April 2002

  From My Perspective (60 K PDF)

 Dateline: Washington (13 K PDF)

• Legislation introduced to fix Medicare update system
• CMS predicts more physician pay cuts
• Liability crisis in spotlight in Nevada
• ACS Fellow nominated to be the next Surgeon General
• College identifies regulatory burden to government

  ATLS training: A novel approach (120K PDF)

  Patient safety update: Office-based surgery regulation expands (150K PDF)

  Socioeconomic tip of the month: Answers to common hotline questions (40K PDF)

  What surgeons should know about...Medicare rules for hospital-based clinics (27K PDF)

  Chapter News (110K PDF)

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