This episode of ACCESS, the official podcast of Stroke: Vascular & Interventional Neurology, provides an overview of the FIRST issue of 2024. Highlights of the journal with summaries of the latest advances in vascular and interventional neurology by Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Ashutosh Jadhav followed by a discussion with Dr. Charles Matouk and Dr. Tom Brott  on the recent Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ruling. Discussing the history, rationale and implications of this decision.

For more information, visit the journal at: https://www.ahajournals.org/journal/svin

This is the URL for the transcript: https://www.ahajournals.org/do/10.1161/podcast.20240216.695392/full/