April 2007
Dateline: Washington (50K PDF)
- President's budget cuts health care
- Trauma funding bills introduced
- Health Partnership Act introduced
- Resubmit Aetna E/M claims with modifier –57
- New Jersey governor vetoes cosmetic surgery tax repeal
What surgeons should know about... The EMTALA TAG (70K PDF)
Surgery's 2007 federal advocacy agenda (150K PDF)
Staying Safe: Simple tools for safe surgery (310K PDF)
Surgical lifestyles Retired surgeon is now a "clock doctor" (220K PDF)
The economics of managed care reimbursement: A rationale for nonparticipation (280K PDF)
Socioeconomic tips: Getting ready for Medicare's new quality reporting program (70K PDF)
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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