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JCAHO RATES LUNG VOLUME REDUCTION CENTER

Washington University's Lung Volume Reduction program has received Centers of Excellence rating from the Joint Commission. Only Centers of Excellence-certified programs are eligible to receive reimbursement for LVRS from Medicare.

CMS REPORTS BJH HAS ONE OF NATION'S BEST HEART ATTACK AND HEART FAILURE SURVIVAL RATES

For the first time, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued public access to comparable hospital outcomes for heart attack and heart failure...

UPCOMING CME COURSES

For information, call (800) 325-9862 or e-mail

Course Title	Date
Current and Future Treatment of Aortic Diseases	Saturday September 6 2008
Newborn Brain Symposium	Wednesday September 10-13, 2008
Recent Advances in the Management of Valvular Heart Disease	Saturday September 13 2008
Napa Valley Orthopaedic Trauma Symposium	September 18-20, 2008
Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment of Hematologic Malignancies	Saturday September 20 2008
34th Annual Symposium on Obstetrics & Gynecology	Thursday October 2-3, 2008
New Techniques in Urinary Incontinence and Female Urology	Saturday October 4 2008
Contemporary General Thoracic Surgery	October 23-24, 2008
Advanced Revascularization Chapter 3	Saturday November 1 2008