June 2005
Dateline: Washington (40K PDF)
- CMS projects decrease in Medicare payments
- Efforts under way to reauthorize EMSC program
- ACS testifies on chronic wound care
- Fellows appointed to new EMTALA advisory group
- College testifies on silicone breast implants before FDA
Advanced Trauma Operative Management course introduced to surgeons in West Africa (385K PDF)
Called to serve as a consultant in the OR? What to do: (135K PDF)
Aging and the practice of surgery (160K PDF)
In compliance... with HIPAA's NPI provisions (50K PDF)
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