Editor's Notes
"Here's Another Fine Mess, Governor"
By Stephen Jackson, M.D.

President's Page
"Hurricane Season in California"
By Mark A. Singleton, M.D.

From the CEO
"Knowledge Is Power, or So They Say"
By Barbara Baldwin, M.P.H.

Table Related to CEO Article
"DRGs and Procedures Within Each DRG"

Legislative & Practice Affairs

• "You Can't Say That! One Physician Wins, Another Loses in Free Speech Lawsuits"
  By David E. Willett, Esq.
• "Anesthesia Group Leverage in Contract Negotiation"
  By Phillip Goldberg, Esq.
• "Legislative Update"
  By William E. Barnaby III, Esq., and William E. Barnaby, Esq.

ASA Board of Directors 2006 Annual Meeting
By R. Lawrence Sullivan, Jr., M.D.

Expanding Health Access in Massachusetts
By Alan M. Harvey, M.D., MBA

2006 Annual Meeting Highlights

• "Address of the President-Elect, Mark A. Singleton, M.D., to the CSA House of Delegates"
• "2006 Distinguished Service Award—Caryl J. Guth, M.D."
  Presented by Peter McDermott, M.D., Ph.D.
• Acceptance Speech by Caryl J. Guth, M.D.
• 2006 Forrest E. Leffingwell, M.D., Memorial Lecture
  Excerpts from "Musings on Anesthesiology from the Arena"
  By Clyde W. Jones, M.D.

Laughing Gas
"Gaseous Planet—Medicare Man"
By Harrison Chow, M.D.

Hippocrates Upended: A Cause for Revaluation of the American Physician
By Donald J. Prolo, M.D.

Who Needs Physicians?
By Jason Campagna, M.D., Ph.D.

Tips from the Top
"We Should Always Listen to the Patient"
By Danielle Reicher, M.D.

A History of RBRVS As a Perspective on P4P
"Part III"
By Kenneth Y. Pauker, M.D.

A Chronology of the Evolution of RBRVS and P4P

Pain Management and End-of-Life Care CME Program: Module 11
"Neurosurgical Options for Refractory Pain Management"
Antonio A.F. DeSalles, M.D., Ph.D.

References
References for Module 11

Figures for Module 11

Arthur E. Guedel Memorial Anesthesia Center
"What's Happening at the Guedel? A Refocusing!"
By Selma Harrison Calmes, M.D.

Future Meetings

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