January 2004

  From My Perspective (60K PDF)

 Dateline: Washington (16K PDF)

• Medicare overhaul signed into law
• Survey of Fellows indicates troubling trends
• CMS releases Medicare improper payment rate for 2003

 What surgeons should know about... The 2004 Medicare fee schedule (30K PDF)

 UCLA introduces state-of-the-art surgical suites (545K PDF)

CPT changes in 2004 (110K PDF)

The Swedish Patient Compensation System: A viable alternative to the U.S. tort system? (210K PDF)

• CVA Codes (23K .xls) (Right click and "save target as" to download)

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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