May/June 2003

Contents

 Commentary

n MESSAGE FROM THE MEDICAL EDITOR
A Multidisciplinary Organization: Integrating Minds or
Innovative Marketing? 
Stuart M. Weinstein, MD 

n FROM THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT
$54 Billion—NASS Political Action In Action
David A. Wong, MD, MSc, FRSC(C)

 Current Concepts 

n INVITED REVIEW
Principles and Practice of Neck Pain Rehabilitation 
Gerard A. Malanga, MD

n CURVE/COUNTERCURVE

Cervicogenic Headache Treatment 
John Triano, DC, PhD; Jeffrey Donner, MD; Kenneth A. Pettine, MD; Jerome Schofferman, MD

n SPECIAL FEATURE

SMaX: Early Data and Practical Applications 
William C. Watters III, MD

n LITERATURE REVIEW
New from the Journals 
Robert J. Gatchel, PhD; Aiden Devit, MCh, FRCS; Jonathan N. Grauer, MD; John M. Beiner, MD; Brian Kwon, MD, FRCSC; 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: Traumatic S1 Spondylolysis in a Gymnast/Cheerleader 
Michael W. Hayt, MD, DMD; A. Denise Carter, MD; Donald L. Renfrew, MD; Kenneth B. Heithoff, MD

 Socioeconomics & Politics 

n ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY

The HIPAA Security Rule 
Reece Hirsch

n PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
Resolving Contested Claims through Arbitration 
Barbara McBride, MBA, CPC; Mauro M. Cataletto, MD, FACS; Aleksandar Curcin MD, MBA

n CODING Q & A

NASS National Advocacy on Coding and Reimbursement Issues 
Diane Krier-Morrow, MBA, MPH, CCS-P

n ETHICAL/LEGAL

Firing the Patient: Terminating the Doctor-Patient Relationship 
Howard Morgan, MD, MA

n ADVOCACY/LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS/PAC

Victims of the Flawed Medicare Formula 
Tom Faciszewski, MD 

 NASS News