March 2003

  From My Perspective (55 K PDF)

 Dateline: Washington (15 K PDF)

• ACS applauds payment problem correction
• President's health care priorities identified
• Liability reform legislation reintroduced
• Changes proposed for state health insurance programs

  What price commitment? Point/counterpoint

• What price commitment? (145K PDF)
• Counterpoint: What price commitment? (60K PDF)
• Dr. Trunkey's response to Dr. Mabry's counterpoint (22K PDF)
• Dr. Mabry: The last word (25K PDF)

  The quality imperative: New tools and expanded responsibilities for surgeons (65K PDF)

  Surgical technology: A perspective from the FDA (150K PDF)

  Ten specialty board report accomplishments and plans (50K PDF)

  In compliance...with HIPAA rules (12K PDF)

  Socioeconomic tip of the month: Medicare's Correct Coding Initiative (24K PDF)

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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