February 2008
Dateline: Washington (50K PDF)
- Congress passes stopgap payment measure
- ACS launches strategic response
- CMS announces new NPI policy
- Public hearing on general surgery in Georgia
Hospice and palliative medicine: Surgeons effectively push for new specialty (130K PDF)
Symposium considers the art of medicine at the end of life (100K PDF)
The art of medicine at the end of life: A surgeon's point of view (105K PDF)
The art of medicine at the end of life: The challenges ahead (130K PDF)
Final phase of the Stark regulations takes effect: How we got here (120K 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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