Archives for June 2023

The Alliance for Physician Certification and Advancement (APCA) administers the Registered Physician in Vascular Interpretation (RPVI®) examination to allow physicians, fellows, and radiologists to test and demonstrate their knowledge of echocardiography based on an objective standard. ASE’s new Registered Physician Vascular Interpretation Online Review Course will help individuals prepare for the RPVI exam. This course is ideal for board review, introductory learning, or as a review for experienced imaging readers.

Course Highlights:

• Gain access to expert-led lectures featuring cases and practice exam questions.
• Examine a variety of vascular ultrasound physics and concepts to better understand how to read and interpret vascular imaging.
• Topics covered in the course include vascular ultrasound physics, image acquisition, and carotid duplex, among others.
• Get an overview of all vascular imaging modalities from internationally renowned faculty.
• An opportunity for practical learning with didactic content that includes clinical case studies for learners of all abilities.
• Earn a maximum of 9.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
• Registrants have unlimited on-demand access to course content through March 14, 2026, 11:59 PM ET.

ASE members receive reduced registration fees as a benefit of membership. The RPVI Online Review Course costs $500 for members and $600 for nonmembers. To receive member pricing, log in to your ASE Member Portal before accessing the Learning Hub.

Download the Final Program for Event Details

The ASE 2023 Final Program is now available! Already Registered? Download the Final Program to begin planning your schedule. Not yet registered? Download the Final Program to see the many education and networking opportunities offered at ASE 2023, and register today!

The 34^th Annual Scientific Sessions in National Harbor, Maryland, June 23-26, will focus on cardiovascular ultrasound as foundational to cardiovascular practice, while also examining the exciting future of the field. Education, science, innovation, public service, global outreach, and clinical care will be on display throughout the conference. Both in-person and virtual registration options are available.

NEW THIS YEAR

• The Arena: An all-new construction hosting “can’t miss” sessions including debates, “TED” style talks, The Heart Team in Action, Echo in the Wild, Echo Heard Round the World, Best of Imaging Research, and AI and the Workflow in the Echo Lab, to name a few!
• Cardio-Oncology Building Blocks Bootcamp: All you need to know about this growing field built into an extended session.
• Echogenomics: Interaction and innovation in pediatric cardiology.
• The Cutting Edge of POCUS Training and Advantages and Limitations of Cardiac POCUS: A Case Series: Focus on critical care echo and cardiac POCUS.
• Engineering in the Echo Lab: Building the Future: Session on academic and industry collaboration.
• Echo Lab Medical and Technical Directors Forum: Lab management in challenging times.

ASE is committed to providing our members with the tools and resources they need to ensure coding accuracy and compliancy, and to maximize appropriate revenue. Log in to the ASE Member Portal and access the 2023 Coding Connection document under the “Advocacy” tab.

This free resource provides answers to echocardiography specific billing and assists you in coding accurately for the services you provide, especially in today’s environment of declining reimbursement and increased scrutiny. This newsletter includes information on recent coding updates for echocardiography services, evaluation and management services, Medicare split/shared visit changes, and ASE’s top 10 coding questions and answers.

ASE provides member-only access to coding information and a coding expert who is available to answer individual coding questions free of charge.

The May 2023 Echo magazine is now online! This issue contains interesting articles written by ASE members, including:

• The House of Cardiology, page 4
• Your Sonographer Scientific Sessions Questions Answered, What Sessions to Attend!, page 6
• Sonographer Volunteer of the Month-May, Congratulations Courtney Cassidy, RDCS, FASE, page 9
• Excitement at the ASE 2023 Scientific Sessions: The Interventional Echocardiography Track, page 11
• Perioperative Echocardiography Council Track Highlights of the ASE 2023 Scientific Sessions, page 13
• A Short History of ASE’s Scientific Sessions, page 15
• Recognizing ASE’s 2023 Award Winners, page 19
• Recap of the ASE Foundation’s March Games Fundraising Competition, page 27

ASE members can write and submit articles to Echo magazine for publication. The article submission deadline for the August 2023 issue is June 15. Visit ASE’s website to review the author submission guideline requirements on formatting, word length, etc. Contact Echo@ASEcho.org with questions and view past issues at ASEcho.org/EchoMagazine.