The Outpatient Endovascular & Interventional Society (OEIS) The voice of advocacy for the OBL: Origins, Principles and Historical Perspective

The physician office offering imaging guided endovascular and minimally invasive interventional procedures is often referred to as an OBL (office based lab), OIS (office interventional suite) or OES (office endovascular suite). Initially, OBL's depended upon the national societies of interventional radiology (SIR), vascular surgery (SVS) and interventional cardiology (SCAI) to advocate for them. However, the OBL space needed a voice dedicated to advocating for the appropriate reimbursement of procedures in the OBL to allow the OBL to survive as a viable site of service and become integral to healthcare delivery in the US healthcare system.
Source: Techniques in Vascular and Interventional Radiology - Category: Radiology Authors: Source Type: research