Quality Initiative® (SVS VQI) clinical registry announced today it has now collected over one million procedures in its database.
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Thousands of patients may be undergoing vascular procedures too soon or unnecessarily

Millions of Americans suffer from clogged arteries. But doctors have dangerous incentives to perform excessive and risky procedures. Four years ago, researchers warned the Centers for Medicare and ...