January 2001

  From My Perspective (62 K PDF)

  Dateline: Washington (17 K PDF)

• GAO releases report critical of NPDB
• Labor Department issues rules regarding patients' rights
• Medicare revises "inpatient only" list
• HCFA renews "Centers of Excellence" demo project

  CPT Changes in 2001 (100K PDF)

  In defense of the surgical cancer patient: Nutrition may be key (45K PDF)

  "Laying on of the hands" (200K PDF)

  Socioeconomic tip of the month: Adding new associates to practices (31K PDF)

  What surgeons should know about...The 2001 Medicare fee schedule (35K PDF)

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