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News from the College

News from the College

American College of Surgeons Calls on Congress to “end politics” and fix the current unsustainable Medicare payment system

American College of Surgeons (ACS) Will Celebrate 100th Anniversary With Commemorative Publication

J. David Richardson, MD, FACS, Elected Chair of American College of Surgeons Board of Regents

National Surgical Experts Available To Discuss Breast Cancer Awareness Issues

Patricia L. Turner, MD, FACS, Named Director of American College of Surgeons Division of Member Services

Commission on Cancer Releases Rapid Quality Reporting System to Facilitate Quality Cancer Care

American College of Surgeons (ACS) opposes MedPAC Proposal to Pay for Elimination of Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) with Multi-Year Cuts to Specialists

American College of Surgeons, Maryland Health Care Leaders Highlight Quality Improvement Programs’ Role in Saving Lives, Lowering Health Care Costs

New Commission on Cancer Accreditation Standards Gain Strong Support from Four National Cancer Advocacy Organizations

American College of Surgeons and Other Surgical Specialty Societies Release Physicians as Assistants at Surgery 2011 Study

American College of Surgeons Announces Goal to Enlist 1,000 Hospitals to its National Surgical Quality Improvement Program

Chicago Health Care Leaders and U.S. Sen. Kirk Partner to Advance Health Care Quality Improvement

Landmark ACOSOG study in JAMA (27 July 2011) reports that: Extensive Lymph Node Surgery no Longer Needed for Most Women With Breast Cancer

ACS comments on wrong site surgery project by Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare

George Berci, MD, FACS, is the recipient of the 2011 Jacobson Innovation Award

American College of Surgeons Calls for Elimination of Medicare’s Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) Physician Payment Formula

American College of Surgeons Applauds National Focus on Quality Improvement

Don E. Detmer, MD, FACS, Named Medical Director of the American College of Surgeons Division of Advocacy and Health Policy

American College of Surgeons Releases Monthly National Trauma Databank Reports

Mark Your Calendars: San Francisco will Host the ACS Clinical Congress October 23-27

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and 22 Michigan Trauma Centers Partner with American College of Surgeons to Launch Statewide Trauma Quality Care Initiative

National Trauma Databank Analysis Reveals that Severely Injured Elderly Patients May Not Always Receive the Same High-Quality Care as Younger Patients

American College of Surgeons Comments on CMS Proposed Rule for Value-Based Purchasing

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