February 2008

  From My Perspective (80K PDF)

 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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