April 2004
 From My Perspective (60K PDF)
Dateline: Washington (15K PDF)
- Senate votes mixed on liability issues
- ACS testifies on payment
- College hosts trauma briefing
- Health spending grows
- MedPACs proposes 2.6 percent payment increase
- Bar codes required on drugs and blood
Understanding the latest changes in EMTALA: Our country's emergency care safety net (110K PDF)
The Year of the Resident: An interview with Claude H. Organ, Jr., MD, FACS (86K PDF)
Ten specialty boards report accomplishments and plans: Part II (85K PDF)
A "Principled" Approach to Surgical Patient Safety in the Office Setting (76K PDF)
Restoring palliative care as a surgical tradition (224K PDF)
Profiles in Leadership: LaSalle D. Leffall, Jr., MD, FACS
Socioeconomic tips: New resource: ACS CodingToday (103K PDF)
What surgeons should know about... The new Medicare drug benefit and related reforms: Part I (28K PDF)
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