March/April 2008

Contents

 Editorial

n MESSAGE FROM THE MEDICAL EDITOR
The Maze of Modern Medicine   
Eeric Truumees, MD

n FROM THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT
Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee 
Thomas Faciszewski, MD

 Current Concepts

n CURVE/COUNTERCURVE
Management of Sacral Insufficiency Fractures 
Michael E. Frey, MD; Gopi Kasturi, MD; Robert A. Adler, MD; David X. Cifu, MD;
Abu Qutubuddin, MD; Heidi Prather, DO

n LITERATURE REVIEW
New from the Journals 
Erin Maslowski, MD; William Sullivan, MD; Debdut Biswas, BA; Jonathan N. Grauer, MD

 Socioeconomics &  Politics

n ETHICS
The Department of Justice Decision: What Does it Mean for Spine Surgeons? 
Bradford L. Currier, MD

n PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
Managing Costs and Expenses 
Aleksander Curcin, MD, MBA 

n CODING Q & A
Category III AMA CPT Codes 
Christopher P. Kauffman, MD
 

n ADVOCACY/LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS/PAC
HIT: A Look at State and Federal Attempts to Promote EMRs 
Jeffrey J. Wise, MD; Nicholas A. Schilligo, MS

n ADVOCACY/LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS/PAC
One NASS Member's Experience with Adoption of EMR 
Jeffrey J. Wise, MD

 NASS News