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Recent Trends in Clinical Setting and Provider Specialty for Endovascular Peripheral Artery Disease Interventions for the Medicare Population. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2020 Apr;31(4):614-621.e2

Date

03/05/2020

Pubmed ID

32127322

DOI

10.1016/j.jvir.2019.10.025

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-85080130040 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   39 Citations

Abstract

PURPOSE: To describe national trends in peripheral endovascular interventions by physician specialty, anatomic segment of disease, and clinical location of service.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Current Procedural Terminology codes were used to identify claims for peripheral vascular interventions (PVIs) in 2011-2017 Physician Supplier Procedure Summary master files, which contain 100% Part B Medicare billing. Market share was defined as enrollment-adjusted proportion of billed PVI services for each specialty. Annual volume of billed services was additionally evaluated by clinical location (inpatient, outpatient, office-based laboratories) and anatomic segment of disease (iliac, femoral/popliteal, infrapopliteal).

RESULTS: Aggregate PVI claims increased 31.3%, from 227,091 in 2011 to 298,127 in 2017. Annual market share remained relatively stable for all specialties: surgery, 48.3%-49.6%; cardiology, 37.2%-35.1%; radiology, 12.8%-13.3%. Accounting for Medicare enrollment, the volume of iliac interventions decreased by 18% over the study period, while femoral/popliteal interventions increased modestly (+7.5%) and infrapopliteal interventions increased (+46%). The greatest proportional increase in infrapopliteal claims occurred among radiologists (surgeons +40.4%, cardiologists +32.1%, radiologists +106.6%). Adjusting for enrollment, claims from office-based laboratories increased substantially (+305.7%), while hospital-based billing decreased (inpatient -25.7%, outpatient -12.9%). Office-based laboratory utilization increased dramatically with all specialties (surgery +331.8%, cardiology +256.0%, radiology +475.7%).

CONCLUSIONS: Utilization of PVIs continues to increase, while specialty market shares have stabilized since 2011, leaving surgeons and cardiologists as the major providers of endovascular peripheral artery disease care. The greatest relative increases are occurring in infrapopliteal interventions and office-based laboratory procedures, where radiologist involvement has increased dramatically.

Author List

Schramm KM, DeWitt PE, Dybul S, Rochon PJ, Patel P, Hieb RA, Rogers RK, Ryu RK, Wolhauer M, Hong K, Trivedi PS

Authors

Robert A. Hieb MD, RVT, FSIR Professor in the Radiology department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Parag J. Patel MD, MS, FSIR Vice Chair, Professor in the Radiology department at Medical College of Wisconsin




MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Administrative Claims, Healthcare
Ambulatory Care
Ambulatory Surgical Procedures
Cardiologists
Databases, Factual
Endovascular Procedures
Hospitalization
Humans
Lower Extremity
Medicare
Peripheral Arterial Disease
Practice Patterns, Physicians'
Radiologists
Specialization
Surgeons
Time Factors
United States