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 2003 News and Alert Archives
 
 
   
12-04-03
 JCAHO Issues Wrong-Site Surgery Universal Protocol™
   
12-03-03
President's Update on Passage of Medicare Bill
   
11-13-03
 The security of non-narcotic medications and equipment used in the administration of anesthesia and stored on or within carts in the operating room has become the focus of recent hospital and facility accreditation surveys: ASA has published a position statement on this issue.
   
11-11-03
 Recent media coverage about patient awareness prompted ASA to talk with one monitoring manufacturer about this issue. The follow-up correspondence is available to ASA members.
   
11-03-03
 Droperidol 'Black Box' Warning Revisited
   
10-11-03
 2003 Annual Meeting News Releases (PDF File)
   
7-02-03
Medicare Will NOT Seek Refunds of January-February Overpayments to Physicians.
   
6-27-03
 Senate, House Pass Medicare Drug Bills
   
6-24-03
 In a recent issue of Stars and Stripes, the debate over whether anesthesiologist assistants (AAs) should be allowed to provide care in military medical facilities was discussed. The article was spurred by an AANA-sponsored ad in the paper that objected to approving AAs as recognized anesthesia service providers.
   
5-21-03
Governor's Plan to Remove Physicians from Anesthesia Care Rejected by Coloradans
   
5-09-03
 The role of the anesthesiologists in treating SARS symptoms
   
5-07-03
Anesthetic Management of a SARS- Infected Patient
   
4-15-03
Call for Candidates for First Presidential Scholar Award
   
4-11-03
 Medicare Limits Payment for TEE(PDF file)
   
4-09-03
Hospital Stays Declining, Anesthesia Cited as One of The Causes
   
4-03-03

ASA Warns of Healthcare Crisis
   
2-14-03
 Congress Acts to Increase CF
   
2-6-03
 Rep. Greenwood Offers MICRA-type Reform Bill
   
1/28/03
 ASA Supports Senate Bill
   
1/24/03
 Senate Approves Fee Freeze
   
1/17/03
 Senate Bill to Freeze Medicare CF
   
1/10/03
 And Writes the Senate Too
   
1/08/03
 ASA Endorses Thomas Bill
   
1/08/03
 Thomas Introduces Disapproval Bill
   
1/07/03
 Medicare Participation Options For Physicians