Commentary

n MESSAGE FROM THE MEDICAL EDITOR
Checks and Balances 
Stuart M. Weinstein, MD

n FROM THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT
Is Your Office in Step with Technology or Electronically Challenged? 
Jean-Jacques Abitbol, MD

n LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 

Stephen Dell, MD

 Current Concepts 

n INVITED REVIEW
New Technology: Efficacy, Cost-Effectiveness and Affordability 
Edward C. Benzel, MD; Michael H. Wefers, BA; Marjorie Eskay-Auerbach, MD, JD

n CURVE/COUNTERCURVE
Therapeutic Exercise:  Which Method is Best for Lumbar Radiculopathy? 
Ronald G. Donelson, MD; Shirley Sahrmann, PT, PhD, FAPTA; Heidi Prather, DO

n LITERATURE REVIEW
New from the Journals 
Paul M. Arnold, MD, FACS; Edward Teng, BS; Jonathan N. Grauer, MD; Alexander R. Vaccaro, MD; David Bagnall, MD

n ABSTRACT REVIEW
NASS Annual Meeting Abstracts 
Michael Schaufele, MD; Scott Boden, MD

 Socioeconomics & Politics 

n PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
Your Medical Facility: Lease or Buy? Five Strategic Considerations in the Decision-Making Process 
Jerald P. Waldman, MD, MBA

n CODING Q & A
Coding for Contrast Agents 
David O'Brien, Jr, MD

n ETHICAL/LEGAL
The Role of the FBI in Combating Health Care Fraud 
Eric Muehlbauer, MJ, CAE

n REGULATORY POLICY
Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Changes 
Greg Przybylski, MD

n ADVOCACY/LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS/PAC
Capitol Hill Day Recap 
Jose E. Rodriguez, MD, FACS

 NASS News