June 2007
  From My Perspective (80K PDF)
Dateline: Washington (50K PDF)
- NQF approves ACS quality measures
- Trauma reauthorization bill passed
- Tougher standards set for FDA advisors
- Bidding rules for DMEPOS announced
- Rumors sink Georgia CON bill
What surgeons should know about... Medicare's Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (95K PDF)
Indian Health Service: Providing care to Native Americans and Alaska Natives (280K PDF)
The ACS Case Log System: A key tool for surgical self-evaluation, privileging, and maintenance of certification (245K PDF)
The ACS Surgical Quality Alliance: Specialty societies improving quality for the surgical patient (370K PDF)
Surgical research and the new privacy laws (275K PDF)
The COT's Resident Papers Competition: Promoting careers in trauma surgery (235K PDF)
Socioeconomic tips: ACS Coding Hotline: Unusual coding questions (110K PDF)
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