April 2006

  From My Perspective (80K PDF)

 Dateline: Washington (50K PDF)

• Medicare payment cut blocked
• Details of President’s 2007 budget unveiled
• College holds Health Policy Summit
• Dr. Opelka chairs AQA surgery workgroup
• State activity to expand health care coverage

  Doctors for Medical Liability Reform (DMLR) (135K PDF)

  HURRICANE KATRINA: Surgeon survivors recount days of calamity and camaraderie (1010K PDF)

   Transitions in surgical training: The path to surgical leadership in the making of a "good" surgeon (210K PDF)

  Role of the rural general surgeon in a statewide trauma system: The Wyoming Experience (220K PDF)

   Ten specialty boards report accomplishments and plans: Part II (175K PDF)

   Profiles in Leadership: Thomas R. Russell, MD, FACS

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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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