August 2004
Dateline: Washington (15K PDF)
- New Jersey to tax surgical procedures
- ACS comments on anti-referral regulation
- Uninsured patients sue not-for-profit hospitals
- College backs AAA screening initiative
- 53 million uninsured for part of 2003
- New Medicare tool to help patients
Laparoscopy at sea: Overcoming unique challenges (293K PDF)
Surgical lifestyles: Fellow fully realizes the art of surgery (267K PDF)
The Governors' Committee on Physician Competency and Health (78K PDF)
The Gloves Are Off: The Aetna and CIGNA settlements: Part II (125K PDF)
Securing the future of general surgery: A rural surgeon's perspective (168K PDF)
The young surgeon advocate experience (50K PDF)
What surgeons should know about... the next step for quality measurement: Paying for it! (30K PDF)
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- NTDB® Data Points
- Socioeconomic tips of the month
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- ACOSOG Articles Published in the ACS Bulletin
- Publications on Advocacy and Health Policy Issues
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