February 2005
Dateline: Washington (40K PDF)
- Fellow wins congressional runoff election
- MedPAC drafts recommendations to Congress
- OIG reports on outpatient resident training payment strategy
- CMS aims to improve Medicare payment error rates
- Proposed ASC list is released
Process And Outcome Measures In Specialty Surgery: Early Steps In Defining Quality (255K PDF)
2004 election may affect ability to push surgery's agenda (110K PDF)
What's right and wrong in my world of medicine (130K PDF)
Socioeconomic tips... Medicare offers bonuses for physician scarcity areas (45K 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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