October 2004

  From My Perspective (60K PDF)

 Dateline: Washington (15K PDF)

• CMS eliminates coding grace period
• CMS proposes policy on emergency services
• Medicare announces 2005 premium and deductibles
• NIH offers student loan repayment
• Dr. McGinnis appointed to NQF panel
• American hospitals reporting quality data

  How will limitations imposed on residents' work hours affect medicine? (443K PDF)

  Patrick: A Story of Hope (584K PDF)

  College responds to young surgeons asking, "What's in it for me?" (88K PDF)

  What surgeons should know about... What's wrong with the SGR (43K 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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