November/December 2005

Contents

 Commentary

n MESSAGE FROM THE MEDICAL EDITOR
Observations from a Spine Practice 
Stuart M. Weinstein, MD

n FROM THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT
Looking Back to the Future 
Joel Press, MD

n LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 
Andrew P. White, MD; Jonathan N. Grauer, MD; James P. Lawrence, MD; Alexander R. Vaccaro, MD

 Current Concepts

n INVITED REVIEW
Central Nervous System Modulation of Spinal Pain: Pain Sensitization and Implications for Surgical Selection 
David Tauben, MD

n CURVE/COUNTERCURVE
Should the MMPI-2 be the Standard for Psychological Evaluation for Spine Care Patients? 
Andrew J. Block, PhD; William W. Deardorff, PhD; Robert J. Gatchel, PhD

n SPECIAL FEATURE
Professionalism, Medicine's Social Contract and the Modern Surgeon: Physician Responsibility 
Richard L. Cruess, MD

n SPECIAL FEATURE
2005 NASS Annual Meeting Symposia Recap: Intensive Rehabilitation: Steady, Modes Gains in Chronic Back Pain 
Colin Nelson

n ABSTRACT REVIEW
NASS Annual Meerting Abstracts 
Michael Shaufele, MD; Scott Boden, MD

 Socioeconomics & Politics 

n ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY
A Survey of Internet-Based Collaborative Tools: Facilitation Knowledge Transfer, Creativity and Problem Solving for the Spine Community 
Paul J. Slosar, MD; Jim A. Youssef, MD; Darrel S. Brodke, MD

n PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
Managed Care Contracting Part I: General Concepts and Contract Review 
William T. Barrik, MD

n CODING Q & A
Coding Lumbar Fusion Procedures 
Andrew T. Daily, MD

n REGULATORY POLICY

2006 Physician Fee Schedule 
Charles Mick, MD

n ADVOCACY/LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS/PAC
Reolved: Stop the Medicare Cuts 
Jeffrey J. Wise, MD

 NASS News