Musculoskeletal (MSK) Care: A healthcare cost you can control
Why complete care solutions work best and how to ensure maximum ROI by reducing claims costs.
Every benefits leader is reaching for the same brass ring: ROI.
You need solutions that will move the needle with buy-in-worthy metrics that back up claims of success. And you need them now.
This report aims to do three things:
Explain why MSK costs are among the limited healthcare costs you can control—and the bottom-line-changing money you are leaving on the table if you don’t
Outline strategies for reducing MSK care costs and choosing a reliable program that can help you do so
Illustrate how Hinge Health is delivering proven ROI for our partners
The cost driver hiding in plain sight
Data on the business impact of MSK conditions like back and neck pain, arthritis, and fibromyalgia is stunning:
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Download the full report to understand which MSK costs are growing most year over year.
To reduce MSK costs, you need a way to deliver MSK care that supports better outcomes. Unlock the report to learn more.
Get the full report to see why traditional MSK care fails people in several ways.
Strategies for lowering MSK care costs
Traditional care can be inconvenient, inequitable, and inaccessible to many.
Traditional MSK care tends to favor reactive, risky solutions like opioids and surgery.
At least 1 in 10 people are at risk for high-cost MSK utilization over the next 12 months.⁵
Getting your money’s worth from an MSK program.
Measuring success is crucial to implementing a sustainable care solution, since so much of an organization’s MSK spend is concentrated on its costliest employees. There are plenty of MSK programs to choose from, and ‘looking under the hood’ is critical. Many make claims based on anecdotes and promises, rather than concrete proof of success.
See how to dissect a vendor’s ROI claims and understand if you’re really going to see value from a digital MSK partner.
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