January 2005

  From My Perspective (60K PDF)

 Dateline: Washington (15K PDF)

• Final rule on 2005 Medicare fee schedule released
• New outpatient prospective payment policies issued
• Institute analyzes postelection climate

  Surgical lifestyles: Surgeon has "Photographic Memory" of historical advances (840K PDF)

 CPT: Current Procedural Terminology changes for 2005 (70K PDF)

 Board of Governors: Report from the Committee on Chapter Activities (85K 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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