August 2005
Dateline: Washington (20K PDF)
- Medicare physician payment bills introduced
- ACS testifies on patient safety and quality initiatives
- EMTALA panel examines on-call requirements
- Medicare drug benefit education campaign launched
Liability Reform in 2005: How individual states are addressing the issues (70K PDF)
Meeting the needs of rural general surgeons: The ACS Subcommittee on Rural Surgery (80K PDF)
Terima kasih: Volunteer surgeon experiences in the wake of the 2004 Tsunami (370K PDF)
Surgical Lifestyles: Using a critical eye in surgery and art (60K PDF)
Socioeconomic tips: How do you code it? (20K 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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