American College of Surgeons
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59 articles about American College of Surgeons
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Tonix Pharmaceuticals Announces New Data Involving TNX-1500 (Fc-modified dimeric anti-CD40L mAb) in Heart Xenotransplantation in Animal Models at the ACS Clinical Congress and IPITA-IXA-CTRMS Joint Congress
10/30/2023
Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp. announced data from two oral presentations which were delivered recently at the ACS Clinical Congress 2023, and The IPITA, the International Xenotransplantation Association, and the Cell Transplant and Regenerative Medicine Society Joint Congress by faculty at the Center for Transplantation Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital in October 2023.
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Nineteen Surgical Organizations Strongly Oppose CMS' Plan to Implement the G2211 Code
7/26/2023
The American College of Surgeons, with 18 other surgical organizations, has expressed strong opposition to the implementation of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services code G2211, which would harm surgeons and, in turn, surgical patients.
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Tampa General Hospital+USF Health Bariatric Program Earns Full Reaccreditation
10/19/2022
The TGH+USF Health Bariatric Center has again earned full accreditation as a Comprehensive Center under the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program, a joint program of the American College of Surgeons and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.
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The American College of Surgeons calls for urgent, bipartisan action to address the firearm violence public health crisis
6/2/2022
Leaders from the American College of Surgeons called for bipartisan solutions to reduce the rising numbers of deaths and serious injuries that are arriving in trauma centers on a daily basis due to firearm violence.
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Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford Achieves Highest Level of Surgical Verification
1/26/2022
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, the center of Stanford Children's Health, has been verified as a Level I children's surgery center by the American College of Surgeons Children's Surgery Verification Program—the highest designation a hospital can receive.
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Surgery has survival benefits for male Stage IV breast cancer patients who are receptive to systemic therapy
10/24/2021
Men with Stage IV breast cancer and known estrogen (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) status benefit from surgical intervention and from trimodal therapy (systemic therapy, surgery, and radiation), according to a study presented at the virtual American College of Surgeons (ACS) Clinical Congress 2021.
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American College of Surgeons strongly opposes proposed cuts to surgical patient care
7/14/2021
Surgical care continues to be under threat in the proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for calendar year 2022 released yesterday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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New cross-specialty ACS Quality Verification Program will improve quality and safety for all surgical patients
7/12/2021
Many programs effectively capture important data about various aspects of surgical care, but until now, there hasn't been one that uses evidence-based standards to find, fix, and prevent problems for all surgical patients.
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Grady reverified by the American College of Surgeons as Atlanta's only Level 1 Trauma Center to achieve this coveted status
5/12/2021
Grady Memorial Hospital's Marcus Trauma Center has again earned the highest national trauma recognition — Level I Trauma Center, verified by the American College of Surgeons.
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American College of Surgeons panels warn vaping and marijuana use before an operation can be harmful
10/6/2020
More than a dozen states1 now allow recreational marijuana use, and millions of adults use e-cigarettes regularly2, but surgeons warn that even as these products become more widely available, they can be harmful if used before an operation.
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American College of Surgeons strongly opposes proposed Medicare physician fee schedule
8/4/2020
Policy undermines patient care and further strains health care system weakened from COVID-19 pandemic
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COVID-19: American College of Surgeons releases new guidance document to help health care facilities best prepare for resuming elective surgery
4/17/2020
New patient registry is also now available to all hospitals willing to capture meaningful data about their COVID-19 patients
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American College of Surgeons releases new clinical guidance document for elective surgical case triage during COVID-19
3/25/2020
Surgical decision-making document contains recommendations for cancer operations and various other surgical specialty procedures
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Reston Hospital Trauma Center Receives Verification from the American College of Surgeons
12/17/2019
Reston Hospital has received verification as a Level II Trauma Center by the American College of Surgeons for a period of three years through the year 2022.
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American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress Convenes in San Francisco Next Week
10/24/2019
The Moscone Center will house the majority of the scientific sessions and other activities during the conference.
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American College of Surgeons introduces a new standardized program for hospitals devoted to high-quality surgical care for older adults
7/19/2019
Newly released care standards from the College's Geriatric Surgery Verification Program are evidence-based and centered on goals that matter most to the patient
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American College of Surgeons and Harvard Business School's Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness partner to develop value measurement tool for hospitals
7/18/2019
Surgeons and business leaders announce partnership to measure health care value to improve surgical patient outcomes
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American College of Surgeons Opposes the Lower Health Care Costs Act
6/20/2019
Proposed pro-health plan legislation imposes federal payment rate setting on physicians, leading to serious consequences to the entire health care system for years to come
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American College of Surgeons applauds congressional passage of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2019 (H.R. 269/ S. 1379)
6/4/2019
Bipartisan legislation will provide grant funding to ensure trauma care readiness by integrating military trauma care providers into civilian trauma centers and improve the nation's response to public health and medical emergencies
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Children's Minnesota Trauma Center receives Level I re-verification status from the American College of Surgeons
4/24/2019
Children's Minnesota received re-verification by the American College of Surgeons as a Level I pediatric trauma center on its Minneapolis campus, the highest level offered by the organization's Committee on Trauma.