Stephen F. Daugherty, MD, FACS, FACPh, RVT, RPhS

Dr. Stephen F. Daugherty is the chairman of the healthcare policy committee for the American College of Phlebology and the medical director of VeinCare Centers of Tennessee in Clarksville, Tennessee.

Additional Articles by: Stephen F. Daugherty, MD, FACS, FACPh, RVT, RPhS

Vein Care Payment in 2021: Federal Government Walks Back Some Cuts, COVID Impacts Practices. What About the Future?

TO SAY THAT 2020 was an unusual year for the U.S. health care system is an understatement. Vein care was certainly swept up in the public health emergency (PHE), and many clinics s...


The Big Update: Medicare Coverage Efforts

Governmental and private payers have developed medical policies to limit venous care which they believe may be unnecessary or cosmetic, but vascular societies and physician members...