COSPT Solution

The Problem:

Musculoskeletal care, especially for back and neck pain, is a very expensive process associated with poor long-term outcomes for the patient. “Usual care” for these issues starts with a medical diagnosis based upon imaging and unreliable clinical assessments that lead to inefficient and ineffective treatment. The overutilization of unproven management strategies leaves patients without a solution leading to more expensive and invasive diagnostics and procedures. For these reasons low back and neck pain are commonly associated with chronic pain and disability. Combine this with a 90% recurrence rate and you have the formula for the high cost exposure associated with these cases.

The Solution:

The solution is true case management, managed by the clinicians who have the training and skills to understand exactly what is wrong, exactly what is required to fix it, and exactly what is needed to ensure that it does not return. Rapid resolution of the condition involving fewer clinicians, fewer interventions, fewer imaging studies, fewer clinical visits and the elimination of unnecessary surgery serves the.