September 2007

  From My Perspective (80K PDF)

 Dateline: Washington (50K PDF)

• College supports payment reform bill
• Proposed rule on payment released
• CMS disseminates NPI information
• State health systems report available

   Surgery in a disaster: Assessing the lessons of the Katrina event (155K PDF)

   Access: The key concept for the ACSPA-SurgeonsPAC (160K PDF)

   Do barrier drapes reduce surgical site infections? (140K PDF)

   Surgeons Diversified Investment Fund (SDIF): One year later (210K PDF)

   Surgical lifestyles: Surgeon doctors cars (140K PDF)

   Leadership Conference spotlights surgeon influence (350K 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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