April 2001

  From My Perspective (61 K PDF)

  Dateline: Washington (15 K PDF)

• ACS testifies in support of trauma system funding
• Physician relief and education package introduced
• New IOM report on quality released
• ACS urges level playing field in Patients' Bill of Rights

  The measurement of competence: Current plans and future initiatives of the American Board of Surgery (250K PDF)

  Key health policy makers in the 107th Congress (540K PDF)

  Dealing with managed care organizations: A second opinion (75K PDF)

  Socioeconomic tip of the month: Reporting an altered surgical field, modifier -60 (27K PDF)

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