Contents

 Editorial

n MESSAGE FROM THE MEDICAL EDITOR
Litigation Surrounds Spine Specialists   
Eeric Truumees, MD

n FROM THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT
Defining our Worth 
Thomas Faciszewski, MD

 Current Concepts

n INVITED REVIEW
Osteoporosis and Spine Care, Part I:
General Overview and Medical Management 
Eeric Truumees, MD; Shah-Nawaz Dodwad, MSIV


n CURVE/COUNTERCURVE
BMP for Cervical Fusion? 
Yu-Po Lee, MD; Timothy Yoon, MD, MPH; Jeffrey C. Wang, MD

n RADIOLOGY ROUNDS
Cervicothoracic Facet Cyst 
Jonathan N. Grauer, MD; Jesse E. Bible, BS

n LITERATURE REVIEW
New from the Journals 
Jeffrey Stambough, MD

 Socioeconomics &  Politics

n ETHICS
Honor Thy Neighbor: Ethics and the Orthopedic Spine Surgery Match 
F. Todd Wetzel, MD; Scott D. Boden

n PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
Risk Management for Spine Specialists 
William Barrick, MD, FAAOS, FACS 

n CODING Q & A
Coding Consecutive Levels of Junctional Spine Surgery 
William Mitchell, MD
 

n ADVOCACY/LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS/PAC
Comparing the Presumptive Presidential Nominees' Health Plans 
Jeffrey J. Wise, MD; Nicholas A. Schilligo, MS

 NASS News