February 2004
 From My Perspective (60K PDF)
Dateline: Washington (15K PDF)
- Drug law's implementation affects Medicare in 2004
- Health care spending continued to climb in 2002
- HHS announces Medicare discount drug program
- Operating costs for orthopaedic surgeons increase 12.3 percent
- AMA focuses on liability issues
Socioeconomic tips: Organizing your surgical practice (33K PDF)
Surgical lifestyles: Surgical lifestyles: Surgeon at home in the OR and on the ranch (209K PDF)
How Does A Bill Become A Law? (282K PDF)
A surgeon reports on his experience as a patient in an ACOSOG trial (72K PDF)
Chapter News (65K PDF)
Profiles In Leadership: Pon Satitpunwaycha, MD, FACS
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