October 2006
  From My Perspective (80K PDF)
Dateline: Washington (50K PDF)
- CMS proposes payment reduction
- ACS testifies on payment
- Proposal expands preventive care coverage
- New payment system proposed for ASCs
- ACS, IOM cosponsor workshops
What surgeons should know about... Trends in Medicare reimbursement (110K PDF)
Building a safer system is a priority for AMA president, William G. Plested III (85K PDF)
Surgeons on the move: "All politics is local": The importance of grassroots advocacy (125K PDF)
Surgeons on the move: The power of organization: A report on the experience of the Indiana Obesity Coalition (155K PDF)
Reply to a trial lawyer (185K PDF)
Surgeon works to manage medicine across vast distances (195K PDF)
ACOSOG news: Is wedge resection of early primary NSCLC sufficient? (330K PDF)
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