June 2003
From My Perspective (55 K PDF)
Dateline: Washington (13 K PDF)
- Medicare proposes revised enrollment procedures
- Medicare updates list of ambulatory procedures
- Legislation to limit work hours is reintroduced
- New members elected to the RUC
- College backs plan to avert 4.2 percent cut
- Congressional budget resolution identifies priorities
The ripple effects of the medical liability crisis (87K PDF)
Surgical physician assistants help solve contemporary problems (99K PDF)
DOOMED from the start: The privatization of Medicare (39K PDF)
Socioeconomic tips: Medicare updates (31K PDF)
Profiles in Leadership: Oliver H. Beahrs, MD, FACS
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