November 2008
Dateline: Washington (50K PDF)
- House starts looking at payment reform options
- ACS comments on fee schedule
- ACS comments on OPPS/ASC proposed rule
- New code for noncompliance with Stark law
ACS Practice Patterns Survey, Part II: Prescribing habits among surgical specialties (280K PDF)
2008 state legislative activity (140K PDF)
Dr. Cameron installed as 89th ACS President (80K PDF)
Honorary Fellowships presented to five prominent surgeons (175K PDF)
In memoriam: James C. Thompson, MD, FACS, 19282008 (130K PDF)
Germany Traveling Fellow selected for 2009 (75K PDF)
Dr. Eastman appointed to national injury prevention advisory board (75K PDF)
Report of the 2008 American College of Surgeons Japan Traveling Fellow (215K PDF)
2009 Oweida Scholarship availability announced (55K PDF)
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- NTDB® Data Points
- Socioeconomic tips of the month
- In Compliance... with HIPAA Rules
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- ACOSOG Articles Published in the ACS Bulletin
- Publications on Advocacy and Health Policy Issues
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