March 2005

  From My Perspective (60K PDF)

 Dateline: Washington (40K PDF)

• Coalition pressures VA to rescind directive
• MedPAC issues reports on clinical staff
• ACS comments on final 2005 Medicare fee schedule
• Health spending slowed in 2003

  Surgical service at Abu Ghraib: One Fellow's experience (320K PDF)

  Three Fellows elected to Congress (90K PDF)

  Creativity and commitment to excellence are constants (230K PDF)

 Ten specialty boards report accomplishments and plans: Part I (80K PDF)

  In compliance... with the security rule under HIPAA (50K PDF)

  Profiles in Leadership: William W. Kridelbaugh, MD, FACS

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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