May 2006
  From My Perspective (80K PDF)
Dateline: Washington (50K PDF)
- Medicare covers bariatric surgery at accredited centers
- MedPAC recommends payment increase
- ACS educates Congress on quality improvement efforts
- Health care spending growth slows
- More beneficiaries participate in Medicare Advantage plans
Time to lend a hand: A proposal for a military medical think tank (180K PDF)
America needs a new system of medical justice (170K PDF)
Surgical lifestyles: Retirees reflect (70K PDF)
Surgical lifestyles: My last stitch (120K PDF)
Surgical lifestyles: The privilege of caring: An open letter to medical students everywhere (120K PDF)
Expanding advocacy activities in state affairs (175K PDF)
Surgery and global health: The perspective of UCSF residents on training, research, and service (440K PDF)
Surgery and global health: A mandate for training, research, and service—A faculty perspective from the UCSF (185K PDF)
Socioeconomic Tips: Two pesky CPT modifiers: –25 and –59 (65K PDF)
ACOSOG news: ACOSOG announces new statistical leadership (85K PDF)
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