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MD-ACS eNews - April 2020Inside this issue: Message from the President ACS COVID-19 Update ACS COVID-19 Registry Local Resumption of Elective Surgery Guidance New Scoring System Empowers Surgery Departments to Prioritize Medically Necessary Operations That Should Not...

Surgical Care Has Come of Age​Over 40% of surgical patients are over the age of 65.  The ACS is addressing this issue with the development of the Geriatric Surgery Verification Program.  Don’t miss the opportunity to hear all about this new quality initiative from one...

Don't Miss - MD-ACS Advocacy Day and 2020 Spring Meeting ​ It’s a MD-ACS weekend with Advocacy Day Friday, March 6, 2020 at the Maryland State Capitol in Annapolis followed by MD-ACS 2020 Spring Meeting on Saturday, March 7, 2020 at the Westin Hotel in Annapolis. Mark...

Call for Nominations - Maryland Chapter of the American College of Surgeons The Maryland Chapter of the American College of Surgeons is seeking nominations for six open positions on the Executive Council, the governing body of the Chapter. To serve, a candidate must...

MD-ACS eNews January 2020 Inside this issue: MD-ACS Advocacy Day and 2020 Spring Meeting Call for Abstracts – 2020 MD-ACS Annual Spring Meeting MD-ACS Fall Dinner Leadership & Advocacy Summit Resident Travel Award Opportunity   Geriatric Surgery Verification (GSV)...

Spring Annual MeetingMarch 7, 2020 The Westin AnnapolisAnnapolis, MD Don't miss this opportunity to participate in the Annual Spring Meeting of the Maryland Chapter of the American College of Surgeons. This one-day event will place you among leading surgeons from...

Call for Abstracts - 2020 MD-ACS Annual Spring Meeting The Program Committee of the Maryland Chapter, American College of Surgeons (MD-ACS) is accepting abstracts for consideration for the resident paper competition being held during the 2020 MD-ACS Annual Spring...

Action Alert from ACS - Oppose Congressional Surprise Billing ProposalThe ACS needs your help. Earlier this week congressional leaders released an unworkable solution to stop surprise medical bills that contradicts the solutions ACS outlined last week and utilizes the...

MD-ACS eNews October 2019 Inside this issue: Register NOW for the Maryland ACS Fall Dinner Meeting MD-ACS Advocacy Day & Spring Meeting Dr. Sakran Selected as Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellow Congratulations To All the New ACS Initiates From...

ACS Seeks Your Input On MD's Surprise Billing Law The American College of Surgeons(ACS) Federal lobbyists are meeting with staff for Senators Van Hollen and Cardin tomorrow to discuss the current congressional proposals to address surprise billing. The senators have...