September 2004

  From My Perspective (60K PDF)

 Dateline: Washington (15K PDF)

• Senate passes patient safety legislation
• Medicare fee schedule proposed rule issued
• ACS discusses quality initiatives with CMS
• Guidance issued on HIPAA privacy rule and law enforcement
• ACS replies to inpatient rule on graduate medical education

  Changes in resident training affect what you can expect from your next partner (90K PDF)

  Doctors for Medical Liability Reform (217K PDF)

  Cooperstown surgeons throw a pitch for rural surgery (233K PDF)

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• 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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