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Bulletin Index: Volume 79, Numbers 1-12 Author Index —What surgeons should know about...The 1994 Medi- A care fee schedule, 79, 1:6 ABCARIAN, HERAND, American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery, 79, 12:40 C ABELOFF, MARTIN D., and REYNOLDS, P. PRE- STON, Professionalism and cancer care, 79, 5:12 CANGELLO, VINCENT W., Reflections on a joint ACS BOARD OF GOVERNORS COMMITTEE ON scientific meeting: Is life lived in circles?, 79, 4:34 AMBULATORY SURGICAL CARE, Guidelines CARRIERE, JOSEPH N. JR., What’s new in urol- for office-based surgery: quality assurance, 79, 10:32 ogy, 79, 1:82 ACS COMMITTEE ON TRAUMA, Essential equip- CIVETTA, JOSEPH M., Managing the cancer pa- ment for ambulances, 79, 9:19 tient and family, 79, 11:25 ADAMS-RAY, BILL, RAASSEN, TOM, REES, CLIVE, ROSEMARIE E., BRENNAN, MURRAY THOMAS D., MUSTAFA, OSMAN, and F., and WINCHESTER, DAVID P., The COC: Its WACHIRA, JOHN, The Flying Doctors of East Af- roots and destiny 79, 6:14 rica, 79, 10:12 COHN, ISIDORE, JR., and FISHER, JOSEF E., ARTIYAN, STEPHAN, and ROSENBLATT, WIL- What surgeons should know about...The CPT sys- LIAM H., Project REMEDY: Helping our colleagues tem and College related activities, 79, 7:6 around the world, 79, 6:30 CONNOLLY, EDWARD S., American Board of Neu- AUST, J. BRADLEY, and PELTIER, LEONARD rological Surgery, 79, 12:42 F., Owen H. Wangensteen: The education of sur- CURRERI, P. WILLIAM, The PPRC: 1994 update, geons, 79, 11:8 79, 6:11 B D BALAS, PANAGIOTIS E., Ancient Hellenic surgery, 79, 6:22 DaROSA, DEBRA, and FOLSE, ROLAND, Sur- BENSON, SALLY J., 1994 Distinguished Philanthro- geons as educators course a success, 79, 2:42 pist named, 79, 9:38 DEITCH, EDWIN A., Managing life-threatening tho- —Development Committee reports on recent activi- racic injuries, 79, 10:30 ties, 79, 7:66 —Earl Mayne, MD, FACS: A legacy of education, 79, 11:42 BILLINGHAM, RICHARD P., What’s new in colon and rectal surgery, 79, 1:16 EK BOLLINGER, R. RANDAL, What’s new in trans- plantation, 79, 1:74 EASTMAN, A. BRENT, Resources for optimal care of BRENNAN, MURRAY F., CLIVE, ROSEMARIE the injured patient: 1993, 79, 5:21 E., and WINCHESTER, DAVID P., The COC: Its EBERT, PAUL A., As I see it; 79, 1:2 (resource-based roots and destiny, 79, 6:14 relative value scale); 79, 2:2 (patient benefit package BROWN, CYNTHIA A., An explanation of the 1994 definition); 79, 3:2 (patient choice); 79, 4:2 (health Medicare reimbursement, 79, 7:10 care reform); 79, 5:2 (College participation in health —Planned revisions to the geographic adjustment fac- care legislation); 79, 6:2 (patient complications); 79, tors: The 1995 Medicare fee schedule, 79, 10:21 7:2 (capitation contracts); 79, 8:2 (cost containment); —Update on federal trauma activities, 79, 11:15 79, 9:4 (trauma care payment); 79, 10:4 (single- VOLUME 79, NUMBER 12, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS BULLETIN Bulletin Index: Volume 79, Numbers 1-12 Author Index —What surgeons should know about...The 1994 Medi- A care fee schedule, 79, 1:6 ABCARIAN, HERAND, American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery, 79, 12:40 C ABELOFF, MARTIN D., and REYNOLDS, P. PRE- STON, Professionalism and cancer care, 79, 5:12 CANGELLO, VINCENT W., Reflections on a joint ACS BOARD OF GOVERNORS COMMITTEE ON scientific meeting: Is life lived in circles?, 79, 4:34 AMBULATORY SURGICAL CARE, Guidelines CARRIERE, JOSEPH N. JR., What’s new in urol- for office-based surgery: quality assurance, 79, 10:32 ogy, 79, 1:82 ACS COMMITTEE ON TRAUMA, Essential equip- CIVETTA, JOSEPH M., Managing the cancer pa- ment for ambulances, 79, 9:19 tient and family, 79, 11:25 ADAMS-RAY, BILL, RAASSEN, TOM, REES, CLIVE, ROSEMARIE E., BRENNAN, MURRAY THOMAS D., MUSTAFA, OSMAN, and F., and WINCHESTER, DAVID P., The COC: Its WACHIRA, JOHN, The Flying Doctors of East Af- roots and destiny 79, 6:14 rica, 79, 10:12 COHN, ISIDORE, JR., and FISHER, JOSEF E., ARTIYAN, STEPHAN, and ROSENBLATT, WIL- What surgeons should know about...The CPT sys- LIAM H., Project REMEDY: Helping our colleagues tem and College related activities, 79, 7:6 around the world, 79, 6:30 CONNOLLY, EDWARD S., American Board of Neu- AUST, J. BRADLEY, and PELTIER, LEONARD rological Surgery, 79, 12:42 F., Owen H. Wangensteen: The education of sur- CURRERI, P. WILLIAM, The PPRC: 1994 update, geons, 79, 11:8 79, 6:11 B D BALAS, PANAGIOTIS E., Ancient Hellenic surgery, 79, 6:22 DaROSA, DEBRA, and FOLSE, ROLAND, Sur- BENSON, SALLY J., 1994 Distinguished Philanthro- geons as educators course a success, 79, 2:42 pist named, 79, 9:38 DEITCH, EDWIN A., Managing life-threatening tho- —Development Committee reports on recent activi- racic injuries, 79, 10:30 ties, 79, 7:66 —Earl Mayne, MD, FACS: A legacy of education, 79, 11:42 BILLINGHAM, RICHARD P., What’s new in colon and rectal surgery, 79, 1:16 EK BOLLINGER, R. RANDAL, What’s new in trans- plantation, 79, 1:74 EASTMAN, A. BRENT, Resources for optimal care of BRENNAN, MURRAY F., CLIVE, ROSEMARIE the injured patient: 1993, 79, 5:21 E., and WINCHESTER, DAVID P., The COC: Its EBERT, PAUL A., As I see it; 79, 1:2 (resource-based roots and destiny, 79, 6:14 relative value scale); 79, 2:2 (patient benefit package BROWN, CYNTHIA A., An explanation of the 1994 definition); 79, 3:2 (patient choice); 79, 4:2 (health Medicare reimbursement, 79, 7:10 care reform); 79, 5:2 (College participation in health —Planned revisions to the geographic adjustment fac- care legislation); 79, 6:2 (patient complications); 79, tors: The 1995 Medicare fee schedule, 79, 10:21 7:2 (capitation contracts); 79, 8:2 (cost containment); —Update on federal trauma activities, 79, 11:15 79, 9:4 (trauma care payment); 79, 10:4 (single- VOLUME 79, NUMBER 12, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS BULLETIN negotiated payment), 79, 11:4 (reimbursement for teaching physicians), 79, 12:4 (ethics) H EISEMAN, BEN, Our second responsibility in trauma care: A new clause in the social contract, 79, HIRSCHFELD, ALAN, MURALI, RAJ, and 3:23 ROVIT, RICHARD L., What’s new in neurosur- gery, 79, 1:35 F J FABER, L. PENFIELD, American Board of Thoracic Surgery, 79, 12:54 JONASSON, OLGA, The “Group of 100,” 79, 5:40 FINLEY, RICHARD J., Report of the Chairman of JONES, RONALD C., Governors at-Work: The Com- the Board of Governors, 79, 12:34 mittee to Study the Fiscal Affairs of the College, 79, FISCHER, JOSEF E., ACS Conference links investi- 2:39 gators and NIH, 79, 7:15 JOHNSON, GEORGE JR., What’s new in vascular —Governors at Work: The Committee on Professional surgery, 79, 1:85 Liability, 79, 1:95 —(and COHN, ISIDORE, JR.) What surgeons should know about...The CPT system and related College activities, 79, 7:6 FLYNN, JOHN T., American Board of Ophthalmol- ogy, 79, 12:47 K FOLSE, ROLAND, and DaROSA, DEBRA, Sur- KOTOSKI, GABRIELLE M., The Bottom Line: Sur- geons as educators course a success, 79, 2:42 gery’s black hole: Is it consuming your practice?, 79, FREISCHLAG, JULIE, NEUMAYER, LEIGH, and 2:34 LEVINSON, WENDY, Demographics of today’s KRIDELBAUGH, WILLIAM W., Reflections on the woman surgeons, 79, 2:28 evolution of malpractice law, 79, 4:29 KRON, IRVING L., Report from a Travelling Fellow, 79, 12:64 G GAGE, JOHN O., Governors at Work: The Committee on Socioeconomic Issues, 79, 2:37 GALLAGHER, CHRISTOPHER R., What surgeons L should know about...Health care reform terms and approaches, 79, 5:6 LEFFALL, LASALLE D., JR., Medical ethics in to- GAMELLI, RICHARD L., What’s new in critical care day’s society, 79, 2:6 and metabolism, 79, 1:22 —100 years of breast cancer: Halsted to Fisher, 79, GARDNER, TIMOTHY J., What’s new in cardiotho- 8:12 racic surgery, 79, 1:11 LEVINSON, WENDY, FREISCHLAG, JULIE, and GERBIE, ALBERT B., American Board of Obstetrics NEUMAYER, LEIGH, Demographics of today’s and Gynecology, 79, 12:43 woman surgeons, 79, 2:28 GINSBERG, ROBERT J., What’s new in general LEWIS, FRANK R., JR., What’s new in trauma and thoracic surgery, 79, 1:70 burns, 79, 1:78 GRADINGER, GILBERT P., American Board of —Report of the Chairman of the Board of Governors, Plastic Surgery, 79, 12:50 79, 12:32 GREEN, NEIL E., American Board of Orthopaedic LIGHTFOOT, SUSAN A., Surgeons make public pol- Surgery, 79, 12:48 icy, 79, 3:20 GRIFFEN, WARD O., JR., Dr. Robert Zeppa dies, 79, LOTZE, MICHAEL, What’s new in surgical oncology, 1:99 79, 1:42 GUTTMAN, FRANK M., What’s new in pediatric sur- LUCE, EDWARD A., A graduate surgical education gery, 79, 1:60 curriculum, 79, 8:27 DECEMBER 1994 ACS BULLETIN —Health care report cards: Will they make the grade?, M 79, 8:21 MacLEAN, LLOYD D., Presidential Address: Wan- gensteen’s Surgical Forum: A legacy of research, 79, 12:8 MAGRINA, JAVIER F., What’s new in gynecology R and obstetrics, 79, 1:31 MEYER, LINN, ACS ad campaign promotes patient RAASSEN, TOM, ADAMS-RAY, BILL, MUSTAFA, choice, 79, 8:42 OSMAN, REES, THOMAS D., and WACHIRA, MOORE, ERNEST E., Trauma Committee spurs res- JOHN, The Flying Doctors of East Africa, 79, 10:12 idents to research excellence, 79, 9:24 REES, RILEY S., What’s new in plastic surgery, 79, MURALI, RAJ, HIRSCHFELD, ALAN, and 1:66 ROVIT, RICHARD L., What’s new in neurosur- REES, THOMAS S., ADAMS-RAY, BILL, MUS- gery, 79, 1:35 TAFA, OSMAN, RAASSEN, TOM, and MURRAY, DAVID G., What’s new in orthopaedic WACHIRA, JOHN, The Flying Doctors of East Af- surgery, 79, 1:51 rica, 79, 10:12 —Report of the Chairman of the Board of Regents, 79, REGNIER, STEPHEN J., ACS/CDC meeting ex- 12:32 plores risks of blood-borne pathogens, 79, 5:30 MUSTAFA, OSMAN, ADAMS-RAY, BILL, RAAS- —Chapter officers meet in Chicago, 79, 8:46 SEN, TOM, REES, THOMAS D., and WACHIRA, —yYoung surgeons tackle practice management issue, JOHN, The Flying Doctors of East Africa, 79, 10:12 79, 6:42 REYNOLDS, P. PRESTON, and ABELOFF, MAR- TIN D., Professionalism and cancer care, 79, 5:12 RICHARDSON, J. DAVID, Training surgeons to care for the injured: The general surgery model, 79, 8:31 N RIKKERS, LAYTON R., American Board of Surgery, NEUMAYER, LEIGH, FREISCHLAG, JULIE, and 79, 12:51 LEVINSON, WENDY, Demographics of today’s —What’s new in gastrointestinal and biliary condi- woman surgeons, 79, 2:28 tions, 79, 1:27 ROGERS, CAROLYN, ACS coding hotline and work- shops respond to reimbursement problems, 79, 1:118 —America’s social ills and our health care system: An P interview with Dr. Leroy Schwartz, 79, 12:21 —Nonphysician providers and limited-license practi- PAINTER, MARK N., What surgeons should know tioners: Scope-of-practice issues, 79, 2:12 about...Operative reports and reimbursement, 79, ROSENBLATT, WILLIAM M., and ARIYAN, 3:6 STEPHAN, Project REMEDY: Helping our col- —What surgeons should know about...Frequently leagues around the world, 79, 6:30 asked questions on the College’s coding hotline, 79, ROVIT, RICHARD L., HIRSCHFELD, ALAN, and 10:8 MURALI, RAJ, What’s new in neurosurgery, 79, PEEBLES, RHONDA J., Chapter News, 79, 2:46, 1:35 4:40, 6:51, 8:52, 12:68 RYAN, MOLLY, The Bottom Line: Hiring an attor- PELTIER, LEONARD F., and AUST, BRADLEY J., ney: Why, when, who, how, and how much, 79, 9:30 Owen H. Wangensteen: The education of surgeons, 79, 11:8 PERLMUTTER, ALAN D., American Board of Urol- ogy, 79, 12:55 PETERS, PAUL C., Citation for Professor Geoffrey Duncan Chisholm, 79, 11:37 S PILLSBURY, HAROLD C., What’s new in otorhino- laryngology, 79, 1:55 SABO, RICHARD R., Surgical practice in rural com- POLITSER, PAM, Physicians explore options in a munities, 79, 4:6 changing health care marketplace, 79, 4:22 SANDRICK, KAREN, An interview with Dr. William VOLUME 79, NUMBER 12, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS BULLETIN Pace: Our malpractice problem: Perspective of an TRUNKEY, DONALD D., The admiral’s wounds, 79, expert witness, 79, 3:36 2:18 —Surgery in the 90s and beyond: Young surgeons voice concerns and satisfactions, 79, 3:9 —Surgical practice in rural communities: The view from the trenches, 79, 4:11 W SCHNEIDMAN, DIANE, An insider’s view of integrated health care: An interview with Bruce Spivey, 79, 6:6 WACHIRA, JOHN, ADAMS-RAY, BILL, RAAS- —Any willing provider legislation: An overview of SEN, TOM, REES, THOMAS D., MUSTAFA, OS- state laws, 79, 9:13 MAN, The Flying Doctors of Africa, 79, 10:12 SELJESKOG, EDWARD L., Citation for Professor WALDHAUSEN, JOHN A., Citation for Professor Lindsay Symon, 79, 11:38 Hans Georg Borst, 79, 11:35 SEYFER, ALAN E., Management of hand injuries, WALT, ALEXANDER J., Can cost containment be 79, 11:28 learned in a surgical residency?, 79, 9:8 SHELDON, GEORGE F., Impending health care leg- —DSA recipient Dr. George Block dies, 79, 9:40 islation: Its impact on surgical workforce and resi- —Keeping Current: Care of the Surgical Patient dencies, 79, 5:18 evolves into Scientific American Surgery, 79, 9:34 SMITH, ROBERT B., Governors at Work: The Com- —Presidential Address: The uniqueness of American mittee on Surgical Practice in Hospitals, 79, 2:38, surgical education and its preservation, 79, 12:8 12:39 —Report of the Chairman of the Board of Regents, 79, SPAETH, GEORGE L., What’s new in ophthalmol- 12:29 ogy, 79, 1:48 WELLS, SAMUEL A., JR., Citation for Professor SPRATT, JOHN S., What is science?, 79, 11:19 John Wong, 79, 11:39 STRAUCH, GERALD O., American-Hellenic surgi- WILLIAMS, LESTER F., JR., One participant’s re- cal meeting deemed a success, 79, 6:46 view, 79, 2:42 WINCHESTER, DAVID P., BRENNAN, MURRAY F., and CLIVE, ROSEMARIE E., The COC: Its roots and destiny, 79, 6:14 T TARDY, M. EUGENE, JR., American Board of Oto- laryngology, 79, 12:49 THOMPSON, JON S., From a Travelling Fellow: Ex- Z periences in Australia, 79, 12:64 TOMPKINS, RONALD K., Governors at Work: The ZUPKO, KAREN, The Bottom Line: Surgeons and Committee on Physicians’ Health, 79, 1:94, 12:38 mergers: Making the right choice, 79, 11:30 Subject Index (ACS Board of Governors Committee on Ambulatory A Surgical Care), 79, 10:32 AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS Activities AIDS —ACS fax line available, 79, 11:50 ACS/CDC meeting explores risks of blood-borne patho- —College announces database program with NLM, 79, gens (Regnier), 79, 5:30 11:50 AMBULATORY CARE —What surgeons should know about... Frequently ACS issues guidelines for office-based surgery, 79, asked questions on the College’s coding hotline 5:48, 10:39 (Painter), 79, 10:8 Dateline: Washington: ACS comments on ASC proce- Annual Meeting (see also: Clinical Congress) dures, 79, 4:5 —Official notice: Annual Meeting of Fellows, American Guidelines for office-based surgery: Quality assurance College of Surgeons, 79, 9:38 DECEMBER 1994 ACS BULLETIN Awards —Chapters visit Capitol Hill, 79, 8:48 —1994 Distinguished Philanthropist named (Benson), Clinical Congress (see also Annual Meeting) 79, 9:38 —Clinical Congress lecturers named, 79, 6:48 —1995 Residents’ Trauma Papers Competition, 79, 7:67 —Clinical Congress 1994: Highlights, 79, 12:26 —Professor Dubois receives Jacobson innovation —Clinical Congress preliminary program, 79, 7:19 award, 79, 7:62 —Commission on Cancer plans events for Clinical —16 years of papers competition: Trauma committee Congress, 79, 9:45 spurs residents to research excellence (Moore), 79, —Contributions to the 1995 Surgical Forum are re- 9:24 quested, 79, 12:74 —Winner of Residents’ Papers Competition an- —Ethics colloquium debuts, 79, 8:51 nounced, 79, 7:64 —Liability in changing health settings to be examined, Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons 79, 9:47 —Statement of ownership, management, and circula- —1993 Clinical Congress videotapes available, 79, 5:45 tion, 79, 12:81 —Plan now for 1994 Clinical Congress, 79, 4:43 Chapters —Scientific contributions sought for 1995 Clinical —Chapter News: Bernard Fisher receives Sheen Congress, 79, 12:73 Award (Peebles), 79, 2:46 —Trauma videotape guidelines, 79, 12:76 —Chapter News: Brooklyn-Long Island (NY) hosts an- Development nual meeting (Peebles), 79, 8:52 —Chapter News: Chapters participate in FLS —Chapter News: Chapter Update reactivated (Peebles), 79, 6:51 (Peebles), 79, 6:51 —College establishes Mayne Heritage, 79, 11:43 —Chapter News: Chapters continue support for Col- —Development Committee reports on recent activities lege endowment funds (Peebles), 79, 2:46 (Benson), 79, 7:66 —Chapter News: Chapters participate in FLS —Life insurance option for planned giving now avail- (Peebles), 79, 6:51 able, 79, 12:72 —Chapter News: Chapters schedule managed care —1994 Distinguished Philanthropist named (Benson), workshops (Peebles), 79, 12:68 79, 9:38 —Chapter News: Cosponsorship program (Peebles), Distinguished Service Award 79, 4:41 —Dr. Hermann receives DSA, 79, 11:34 —Chapter News: Florida Chapter examines practice Fellows parameters (Peebles), 79, 4:41 —Chapter News: Bernard Fisher receives Sheen —Chapter News: Indiana Chapter announces resident Award (Peebles), 79, 2:46 winers (Peebles), 79, 8:52 —DSA recipient Dr. George Block dies (Walt), 79, 9:40 —Chapter News: Merck Newsletter Grant Program —Dateline: Washington: Fellow appointed to FDA (Peebles), 79, 6:51 panel, 79, 9:7 —Chapter News: Metropolitan DC Chapter hosts first —Dateline: Washington: Fellows win Congressional All-City Grand Rounds (Peebles), 79, 4:40 contests, 79, 12:6 —Chapter News: Mississippi Fellows examine surgery —Dr. Robert Zeppa dies (Griffen), 79, 1:99 in the tropics (Peebles), 79, 2:46 —Earl Mayne, MD, FACS: A legacy of education (Ben- —Chapter News: 1994 Chapter Officers’ Seminar son), 79, 11:42 (Peebles), 79, 4:41 —Fellow files class action suit vs. Medicare, 79, 9:41 —Chapter News: Ohio Chapter anticipates future —Fellows and facts, 79, 1:117, 7:65 (Peebles), 79, 4:40 —Fellows run for U.S. Congress (Hill), 79, 10:38 —Chapter News: Residents’ day program and compe- —Physicians awarded AMA Medal of Valor, 79, 9:39 tition (Peebles), 79, 2:46 —Prof. Vladimir Bourakovsky, MD, FACS(Hon), dies, —Chapter News: San Diego Chapter begins fax news- 79, 12:62 letter (Peebles), 79, 6:51 —Surgeons make public policy (Lightfoot), 79, 3:20 —Chapter News: Special chapter administrators sem- —Tennessee Fellow joins Senate race, 79, 9:43 inar deemed successful (Peebles), 79, 8:52 Governors, Board of —Chapter News: Spotlight on the Chapters—Rhode —Governors at Work: The Committee on Physicians’ Island (Peebles), 79, 2:47 Health (Tompkins), 79, 1:94, 12:38 —Chapter News: Triennial questionnaire results —Governors at Work: The Committee on Professional (Peebles), 79, 12:68 Liability (Fischer), 79, 1:95 —Chapter officers meet in Chicago (Regnier), 79, —Governors at Work: The Committee on Socioeco- 8:46 nomic Issues (Gage), 79, 2:37 VOLUME 79, NUMBER 12, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS BULLETIN —Governors at Work: The C»mmittee on Surgical Regents, Board of Practice in Hospitals (Smith, 79, 2:38, 12:39 —Highlights of the Board of Regents meeting, October —Governors at Work: The Committee to Study the 8-10 and October 15, 1993 (Lynch), 79, 1:123 Fiscal Affairs of the College (jones), 79, 2:39 —Highlights of the Board of Regents meeting, Febru- Honorary Fellows ary 4-5, 1994 (Lynch), 79, 6:55 —ACS awards four Honorary Fellowships, 79, 11:35 —Highlights of the Board of Regents meeting, June —Citation for Professor Geoffrey Duncan Chisholm 10-11, 1994 (Lynch), 79, 9:48 (Peters), 79, 11:37 Reports to the Fellows —Citation for Professor Hans Georg Borst —Report of the Chairman of the Board of Governors (Waldhausen), 79, 11:35 (Finley), 79, 12:34 —Citation for Professor John Wong (Wells), 79, 11:39 —Report of the Chairman of the Board of Regents —Citation for Professor Lindsay Symon (Seljeskog), (Murray), 79, 12:32 79, 11:38 Scholarships Journal of the American College of Surgeons —Chapter News: Chapters continue support for Col- —College renames surgical journal, 79, 1:128 lege endowment funds (Peebles), 79, 2:46 —FYI, 79, 1:128, 2:64, 3:46, 4:44, 5:48, 6:53, 7:68, 8:56, —International Guest Scholarships available to young 9:52, 10:40, 11:52, 12:79 surgeons, 79, 11:47 Meetings —New 1994 scholar appointed, 79, 6:47 —ACS conference links investigators and NIH —1994 ACS Faculty Fellowships awarded, 79, 4:32 (Fischer), 79, 7:15 —1994 international scholars selected, 79, 3:48 —American-Hellenic Surgical Congress set for March, —1994 scholarships, award granted, 79, 1:120 79, 1:101 —1995 scholarships, fellowships, and career develop- —American-Hellenic surgical meeting deemed a suc- ment award available, 79, 3:43 cess (Strauch), 79, 6:46 —1995 travelling fellowship announced, 79, 1:127 Officers and staff —1996 travelling fellowship announced, 79, 12:66 —ACS Regents and Officers, 79, 6:36, 8:38, 12:57 —Report from a Travelling Fellow (Kron), 79, 12:64 —Alexander Walt installed as 75th ACS President, 79, —Travelling fellowship offered, 79, 11:48 11:33 —Travelling fellowship recipient announced at Clini- Presidential Address cal Congress, 79, 11:48 —The uniqueness of American surgical education and Spring Meeting its preservation (Walt), 79, 12:8 —Boston to host Spring Meeting, 79, 11:52 Publications —1995 Spring Meeting set for Boston, 79, 12:61 —ACS ad campaign promotes patient choice (Meyer), —22nd annual Spring Meeting set, 79, 1:105 79, 8:42 Statements —ACS issues guidelines for office-based surgery, 79, —Statement of recommendations to ensure quality of sur- 5:48, 10:39 gical services in managed care environments, 79, 12:30 —Chapter News: Chapter Update reactivated —Statement on advance directives by patients: “Do (Peebles), 79, 6:51 Not Resuscitate” in the operating room, 79, 9:29 —Chapter News: San Diego Chapter begins fax news- —Statement on emerging surgical technologies and letter (Peebles), 79, 6:51 the evaluation of credentials, 79, 6:40 —Essential equipment for ambulances (ACS Commit- —Statement on laser surgery, 79, 4:31 tee on Trauma), 79, 9:19 —Statement on surgical residencies and the educa- —Guidelines for office-based surgery: Quality assur- tional environment, 79, 1:89 ance (ACS Board of Governors Committee on Am- —Statement regarding clinical trials, 79, 5:29 bulatory Surgical Care), 79, 10:32 Testimony —Keeping Current: Care of the Surgical Patient evolves —ACS presents testimony on current issues, 79, 1:97 into Scientific American Surgery (Walt), 79, 9:34 —As I see it (Ebert), 79, 5:2 —Management of hand injuries (Seyfer), 79, 11:28 —Dateline: Washington: ACS testifies on GME and —Managing life-threatening thoracic injuries (Dei- health care reform, 79, 3:4 tch), 79, 10:30 —Dateline: Washington: ACS testifies on health care —Owen H. Wangensteen: The education of surgeons reform, 79, 4:4 (Peltier, Aust), 79, 11:8 —Dateline: Washington: ACS testifies on saline im- —What surgeons should know about . .. The CPT sys- plants, 79, 7:4 tem and related College activities (Fischer, Cohn), —Dateline: Washington: ACS testifies on trauma 79, 7:6 funding, 79, 4:4 DECEMBER 1994 ACS BULLETIN ASSISTANTS AT SURGERY Graduate Dateline: Washington: HCFA revises assistant at sur- —As I see it (Ebert), 79, 11:4 gery payment restrictions, 79, 2:4 —Can cost containment be learned in a surgical resi- dency? (Walt), 79, 9:8 —Chapter News: Resident’s day program and compe- tition (Peebles), 79, 2:46 —Dateline: Washington: ACS testifies on GME and CANCER health care reform, 79, 3:4 Management —Dateline: Washington: OIG recommends GME cuts, —The COC: Its roots and destiny (Brennan, Clive, 79, 10:6 Winchester), 79, 6:14 —A graduate surgical education curriculum (Luce), —Commission on Cancer plans events for Clinical 79, 8:27 Congress, 79, 9:45 —Impending health care legislation: Its impact on sur- —Dateline: Washington: ACS testifies on saline im- gical workforce and residencies (Sheldon), 79, 5:18 plants, 79, 7:4 —Statement on surgical residencies and the educa- —Dateline: Washington: HCFA issues rule on mam- tional environment, 79, 1:89 mography, 79, 11:6 Theory —Dateline: Washington: HCFA meets to discuss —One participant’s review (Williams), 79, 2:42 breast cancer treatment, 79, 12:7 —Owen H. Wangensteen: The education of surgeons —Managing the cancer patient and family (Civetta), (Peltier, Aust), 79, 11:8 79, 11:25 —Presidential Address: The uniqueness of American sur- —100 years of breast cancer: Halsted to Fisher (Lef- gical education and its preservation (Walt), 79, 12:8 fall), 79, 8:12 —Surgeons as Educators course a success (Folse, —Professionalism and cancer care (Abeloff, Reynolds), DaRosa), 79, 2:42 79, 5:12 ETHICS —Statement regarding clinical trials, 79, 5:29 As I see it (Ebert), 79, 12:4 Treatment advances Dateline: Washington: GAO studies self-referrals, 79, 6:4 —Applications sought for cancer research award, 79, 10:37 Ethics colloquium debuts, 79, 8:51 —What’s new in surgical oncology (Lotze), 79, 1:42 Medical ethics in today’s society (Leffall), 79, 2:6 CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY Your opinion is needed, 79, 4:36 Managing life-threatening thoracic injuries (Deitch), EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES 79, 10:30 Dateline: Washington: GAO studies health “report What’s new in cardiothoracic surgery (Gardner), 79, 1:11 cards,” 79, 11:7 COLON AND RECTAL SURGERY Governors at Work: The Committee on Surgical Prac- American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery (Ab- tice in Hospitals (Smith), 79, 2:38 canan), 79, 12:40 Health care report cards: Will they make the grade? What’s new in colon and rectal surgery (Billingham) (Politser), 79, 8:21 79, 1:16 COST CONTAINMENT AND CALCULATION As I see it (Ebert), 79, 8:2, 9:4, 10:4 Can cost containment be learned in a surgical resi- FEDERAL APPOINTMENTS dency? (Walt), 79, 9:8 Dateline: Washington: Blumenthal to head Office of CREDENTIALING Women’s Health, 79, 2:5 Statement on emerging surgical technologies and the Dateline: Washington: Fellow appointed to FDA panel, evaluation of credentials, 79, 6:40 79, 9:7 CRITICAL CARE AND METABOLISM Dateline: Washington: Rosenberg named as CDC in- What’s new in critical care and metabolism (Gamelli), jury control director, 79, 2:5 79, 1:22 Dateline: Washington: Trauma director named, 79, 9:7 G EDUCATION GASTROINTESTINAL AND BILIARY CONDI- Continuing TIONS —ASPRS offers procedures publication, 79, 4:41 What’s new in gastrointestinal and biliary conditions —Surgical research clearinghouse, 79, 2:50 (Rikkers), 79, 1:27 VOLUME 79, NUMBER 12, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS BULLETIN 100 years of breast cancer: Halsted to Fisher (Leffall), H 79, 8:12 Owen H. Wangensteen: The education of surgeons (Peltier, Aust), 79, 11:8 HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEMS Any willing provider legislation: An overview of state laws (Schneidman), 79, 9:13 As I see it (Ebert), 79, 7:2 I Dateline: Washington: Antitrust guidelines released, INFORMATION SYSTEMS/DATABASES 79, 11:7 ACS fax line available, 79, 11:50 Dateline: Washington: NCQA rates managed care Biostatistical Group begins work, 79, 3:42 plans, 79, 7:5 College announces database program with NLM, 79, 11:50 Reflections on a joint scientific meeting: Is life lived in Dateline: Washington: ACS comments on health infor- circles? (Cangello), 79, 4:34 mation privacy, 79, 9:7 HEALTH CARE REFORM Dateline: Washington: Data bank bill introduced, 79, 6:5 America’s social ills and our health care system: An in- Statement regarding clinical trials, 79, 5:29 terview with Dr. Leroy Schwartz (Rogers), 79, 12:21 Trauma registry establishes data bank, 79, 2:43 As I see it (Ebert), 79, 2:2, 3:2, 5:2 INFORMED CONSENT Dateline: Washington: ACS supports tort reform pro- Statement on advance directives by patients: “Do Not visions, 79, 3:5 Resuscitate” in the operating room, 79, 9:29 Dateline: Washington: ACS testifies on GME and IN MEMORIA health care reform, 79, 3:4 DSA recipient Dr. George Block dies (Walt), 79, 9:40 National proposals Dr. Robert Zeppa dies, 79, 1:99 —As I see it (Ebert), 79, 4:2, 8:2 Prof. Vladimir Bourakovsky, MD, FACS(Hon) dies, 79, —Dateline: Washington: ACS testifies on health care 12:62 reform, 79, 4:4 INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS —Dateline: Washington: Congress prepares for floor American-Hellenic surgical meeting deemed a success votes on health reform, 79, 9:6 (Strauch), 79, 6:46 —Dateline: Washington: Congressional groups draft American-Hellenic Surgical Congress set for March, health reform proposals, 79, 8:5 79, 1:101 —Dateline: Washington: Health reform “consensus” International meetings calendar, 79, 8:53 bill introduced, 79, 4:4 Reflections on a joint scientific meeting: Is life lived in —Dateline: Washington: House committee continues circles? (Cangello), 79, 4:34 reform debate, 79, 6:4 Schweitzer symposium slated for August, 79, 5:44 —Dateline: Washington: House panel to consider re- vised Clinton plan, 79, 5:4 —Dateline: Washington: Mitchell declares end to re- form debate, 79, 11:6 —Dateline: Washington: Ways and Means drafts re- LEGISLATION form plan, 79, 5:4 Any willing provider legislation: An overview of state —Health care report cards: Will they make the grade? laws (Schneidman), 79, 9:13 (Politser), 79, 8:21 Dateline: Washington: ACS comments on health infor- —Impending health care legislation: Its impact on sur- mation privacy, 79, 9:7 gical workforce and residencies (Sheldon), 79, 5:18 Dateline: Washington: Congress acts on trauma pro- —What surgeons should know about...Health care re- grams, 79, 1:5 form terms and approaches (Gallagher), 79, 5:6 Monograph explains recent health care laws, 79, 10:37 Physicians’ proposals Update on federal trauma activities (Brown), 79, 11:15 —Physicians explore options in a changing health care marketplace (Politser), 79, 4:2 HISTORY The admiral’s wounds (Trunkey), 79, 2:18 Ancient Hellenic surgery (Balas), 79, 6:22 Earl Mayne, MD, FACS: A legacy of education (Ben- MANAGED CARE son), 79, 11:42 Chapter News: Chapters schedule managed care Famed anatomist remembered, 79, 1:119 workshops (Peebles), 79, 12:68 DECEMBER 1994 ACS BULLETIN Statement of recommendations to ensure quality of surgi- cal services in managed care environments, 79, 12:30 MEDICAL WORKFORCE NEUROSURGERY Demographics of today’s woman surgeon (Neumayer, American Board of Neurological Surgery (Connolly), Freischlag, Levinson), 79, 2:28 79, 12:42 Governors at Work: The Committee on Physicians’ What’s new in neurosurgery (Rovit, Murali, Hirsch- Health (Tompkins), 79, 1:94, 12:38 feld), 79, 1:35 Impending health care legislation: Its impact on sur- gical workforce and residencies (Sheldon), 79, 5:18 Training surgeons to care for the injured: The general surgery model (Richardson), 79, 8:31 MEDICARE As I see it (Ebert), 79, 1:2, 11:4 OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY Dateline: Washington: ACS comments on ASC proce- American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Ger- dures, 79, 4:5 bie), 79, 12:43 Dateline: Washington: ACS comments on concurrent What’s new in gynecology and obstetrics (Magrina), care guidelines, 79, 1:4 79, 1:31 Dateline: Washington: ACS comments on 94 fee OPERATING ROOM ENVIRONMENT schedule, 79, 3:5 ACS/CDC meeting explores risks of blood-borne patho- Dateline: Washington: GAO finds inconsistent Medi- gens (Regnier), 79, 5:30 care denials, 79, 5:4 CORE to examine operating room efficiency, 79, 12:72 Dateline: Washington: HCFA issues 94 MVPSs and OPHTHALMOLOGY fee updates, 79, 1:4 American Board of Ophthalmology (Flynn), 79, 12:47 Dateline: Washington: HCFA issues rule on mammog- What’s new in ophthalmology (Spaeth), 79, 1:48 raphy, 79, 11:6 ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY Dateline: Washington: HHS issues update and MVPS American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (Green), 79, recommendations, 79, 7:4 12:48 Dateline: Washington: Medicare participation rates What’s new in orthopaedic surgery (Murray), 79, 1:51 increase, 79, 7:5 OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY Dateline: Washington: 1995 fee update recommenda- American Board of Otolaryngology (Tardy), 79, 12:49 tions issued, 79, 6:5 What’s new in otorhinolaryngology (Pillsbury), 79, Dateline: Washington: OIG recommends GME cuts, 1:55 79, 10:6 OUTREACH PROGRAMS Dateline: Washington: PPRC reports on reimburse- The Flying Doctors of East Africa (Rees, Raassen, ment for trauma and critical care, 79, 10:6 Wachira, Mustafa, Adams-Ray), 79, 10:12 Dateline: Washington: President issues 95 budget, 79, Physicians mobilize to care for underserved Ameri- 3:4 cans, 79,10:35 Dateline: Washington: President signs Medicare legis- Project REMEDY: Helping our colleagues around the lation, 79, 12:6 world (Ariyan, Rosenblatt), 79, 6:30 Dateline: Washington: Private payors and Medicaid adopt RBRVS, 79, 12:7 Fellow files class action suit vs. Medicare, 79, 9:41 P The 1995 Medicare fee schedule: Planned revisions to the geographic adjustment factors (Brown), 79, 10:21 PEDIATRIC SURGERY What does a 10 percent Medicare fee update mean? An What’s new in pediatric surgery (Guttman), 79, 1:60 explanation of the 1994 Medicare reimbursement PEER REVIEW (Brown), 79, 7:10 As I see it (Ebert), 79, 6:2 What surgeons should know about...The CPT system PHYSICIAN REIMBURSEMENT and related College activities (Fischer, Cohn), 79, ACS coding hotline and workshops respond to reim- 7:6 bursement problems (Rogers), 79, 1:118 What surgeons should know about...Frequently asked As I see it (Ebert), 79, 1:2, 2:2, 3:2, 6:2, 11:4 questions on the College’s coding hotline (Painter), The Bottom Line: Surgery’s black hole: Is it consuming 79, 10:8 your practice? (Kotoski), 79, 2:34 What surgeons should know about...The 1994 Medi- Dateline: Washington: ACS comments on ASC proce- care fee schedule (Brown), 79, 1:6 dures, 79, 4:5 VOLUME 79, NUMBER 12, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS BULLETIN

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Bulletin Index: Volume 79, Numbers 1-12 Author Index —What surgeons should know about...The 1994 Medi- A care fee schedule, 79, 1:6 ABCARIAN, HERAND, American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery, 79, 12:40 C ABELOFF, MARTIN D., and REYNOLDS, P. PRE- STON, Professionalism and cancer care, 79, 5:12 CANGELLO, VINCENT W., Reflections on a joint ACS BOARD OF GOVERNORS COMMITTEE ON scientific meeting: Is life lived in circles?, 79, 4:34 AMBULATORY SURGICAL CARE, Guidelines CARRIERE, JOSEPH N. JR., What’s new in urol- for office-based surgery: quality assurance, 79, 10:32 ogy, 79, 1:82 ACS COMMITTEE ON TRAUMA, Essential equip- CIVETTA, JOSEPH M., Managing the cancer pa- ment for ambulances, 79, 9:19 tient and family, 79, 11:25 ADAMS-RAY, BILL, RAASSEN, TOM, REES, CLIVE, ROSEMARIE E., BRENNAN, MURRAY THOMAS D., MUSTAFA, OSMAN, and F., and WINCHESTER, DAVID P., The COC: Its WACHIRA, JOHN, The Flying Doctors of East Af- roots and destiny 79, 6:14 rica, 79, 10:12 COHN, ISIDORE, JR., and FISHER, JOSEF E., ARTIYAN, STEPHAN, and ROSENBLATT, WIL- What surgeons should know about...The CPT sys- LIAM H., Project REMEDY: Helping our colleagues tem and College related activities, 79, 7:6 around the world, 79, 6:30 CONNOLLY, EDWARD S., American Board of Neu- AUST, J. BRADLEY, and PELTIER, LEONARD rological Surgery, 79, 12:42 F., Owen H. Wangensteen: The education of sur- CURRERI, P. WILLIAM, The PPRC: 1994 update, geons, 79, 11:8 79, 6:11 B D BALAS, PANAGIOTIS E., Ancient Hellenic surgery, 79, 6:22 DaROSA, DEBRA, and FOLSE, ROLAND, Sur- BENSON, SALLY J., 1994 Distinguished Philanthro- geons as educators course a success, 79, 2:42 pist named, 79, 9:38 DEITCH, EDWIN A., Managing life-threatening tho- —Development Committee reports on recent activi- racic injuries, 79, 10:30 ties, 79, 7:66 —Earl Mayne, MD, FACS: A legacy of education, 79, 11:42 BILLINGHAM, RICHARD P., What’s new in colon and rectal surgery, 79, 1:16 EK BOLLINGER, R. RANDAL, What’s new in trans- plantation, 79, 1:74 EASTMAN, A. BRENT, Resources for optimal care of BRENNAN, MURRAY F., CLIVE, ROSEMARIE the injured patient: 1993, 79, 5:21 E., and WINCHESTER, DAVID P., The COC: Its EBERT, PAUL A., As I see it; 79, 1:2 (resource-based roots and destiny, 79, 6:14 relative value scale); 79, 2:2 (patient benefit package BROWN, CYNTHIA A., An explanation of the 1994 definition); 79, 3:2 (patient choice); 79, 4:2 (health Medicare reimbursement, 79, 7:10 care reform); 79, 5:2 (College participation in health —Planned revisions to the geographic adjustment fac- care legislation); 79, 6:2 (patient complications); 79, tors: The 1995 Medicare fee schedule, 79, 10:21 7:2 (capitation contracts); 79, 8:2 (cost containment); —Update on federal trauma activities, 79, 11:15 79, 9:4 (trauma care payment); 79, 10:4 (single- VOLUME 79, NUMBER 12, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS BULLETIN Bulletin Index: Volume 79, Numbers 1-12 Author Index —What surgeons should know about...The 1994 Medi- A care fee schedule, 79, 1:6 ABCARIAN, HERAND, American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery, 79, 12:40 C ABELOFF, MARTIN D., and REYNOLDS, P. PRE- STON, Professionalism and cancer care, 79, 5:12 CANGELLO, VINCENT W., Reflections on a joint ACS BOARD OF GOVERNORS COMMITTEE ON scientific meeting: Is life lived in circles?, 79, 4:34 AMBULATORY SURGICAL CARE, Guidelines CARRIERE, JOSEPH N. JR., What’s new in urol- for office-based surgery: quality assurance, 79, 10:32 ogy, 79, 1:82 ACS COMMITTEE ON TRAUMA, Essential equip- CIVETTA, JOSEPH M., Managing the cancer pa- ment for ambulances, 79, 9:19 tient and family, 79, 11:25 ADAMS-RAY, BILL, RAASSEN, TOM, REES, CLIVE, ROSEMARIE E., BRENNAN, MURRAY THOMAS D., MUSTAFA, OSMAN, and F., and WINCHESTER, DAVID P., The COC: Its WACHIRA, JOHN, The Flying Doctors of East Af- roots and destiny 79, 6:14 rica, 79, 10:12 COHN, ISIDORE, JR., and FISHER, JOSEF E., ARTIYAN, STEPHAN, and ROSENBLATT, WIL- What surgeons should know about...The CPT sys- LIAM H., Project REMEDY: Helping our colleagues tem and College related activities, 79, 7:6 around the world, 79, 6:30 CONNOLLY, EDWARD S., American Board of Neu- AUST, J. BRADLEY, and PELTIER, LEONARD rological Surgery, 79, 12:42 F., Owen H. Wangensteen: The education of sur- CURRERI, P. WILLIAM, The PPRC: 1994 update, geons, 79, 11:8 79, 6:11 B D BALAS, PANAGIOTIS E., Ancient Hellenic surgery, 79, 6:22 DaROSA, DEBRA, and FOLSE, ROLAND, Sur- BENSON, SALLY J., 1994 Distinguished Philanthro- geons as educators course a success, 79, 2:42 pist named, 79, 9:38 DEITCH, EDWIN A., Managing life-threatening tho- —Development Committee reports on recent activi- racic injuries, 79, 10:30 ties, 79, 7:66 —Earl Mayne, MD, FACS: A legacy of education, 79, 11:42 BILLINGHAM, RICHARD P., What’s new in colon and rectal surgery, 79, 1:16 EK BOLLINGER, R. RANDAL, What’s new in trans- plantation, 79, 1:74 EASTMAN, A. BRENT, Resources for optimal care of BRENNAN, MURRAY F., CLIVE, ROSEMARIE the injured patient: 1993, 79, 5:21 E., and WINCHESTER, DAVID P., The COC: Its EBERT, PAUL A., As I see it; 79, 1:2 (resource-based roots and destiny, 79, 6:14 relative value scale); 79, 2:2 (patient benefit package BROWN, CYNTHIA A., An explanation of the 1994 definition); 79, 3:2 (patient choice); 79, 4:2 (health Medicare reimbursement, 79, 7:10 care reform); 79, 5:2 (College participation in health —Planned revisions to the geographic adjustment fac- care legislation); 79, 6:2 (patient complications); 79, tors: The 1995 Medicare fee schedule, 79, 10:21 7:2 (capitation contracts); 79, 8:2 (cost containment); —Update on federal trauma activities, 79, 11:15 79, 9:4 (trauma care payment); 79, 10:4 (single- VOLUME 79, NUMBER 12, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS BULLETIN negotiated payment), 79, 11:4 (reimbursement for teaching physicians), 79, 12:4 (ethics) H EISEMAN, BEN, Our second responsibility in trauma care: A new clause in the social contract, 79, HIRSCHFELD, ALAN, MURALI, RAJ, and 3:23 ROVIT, RICHARD L., What’s new in neurosur- gery, 79, 1:35 F J FABER, L. PENFIELD, American Board of Thoracic Surgery, 79, 12:54 JONASSON, OLGA, The “Group of 100,” 79, 5:40 FINLEY, RICHARD J., Report of the Chairman of JONES, RONALD C., Governors at-Work: The Com- the Board of Governors, 79, 12:34 mittee to Study the Fiscal Affairs of the College, 79, FISCHER, JOSEF E., ACS Conference links investi- 2:39 gators and NIH, 79, 7:15 JOHNSON, GEORGE JR., What’s new in vascular —Governors at Work: The Committee on Professional surgery, 79, 1:85 Liability, 79, 1:95 —(and COHN, ISIDORE, JR.) What surgeons should know about...The CPT system and related College activities, 79, 7:6 FLYNN, JOHN T., American Board of Ophthalmol- ogy, 79, 12:47 K FOLSE, ROLAND, and DaROSA, DEBRA, Sur- KOTOSKI, GABRIELLE M., The Bottom Line: Sur- geons as educators course a success, 79, 2:42 gery’s black hole: Is it consuming your practice?, 79, FREISCHLAG, JULIE, NEUMAYER, LEIGH, and 2:34 LEVINSON, WENDY, Demographics of today’s KRIDELBAUGH, WILLIAM W., Reflections on the woman surgeons, 79, 2:28 evolution of malpractice law, 79, 4:29 KRON, IRVING L., Report from a Travelling Fellow, 79, 12:64 G GAGE, JOHN O., Governors at Work: The Committee on Socioeconomic Issues, 79, 2:37 GALLAGHER, CHRISTOPHER R., What surgeons L should know about...Health care reform terms and approaches, 79, 5:6 LEFFALL, LASALLE D., JR., Medical ethics in to- GAMELLI, RICHARD L., What’s new in critical care day’s society, 79, 2:6 and metabolism, 79, 1:22 —100 years of breast cancer: Halsted to Fisher, 79, GARDNER, TIMOTHY J., What’s new in cardiotho- 8:12 racic surgery, 79, 1:11 LEVINSON, WENDY, FREISCHLAG, JULIE, and GERBIE, ALBERT B., American Board of Obstetrics NEUMAYER, LEIGH, Demographics of today’s and Gynecology, 79, 12:43 woman surgeons, 79, 2:28 GINSBERG, ROBERT J., What’s new in general LEWIS, FRANK R., JR., What’s new in trauma and thoracic surgery, 79, 1:70 burns, 79, 1:78 GRADINGER, GILBERT P., American Board of —Report of the Chairman of the Board of Governors, Plastic Surgery, 79, 12:50 79, 12:32 GREEN, NEIL E., American Board of Orthopaedic LIGHTFOOT, SUSAN A., Surgeons make public pol- Surgery, 79, 12:48 icy, 79, 3:20 GRIFFEN, WARD O., JR., Dr. Robert Zeppa dies, 79, LOTZE, MICHAEL, What’s new in surgical oncology, 1:99 79, 1:42 GUTTMAN, FRANK M., What’s new in pediatric sur- LUCE, EDWARD A., A graduate surgical education gery, 79, 1:60 curriculum, 79, 8:27 DECEMBER 1994 ACS BULLETIN —Health care report cards: Will they make the grade?, M 79, 8:21 MacLEAN, LLOYD D., Presidential Address: Wan- gensteen’s Surgical Forum: A legacy of research, 79, 12:8 MAGRINA, JAVIER F., What’s new in gynecology R and obstetrics, 79, 1:31 MEYER, LINN, ACS ad campaign promotes patient RAASSEN, TOM, ADAMS-RAY, BILL, MUSTAFA, choice, 79, 8:42 OSMAN, REES, THOMAS D., and WACHIRA, MOORE, ERNEST E., Trauma Committee spurs res- JOHN, The Flying Doctors of East Africa, 79, 10:12 idents to research excellence, 79, 9:24 REES, RILEY S., What’s new in plastic surgery, 79, MURALI, RAJ, HIRSCHFELD, ALAN, and 1:66 ROVIT, RICHARD L., What’s new in neurosur- REES, THOMAS S., ADAMS-RAY, BILL, MUS- gery, 79, 1:35 TAFA, OSMAN, RAASSEN, TOM, and MURRAY, DAVID G., What’s new in orthopaedic WACHIRA, JOHN, The Flying Doctors of East Af- surgery, 79, 1:51 rica, 79, 10:12 —Report of the Chairman of the Board of Regents, 79, REGNIER, STEPHEN J., ACS/CDC meeting ex- 12:32 plores risks of blood-borne pathogens, 79, 5:30 MUSTAFA, OSMAN, ADAMS-RAY, BILL, RAAS- —Chapter officers meet in Chicago, 79, 8:46 SEN, TOM, REES, THOMAS D., and WACHIRA, —yYoung surgeons tackle practice management issue, JOHN, The Flying Doctors of East Africa, 79, 10:12 79, 6:42 REYNOLDS, P. PRESTON, and ABELOFF, MAR- TIN D., Professionalism and cancer care, 79, 5:12 RICHARDSON, J. DAVID, Training surgeons to care for the injured: The general surgery model, 79, 8:31 N RIKKERS, LAYTON R., American Board of Surgery, NEUMAYER, LEIGH, FREISCHLAG, JULIE, and 79, 12:51 LEVINSON, WENDY, Demographics of today’s —What’s new in gastrointestinal and biliary condi- woman surgeons, 79, 2:28 tions, 79, 1:27 ROGERS, CAROLYN, ACS coding hotline and work- shops respond to reimbursement problems, 79, 1:118 —America’s social ills and our health care system: An P interview with Dr. Leroy Schwartz, 79, 12:21 —Nonphysician providers and limited-license practi- PAINTER, MARK N., What surgeons should know tioners: Scope-of-practice issues, 79, 2:12 about...Operative reports and reimbursement, 79, ROSENBLATT, WILLIAM M., and ARIYAN, 3:6 STEPHAN, Project REMEDY: Helping our col- —What surgeons should know about...Frequently leagues around the world, 79, 6:30 asked questions on the College’s coding hotline, 79, ROVIT, RICHARD L., HIRSCHFELD, ALAN, and 10:8 MURALI, RAJ, What’s new in neurosurgery, 79, PEEBLES, RHONDA J., Chapter News, 79, 2:46, 1:35 4:40, 6:51, 8:52, 12:68 RYAN, MOLLY, The Bottom Line: Hiring an attor- PELTIER, LEONARD F., and AUST, BRADLEY J., ney: Why, when, who, how, and how much, 79, 9:30 Owen H. Wangensteen: The education of surgeons, 79, 11:8 PERLMUTTER, ALAN D., American Board of Urol- ogy, 79, 12:55 PETERS, PAUL C., Citation for Professor Geoffrey Duncan Chisholm, 79, 11:37 S PILLSBURY, HAROLD C., What’s new in otorhino- laryngology, 79, 1:55 SABO, RICHARD R., Surgical practice in rural com- POLITSER, PAM, Physicians explore options in a munities, 79, 4:6 changing health care marketplace, 79, 4:22 SANDRICK, KAREN, An interview with Dr. William VOLUME 79, NUMBER 12, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS BULLETIN Pace: Our malpractice problem: Perspective of an TRUNKEY, DONALD D., The admiral’s wounds, 79, expert witness, 79, 3:36 2:18 —Surgery in the 90s and beyond: Young surgeons voice concerns and satisfactions, 79, 3:9 —Surgical practice in rural communities: The view from the trenches, 79, 4:11 W SCHNEIDMAN, DIANE, An insider’s view of integrated health care: An interview with Bruce Spivey, 79, 6:6 WACHIRA, JOHN, ADAMS-RAY, BILL, RAAS- —Any willing provider legislation: An overview of SEN, TOM, REES, THOMAS D., MUSTAFA, OS- state laws, 79, 9:13 MAN, The Flying Doctors of Africa, 79, 10:12 SELJESKOG, EDWARD L., Citation for Professor WALDHAUSEN, JOHN A., Citation for Professor Lindsay Symon, 79, 11:38 Hans Georg Borst, 79, 11:35 SEYFER, ALAN E., Management of hand injuries, WALT, ALEXANDER J., Can cost containment be 79, 11:28 learned in a surgical residency?, 79, 9:8 SHELDON, GEORGE F., Impending health care leg- —DSA recipient Dr. George Block dies, 79, 9:40 islation: Its impact on surgical workforce and resi- —Keeping Current: Care of the Surgical Patient dencies, 79, 5:18 evolves into Scientific American Surgery, 79, 9:34 SMITH, ROBERT B., Governors at Work: The Com- —Presidential Address: The uniqueness of American mittee on Surgical Practice in Hospitals, 79, 2:38, surgical education and its preservation, 79, 12:8 12:39 —Report of the Chairman of the Board of Regents, 79, SPAETH, GEORGE L., What’s new in ophthalmol- 12:29 ogy, 79, 1:48 WELLS, SAMUEL A., JR., Citation for Professor SPRATT, JOHN S., What is science?, 79, 11:19 John Wong, 79, 11:39 STRAUCH, GERALD O., American-Hellenic surgi- WILLIAMS, LESTER F., JR., One participant’s re- cal meeting deemed a success, 79, 6:46 view, 79, 2:42 WINCHESTER, DAVID P., BRENNAN, MURRAY F., and CLIVE, ROSEMARIE E., The COC: Its roots and destiny, 79, 6:14 T TARDY, M. EUGENE, JR., American Board of Oto- laryngology, 79, 12:49 THOMPSON, JON S., From a Travelling Fellow: Ex- Z periences in Australia, 79, 12:64 TOMPKINS, RONALD K., Governors at Work: The ZUPKO, KAREN, The Bottom Line: Surgeons and Committee on Physicians’ Health, 79, 1:94, 12:38 mergers: Making the right choice, 79, 11:30 Subject Index (ACS Board of Governors Committee on Ambulatory A Surgical Care), 79, 10:32 AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS Activities AIDS —ACS fax line available, 79, 11:50 ACS/CDC meeting explores risks of blood-borne patho- —College announces database program with NLM, 79, gens (Regnier), 79, 5:30 11:50 AMBULATORY CARE —What surgeons should know about... Frequently ACS issues guidelines for office-based surgery, 79, asked questions on the College’s coding hotline 5:48, 10:39 (Painter), 79, 10:8 Dateline: Washington: ACS comments on ASC proce- Annual Meeting (see also: Clinical Congress) dures, 79, 4:5 —Official notice: Annual Meeting of Fellows, American Guidelines for office-based surgery: Quality assurance College of Surgeons, 79, 9:38 DECEMBER 1994 ACS BULLETIN Awards —Chapters visit Capitol Hill, 79, 8:48 —1994 Distinguished Philanthropist named (Benson), Clinical Congress (see also Annual Meeting) 79, 9:38 —Clinical Congress lecturers named, 79, 6:48 —1995 Residents’ Trauma Papers Competition, 79, 7:67 —Clinical Congress 1994: Highlights, 79, 12:26 —Professor Dubois receives Jacobson innovation —Clinical Congress preliminary program, 79, 7:19 award, 79, 7:62 —Commission on Cancer plans events for Clinical —16 years of papers competition: Trauma committee Congress, 79, 9:45 spurs residents to research excellence (Moore), 79, —Contributions to the 1995 Surgical Forum are re- 9:24 quested, 79, 12:74 —Winner of Residents’ Papers Competition an- —Ethics colloquium debuts, 79, 8:51 nounced, 79, 7:64 —Liability in changing health settings to be examined, Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons 79, 9:47 —Statement of ownership, management, and circula- —1993 Clinical Congress videotapes available, 79, 5:45 tion, 79, 12:81 —Plan now for 1994 Clinical Congress, 79, 4:43 Chapters —Scientific contributions sought for 1995 Clinical —Chapter News: Bernard Fisher receives Sheen Congress, 79, 12:73 Award (Peebles), 79, 2:46 —Trauma videotape guidelines, 79, 12:76 —Chapter News: Brooklyn-Long Island (NY) hosts an- Development nual meeting (Peebles), 79, 8:52 —Chapter News: Chapters participate in FLS —Chapter News: Chapter Update reactivated (Peebles), 79, 6:51 (Peebles), 79, 6:51 —College establishes Mayne Heritage, 79, 11:43 —Chapter News: Chapters continue support for Col- —Development Committee reports on recent activities lege endowment funds (Peebles), 79, 2:46 (Benson), 79, 7:66 —Chapter News: Chapters participate in FLS —Life insurance option for planned giving now avail- (Peebles), 79, 6:51 able, 79, 12:72 —Chapter News: Chapters schedule managed care —1994 Distinguished Philanthropist named (Benson), workshops (Peebles), 79, 12:68 79, 9:38 —Chapter News: Cosponsorship program (Peebles), Distinguished Service Award 79, 4:41 —Dr. Hermann receives DSA, 79, 11:34 —Chapter News: Florida Chapter examines practice Fellows parameters (Peebles), 79, 4:41 —Chapter News: Bernard Fisher receives Sheen —Chapter News: Indiana Chapter announces resident Award (Peebles), 79, 2:46 winers (Peebles), 79, 8:52 —DSA recipient Dr. George Block dies (Walt), 79, 9:40 —Chapter News: Merck Newsletter Grant Program —Dateline: Washington: Fellow appointed to FDA (Peebles), 79, 6:51 panel, 79, 9:7 —Chapter News: Metropolitan DC Chapter hosts first —Dateline: Washington: Fellows win Congressional All-City Grand Rounds (Peebles), 79, 4:40 contests, 79, 12:6 —Chapter News: Mississippi Fellows examine surgery —Dr. Robert Zeppa dies (Griffen), 79, 1:99 in the tropics (Peebles), 79, 2:46 —Earl Mayne, MD, FACS: A legacy of education (Ben- —Chapter News: 1994 Chapter Officers’ Seminar son), 79, 11:42 (Peebles), 79, 4:41 —Fellow files class action suit vs. Medicare, 79, 9:41 —Chapter News: Ohio Chapter anticipates future —Fellows and facts, 79, 1:117, 7:65 (Peebles), 79, 4:40 —Fellows run for U.S. Congress (Hill), 79, 10:38 —Chapter News: Residents’ day program and compe- —Physicians awarded AMA Medal of Valor, 79, 9:39 tition (Peebles), 79, 2:46 —Prof. Vladimir Bourakovsky, MD, FACS(Hon), dies, —Chapter News: San Diego Chapter begins fax news- 79, 12:62 letter (Peebles), 79, 6:51 —Surgeons make public policy (Lightfoot), 79, 3:20 —Chapter News: Special chapter administrators sem- —Tennessee Fellow joins Senate race, 79, 9:43 inar deemed successful (Peebles), 79, 8:52 Governors, Board of —Chapter News: Spotlight on the Chapters—Rhode —Governors at Work: The Committee on Physicians’ Island (Peebles), 79, 2:47 Health (Tompkins), 79, 1:94, 12:38 —Chapter News: Triennial questionnaire results —Governors at Work: The Committee on Professional (Peebles), 79, 12:68 Liability (Fischer), 79, 1:95 —Chapter officers meet in Chicago (Regnier), 79, —Governors at Work: The Committee on Socioeco- 8:46 nomic Issues (Gage), 79, 2:37 VOLUME 79, NUMBER 12, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS BULLETIN —Governors at Work: The C»mmittee on Surgical Regents, Board of Practice in Hospitals (Smith, 79, 2:38, 12:39 —Highlights of the Board of Regents meeting, October —Governors at Work: The Committee to Study the 8-10 and October 15, 1993 (Lynch), 79, 1:123 Fiscal Affairs of the College (jones), 79, 2:39 —Highlights of the Board of Regents meeting, Febru- Honorary Fellows ary 4-5, 1994 (Lynch), 79, 6:55 —ACS awards four Honorary Fellowships, 79, 11:35 —Highlights of the Board of Regents meeting, June —Citation for Professor Geoffrey Duncan Chisholm 10-11, 1994 (Lynch), 79, 9:48 (Peters), 79, 11:37 Reports to the Fellows —Citation for Professor Hans Georg Borst —Report of the Chairman of the Board of Governors (Waldhausen), 79, 11:35 (Finley), 79, 12:34 —Citation for Professor John Wong (Wells), 79, 11:39 —Report of the Chairman of the Board of Regents —Citation for Professor Lindsay Symon (Seljeskog), (Murray), 79, 12:32 79, 11:38 Scholarships Journal of the American College of Surgeons —Chapter News: Chapters continue support for Col- —College renames surgical journal, 79, 1:128 lege endowment funds (Peebles), 79, 2:46 —FYI, 79, 1:128, 2:64, 3:46, 4:44, 5:48, 6:53, 7:68, 8:56, —International Guest Scholarships available to young 9:52, 10:40, 11:52, 12:79 surgeons, 79, 11:47 Meetings —New 1994 scholar appointed, 79, 6:47 —ACS conference links investigators and NIH —1994 ACS Faculty Fellowships awarded, 79, 4:32 (Fischer), 79, 7:15 —1994 international scholars selected, 79, 3:48 —American-Hellenic Surgical Congress set for March, —1994 scholarships, award granted, 79, 1:120 79, 1:101 —1995 scholarships, fellowships, and career develop- —American-Hellenic surgical meeting deemed a suc- ment award available, 79, 3:43 cess (Strauch), 79, 6:46 —1995 travelling fellowship announced, 79, 1:127 Officers and staff —1996 travelling fellowship announced, 79, 12:66 —ACS Regents and Officers, 79, 6:36, 8:38, 12:57 —Report from a Travelling Fellow (Kron), 79, 12:64 —Alexander Walt installed as 75th ACS President, 79, —Travelling fellowship offered, 79, 11:48 11:33 —Travelling fellowship recipient announced at Clini- Presidential Address cal Congress, 79, 11:48 —The uniqueness of American surgical education and Spring Meeting its preservation (Walt), 79, 12:8 —Boston to host Spring Meeting, 79, 11:52 Publications —1995 Spring Meeting set for Boston, 79, 12:61 —ACS ad campaign promotes patient choice (Meyer), —22nd annual Spring Meeting set, 79, 1:105 79, 8:42 Statements —ACS issues guidelines for office-based surgery, 79, —Statement of recommendations to ensure quality of sur- 5:48, 10:39 gical services in managed care environments, 79, 12:30 —Chapter News: Chapter Update reactivated —Statement on advance directives by patients: “Do (Peebles), 79, 6:51 Not Resuscitate” in the operating room, 79, 9:29 —Chapter News: San Diego Chapter begins fax news- —Statement on emerging surgical technologies and letter (Peebles), 79, 6:51 the evaluation of credentials, 79, 6:40 —Essential equipment for ambulances (ACS Commit- —Statement on laser surgery, 79, 4:31 tee on Trauma), 79, 9:19 —Statement on surgical residencies and the educa- —Guidelines for office-based surgery: Quality assur- tional environment, 79, 1:89 ance (ACS Board of Governors Committee on Am- —Statement regarding clinical trials, 79, 5:29 bulatory Surgical Care), 79, 10:32 Testimony —Keeping Current: Care of the Surgical Patient evolves —ACS presents testimony on current issues, 79, 1:97 into Scientific American Surgery (Walt), 79, 9:34 —As I see it (Ebert), 79, 5:2 —Management of hand injuries (Seyfer), 79, 11:28 —Dateline: Washington: ACS testifies on GME and —Managing life-threatening thoracic injuries (Dei- health care reform, 79, 3:4 tch), 79, 10:30 —Dateline: Washington: ACS testifies on health care —Owen H. Wangensteen: The education of surgeons reform, 79, 4:4 (Peltier, Aust), 79, 11:8 —Dateline: Washington: ACS testifies on saline im- —What surgeons should know about . .. The CPT sys- plants, 79, 7:4 tem and related College activities (Fischer, Cohn), —Dateline: Washington: ACS testifies on trauma 79, 7:6 funding, 79, 4:4 DECEMBER 1994 ACS BULLETIN ASSISTANTS AT SURGERY Graduate Dateline: Washington: HCFA revises assistant at sur- —As I see it (Ebert), 79, 11:4 gery payment restrictions, 79, 2:4 —Can cost containment be learned in a surgical resi- dency? (Walt), 79, 9:8 —Chapter News: Resident’s day program and compe- tition (Peebles), 79, 2:46 —Dateline: Washington: ACS testifies on GME and CANCER health care reform, 79, 3:4 Management —Dateline: Washington: OIG recommends GME cuts, —The COC: Its roots and destiny (Brennan, Clive, 79, 10:6 Winchester), 79, 6:14 —A graduate surgical education curriculum (Luce), —Commission on Cancer plans events for Clinical 79, 8:27 Congress, 79, 9:45 —Impending health care legislation: Its impact on sur- —Dateline: Washington: ACS testifies on saline im- gical workforce and residencies (Sheldon), 79, 5:18 plants, 79, 7:4 —Statement on surgical residencies and the educa- —Dateline: Washington: HCFA issues rule on mam- tional environment, 79, 1:89 mography, 79, 11:6 Theory —Dateline: Washington: HCFA meets to discuss —One participant’s review (Williams), 79, 2:42 breast cancer treatment, 79, 12:7 —Owen H. Wangensteen: The education of surgeons —Managing the cancer patient and family (Civetta), (Peltier, Aust), 79, 11:8 79, 11:25 —Presidential Address: The uniqueness of American sur- —100 years of breast cancer: Halsted to Fisher (Lef- gical education and its preservation (Walt), 79, 12:8 fall), 79, 8:12 —Surgeons as Educators course a success (Folse, —Professionalism and cancer care (Abeloff, Reynolds), DaRosa), 79, 2:42 79, 5:12 ETHICS —Statement regarding clinical trials, 79, 5:29 As I see it (Ebert), 79, 12:4 Treatment advances Dateline: Washington: GAO studies self-referrals, 79, 6:4 —Applications sought for cancer research award, 79, 10:37 Ethics colloquium debuts, 79, 8:51 —What’s new in surgical oncology (Lotze), 79, 1:42 Medical ethics in today’s society (Leffall), 79, 2:6 CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY Your opinion is needed, 79, 4:36 Managing life-threatening thoracic injuries (Deitch), EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES 79, 10:30 Dateline: Washington: GAO studies health “report What’s new in cardiothoracic surgery (Gardner), 79, 1:11 cards,” 79, 11:7 COLON AND RECTAL SURGERY Governors at Work: The Committee on Surgical Prac- American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery (Ab- tice in Hospitals (Smith), 79, 2:38 canan), 79, 12:40 Health care report cards: Will they make the grade? What’s new in colon and rectal surgery (Billingham) (Politser), 79, 8:21 79, 1:16 COST CONTAINMENT AND CALCULATION As I see it (Ebert), 79, 8:2, 9:4, 10:4 Can cost containment be learned in a surgical resi- FEDERAL APPOINTMENTS dency? (Walt), 79, 9:8 Dateline: Washington: Blumenthal to head Office of CREDENTIALING Women’s Health, 79, 2:5 Statement on emerging surgical technologies and the Dateline: Washington: Fellow appointed to FDA panel, evaluation of credentials, 79, 6:40 79, 9:7 CRITICAL CARE AND METABOLISM Dateline: Washington: Rosenberg named as CDC in- What’s new in critical care and metabolism (Gamelli), jury control director, 79, 2:5 79, 1:22 Dateline: Washington: Trauma director named, 79, 9:7 G EDUCATION GASTROINTESTINAL AND BILIARY CONDI- Continuing TIONS —ASPRS offers procedures publication, 79, 4:41 What’s new in gastrointestinal and biliary conditions —Surgical research clearinghouse, 79, 2:50 (Rikkers), 79, 1:27 VOLUME 79, NUMBER 12, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS BULLETIN 100 years of breast cancer: Halsted to Fisher (Leffall), H 79, 8:12 Owen H. Wangensteen: The education of surgeons (Peltier, Aust), 79, 11:8 HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEMS Any willing provider legislation: An overview of state laws (Schneidman), 79, 9:13 As I see it (Ebert), 79, 7:2 I Dateline: Washington: Antitrust guidelines released, INFORMATION SYSTEMS/DATABASES 79, 11:7 ACS fax line available, 79, 11:50 Dateline: Washington: NCQA rates managed care Biostatistical Group begins work, 79, 3:42 plans, 79, 7:5 College announces database program with NLM, 79, 11:50 Reflections on a joint scientific meeting: Is life lived in Dateline: Washington: ACS comments on health infor- circles? (Cangello), 79, 4:34 mation privacy, 79, 9:7 HEALTH CARE REFORM Dateline: Washington: Data bank bill introduced, 79, 6:5 America’s social ills and our health care system: An in- Statement regarding clinical trials, 79, 5:29 terview with Dr. Leroy Schwartz (Rogers), 79, 12:21 Trauma registry establishes data bank, 79, 2:43 As I see it (Ebert), 79, 2:2, 3:2, 5:2 INFORMED CONSENT Dateline: Washington: ACS supports tort reform pro- Statement on advance directives by patients: “Do Not visions, 79, 3:5 Resuscitate” in the operating room, 79, 9:29 Dateline: Washington: ACS testifies on GME and IN MEMORIA health care reform, 79, 3:4 DSA recipient Dr. George Block dies (Walt), 79, 9:40 National proposals Dr. Robert Zeppa dies, 79, 1:99 —As I see it (Ebert), 79, 4:2, 8:2 Prof. Vladimir Bourakovsky, MD, FACS(Hon) dies, 79, —Dateline: Washington: ACS testifies on health care 12:62 reform, 79, 4:4 INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS —Dateline: Washington: Congress prepares for floor American-Hellenic surgical meeting deemed a success votes on health reform, 79, 9:6 (Strauch), 79, 6:46 —Dateline: Washington: Congressional groups draft American-Hellenic Surgical Congress set for March, health reform proposals, 79, 8:5 79, 1:101 —Dateline: Washington: Health reform “consensus” International meetings calendar, 79, 8:53 bill introduced, 79, 4:4 Reflections on a joint scientific meeting: Is life lived in —Dateline: Washington: House committee continues circles? (Cangello), 79, 4:34 reform debate, 79, 6:4 Schweitzer symposium slated for August, 79, 5:44 —Dateline: Washington: House panel to consider re- vised Clinton plan, 79, 5:4 —Dateline: Washington: Mitchell declares end to re- form debate, 79, 11:6 —Dateline: Washington: Ways and Means drafts re- LEGISLATION form plan, 79, 5:4 Any willing provider legislation: An overview of state —Health care report cards: Will they make the grade? laws (Schneidman), 79, 9:13 (Politser), 79, 8:21 Dateline: Washington: ACS comments on health infor- —Impending health care legislation: Its impact on sur- mation privacy, 79, 9:7 gical workforce and residencies (Sheldon), 79, 5:18 Dateline: Washington: Congress acts on trauma pro- —What surgeons should know about...Health care re- grams, 79, 1:5 form terms and approaches (Gallagher), 79, 5:6 Monograph explains recent health care laws, 79, 10:37 Physicians’ proposals Update on federal trauma activities (Brown), 79, 11:15 —Physicians explore options in a changing health care marketplace (Politser), 79, 4:2 HISTORY The admiral’s wounds (Trunkey), 79, 2:18 Ancient Hellenic surgery (Balas), 79, 6:22 Earl Mayne, MD, FACS: A legacy of education (Ben- MANAGED CARE son), 79, 11:42 Chapter News: Chapters schedule managed care Famed anatomist remembered, 79, 1:119 workshops (Peebles), 79, 12:68 DECEMBER 1994 ACS BULLETIN Statement of recommendations to ensure quality of surgi- cal services in managed care environments, 79, 12:30 MEDICAL WORKFORCE NEUROSURGERY Demographics of today’s woman surgeon (Neumayer, American Board of Neurological Surgery (Connolly), Freischlag, Levinson), 79, 2:28 79, 12:42 Governors at Work: The Committee on Physicians’ What’s new in neurosurgery (Rovit, Murali, Hirsch- Health (Tompkins), 79, 1:94, 12:38 feld), 79, 1:35 Impending health care legislation: Its impact on sur- gical workforce and residencies (Sheldon), 79, 5:18 Training surgeons to care for the injured: The general surgery model (Richardson), 79, 8:31 MEDICARE As I see it (Ebert), 79, 1:2, 11:4 OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY Dateline: Washington: ACS comments on ASC proce- American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Ger- dures, 79, 4:5 bie), 79, 12:43 Dateline: Washington: ACS comments on concurrent What’s new in gynecology and obstetrics (Magrina), care guidelines, 79, 1:4 79, 1:31 Dateline: Washington: ACS comments on 94 fee OPERATING ROOM ENVIRONMENT schedule, 79, 3:5 ACS/CDC meeting explores risks of blood-borne patho- Dateline: Washington: GAO finds inconsistent Medi- gens (Regnier), 79, 5:30 care denials, 79, 5:4 CORE to examine operating room efficiency, 79, 12:72 Dateline: Washington: HCFA issues 94 MVPSs and OPHTHALMOLOGY fee updates, 79, 1:4 American Board of Ophthalmology (Flynn), 79, 12:47 Dateline: Washington: HCFA issues rule on mammog- What’s new in ophthalmology (Spaeth), 79, 1:48 raphy, 79, 11:6 ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY Dateline: Washington: HHS issues update and MVPS American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (Green), 79, recommendations, 79, 7:4 12:48 Dateline: Washington: Medicare participation rates What’s new in orthopaedic surgery (Murray), 79, 1:51 increase, 79, 7:5 OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY Dateline: Washington: 1995 fee update recommenda- American Board of Otolaryngology (Tardy), 79, 12:49 tions issued, 79, 6:5 What’s new in otorhinolaryngology (Pillsbury), 79, Dateline: Washington: OIG recommends GME cuts, 1:55 79, 10:6 OUTREACH PROGRAMS Dateline: Washington: PPRC reports on reimburse- The Flying Doctors of East Africa (Rees, Raassen, ment for trauma and critical care, 79, 10:6 Wachira, Mustafa, Adams-Ray), 79, 10:12 Dateline: Washington: President issues 95 budget, 79, Physicians mobilize to care for underserved Ameri- 3:4 cans, 79,10:35 Dateline: Washington: President signs Medicare legis- Project REMEDY: Helping our colleagues around the lation, 79, 12:6 world (Ariyan, Rosenblatt), 79, 6:30 Dateline: Washington: Private payors and Medicaid adopt RBRVS, 79, 12:7 Fellow files class action suit vs. Medicare, 79, 9:41 P The 1995 Medicare fee schedule: Planned revisions to the geographic adjustment factors (Brown), 79, 10:21 PEDIATRIC SURGERY What does a 10 percent Medicare fee update mean? An What’s new in pediatric surgery (Guttman), 79, 1:60 explanation of the 1994 Medicare reimbursement PEER REVIEW (Brown), 79, 7:10 As I see it (Ebert), 79, 6:2 What surgeons should know about...The CPT system PHYSICIAN REIMBURSEMENT and related College activities (Fischer, Cohn), 79, ACS coding hotline and workshops respond to reim- 7:6 bursement problems (Rogers), 79, 1:118 What surgeons should know about...Frequently asked As I see it (Ebert), 79, 1:2, 2:2, 3:2, 6:2, 11:4 questions on the College’s coding hotline (Painter), The Bottom Line: Surgery’s black hole: Is it consuming 79, 10:8 your practice? (Kotoski), 79, 2:34 What surgeons should know about...The 1994 Medi- Dateline: Washington: ACS comments on ASC proce- care fee schedule (Brown), 79, 1:6 dures, 79, 4:5 VOLUME 79, NUMBER 12, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS BULLETIN

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