February 2001
From My Perspective (61 K PDF)
Dateline: Washington (15 K PDF)
- President approves $3 million for trauma systems
- HHS issues final Stark II rules
- Final regs issued on medical records confidentiality
- President approves Medicare give-back legislation
- ACS adds "Legislative Action Center" to Web site
Office-based surgery regulation: Improving patient safety and quality care (100K PDF)
Operation Argentina: A surgical partnership across the Americas (700K PDF)
A reminiscence: Serendipity steers surgeon to discovery (260K PDF)
In their own words: One man's mission against cancer (120K PDF)
Socioeconomic tip of the month: Planning for retirement (22K PDF)
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