This Week @ ACFAS

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August 30, 2023

One Day Left to Submit Posters for for ACFAS 2024

Don’t wait any longer! Submit your poster now for consideration to present at the 2024 ACFAS Annual Scientific Conference held February 1- 4 in Tampa.

Application Deadline: August 31

Notification of Acceptance: Sent by September 29

Final PDF Deadline if Accepted: November 2

Review the guidelines and submit your poster online.

Applications Being Accepted for ACFAS Board

The ACFAS Nominations Committee is seeking qualified candidates to take part in the upcoming election to serve on the College’s Board of Directors. If you are an ACFAS Fellow and would like to help lead the profession, submit your application by September 24.

Recommended candidates will be announced to the membership by the Nominations Committee on October 23. Online voting for members will begin no later than November 15 and will end on December 1. The elected directors will be announced shortly after and will begin their term of service at the ACFAS 2024 Scientific Conference, held February 1-4, 2024 in Tampa.

Full details on the recommended criteria for election candidates can be found at acfas.org/Nominations.

Time is Running Out: ACFAS Clinical & Scientific Research Grant

Thanks to the support of PICA and the ACFAS Regions, ACFAS will provide funding of up to $25,000 for a new researcher and $75,000 for an established investigator through the ACFAS Clinical & Scientific Research Grant.

Letters of intent are due September 15 for consideration. Final applications must be submitted by October 15. Selections will be announced in December and funding begins in January 2024.

Learn more about how to qualify and submit your letter of intent now.

Action Requested: Skin Substitute Local Coverage Determinations

ACFAS has been alerted to an issue with recently finalized local coverage determinations impacting the use of cellular or tissue-based products (CTPs), or skin substitutes, from Novitas, First Coast Service Options (FSCO), and CGS Administrators. The new policies are scheduled to go into effect on September 17 and would impact wound care clinicians and patients across 15 states, Washington DC and Puerto Rico, as well as the Indian Health Service and Veterans Affairs nationally.

Wound care providers in the effected states are requested to email their respective MACs to request a delay in the implementation date to January 1, 2024 or to ask that the MAC enable a “grandfather clause” which would permit clinicians treating patients under current policy requirements to continue until the end of their 12-week POC.

Learn more and take action today.

Register Now for the Virtual Journal Club

Join us on September 21 at 7:00 pm CT for the next Virtual Journal Club with presenters Jayson Atves, DPM, FACFAS; Tiffanie Liu, DPM; and moderator Anthony J. Schwab, DPM.

Podoplastic Gait Preservation in Foot and Ankle Surgery

Host: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Foot and Ankle Research Fellowship

Fellowship Director: Jayson Atves, DPM, FACFAS

Presented by the ACFAS Research Committee, the Virtual Journal Club is complimentary for ACFAS members.

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