June 2003

  From My Perspective (55 K PDF)

 Dateline: Washington (13 K PDF)

• Medicare proposes revised enrollment procedures
• Medicare updates list of ambulatory procedures
• Legislation to limit work hours is reintroduced
• New members elected to the RUC
• College backs plan to avert 4.2 percent cut
• Congressional budget resolution identifies priorities

  The ripple effects of the medical liability crisis (87K PDF)

 Surgical physician assistants help solve contemporary problems (99K PDF)

 DOOMED from the start: The privatization of Medicare (39K PDF)

 Socioeconomic tips: Medicare updates (31K PDF)

 Profiles in Leadership: Oliver H. Beahrs, 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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