May 2001

  From My Perspective (61 K PDF)

  Dateline: Washington (15 K PDF)

• Bush unveils 2002 budget plan
• Health care spending growth remains low
• Medicare issues new coverage decisions
• MedPAC recommends GME reforms to Congress

  The changing landscape of rural surgery: The view from Oklahoma (370K PDF)

  Physician Data Profiling Proliferates (95K PDF)

  Socioeconomic tip of the month: Correct use of modifier -59 (25K PDF)

  What surgeons should know about...Late, partial, or denied payment or lost claims (38K PDF)

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