April 2007

  From My Perspective (80K PDF)

 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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