September 2001

  From My Perspective (61 K PDF)

  Dateline: Washington (58 K PDF)

• House passes Patients' Bill of Rights
• ACS comments on Medicare five-year review
• CMS proposes changes in payment policies
• PROs ordered to disclose information

  American College of Surgeons: Strategic plan for 2001 and beyond (90K PDF)

  Scrutiny of EMTALA grows as its scope expands (138K PDF)

  Current status of the National Practitioner Data Bank (250K PDF)

  Socioeconomic tip of the month: Filing Medicare claims (24K PDF)

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