September 2008

  From My Perspective (80K PDF)

 Dateline: Washington (50K PDF)

• Congress overrides Medicare veto
• CMS issues fee schedule

   Surgeon leads pediatric disaster planning initiative (410K PDF)

   Transformational chnage in health care (140K PDF)

   Surgeons Diversified Investment Fund: Two years later (205K PDF)

   Mommy, Daddy, are we rich? (100K PDF)

   The Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery: Its time has come (285K PDF)

   Report of the 2008 Australia New Zealand Travelling Fellow (220K PDF)

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• 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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