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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