July/August 2002

 Commentary    

n MESSAGE FROM THE MEDICAL EDITOR

Summer Pondering 
Stuart M. Weinstein, MD

n FROM THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT

NASS Experiences a Reminder of Our New Reality 
Stanley A. Herring, MD

 Current Concepts 

n INVITED REVIEW

Sacroiliac Joint Pain 
Heidi Prather, DO

n CURVE/COUNTERCURVE

Treatment Options for Sacroiliac Joint Pain 
Paul Dreyfuss, MD; Arnold Graham-Smith, MD; Jerome Schofferman, MD

n SPECIAL FEATURE

Everyone Has a Responsibility for Patient Safety, Part I:
The Patient's Role 
David A. Wong, MD, MSc, FRCS(C)

n LITERATURE REVIEW
New from the Journals 
David Bagnall, MD; Marco T. Silva, MD; David Kim, MD; Ray Haroun, MD; Erik Westerlund, MD; Alexander Vaccaro, MD; Kenneth P. Burres, MD

n ABSTRACT REVIEW
NASS Annual Meeting Abstracts 
Susan Dreyer, MD; Scott Boden, MD

n RADIOLOGY ROUNDS

Case Report: Early Atypical Ankylosing Spondylitis 
William J. Mullin, MD; Kenneth B. Heithoff, MD

 Socioeconomics & Politics 

n ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY

Picture Perfect 
Stephen Hochshuler, MD

n PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
What a Medical Director Looks for in a Claim 
Gerard Malanga, MD; Charles Grudem, MD

n PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
Finding Lost Revenue in Your Practice 
Annette Grady, CPC, CPC-H

n CODING Q & A

Human Stem Cell Research: Ethical, Theological and
Legal Considerations 
Phillip Benton, MD, JD; Howard Morgan, MD, MA

n ADVOCACY/LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS/PAC

NASS Advocates for Medicare Patients Against Cuts 
Tom Faciszewski, MD

 NASS News  
Early Annual Meeting Registration Deadline September 13, 2002

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