July 2003

  From My Perspective (19 K PDF)

 Dateline: Washington (13 K PDF)

• Medicare reforms address physician concerns
• National Trauma Awareness Month events held
• NQF suggests "safe practices"
• Hearings focus on physician quality

 Surgical lifestyles: Going the distance in the OR and in athletics (90K PDF)

 In Compliance...with HIPAA rules (14K PDF)

 State Affairs: A mid-year update (24K PDF)

 Profiles in Leadership: C. Rollins Hanlon, MD, FACS

More Bulletin Articles

• Chapter News
• NTDB^® Data Points
• Socioeconomic tips of the month
• In Compliance... with HIPAA Rules
• What surgeons should know about...
• ACOSOG Articles Published in the ACS Bulletin
• Publications on Advocacy and Health Policy Issues

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