Two Differing POVs Emerge About the Hinge-Cylinder Deal
Hinge Health’s acquisition of Cylinder expands it into GI care, but experts differ on whether employers will favor convenience or specialized solutions.
AI for MSK Will Bend the Healthcare Cost Curve
Access to AI-powered digital MSK care options reduces wait times and allows patients to move directly into the right care instead of stair-stepping from hospital inpatient to primary care physicians to physical therapy.
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From Blind Spots to Better Outcomes: How SNF Data Transparency Strengthens LTSS
What if health plans could identify member decline before an avoidable hospitalization occurs? Real-time clinical visibility into long-stay SNF members uncovers risk earlier and drives better outcomes.
How I Learned To Trust AI as a Physical Therapist
If AI is going to be used in MSK care — or any area of healthcare — it needs clear, non-negotiable rules around it.
Musculoskeletal Disorders Are Draining Employer Health Budgets — The Workplace Itself May Be the Cause
Benefits leaders have become increasingly sophisticated in managing pharmacy spend and high-cost claims. MSK deserves similar strategic attention – not only because it is expensive, but because it is largely preventable.
Digital Care is Saving Patients from Costly, Unnecessary Surgeries
Digital MSK solutions are proving effective for upstream care because that’s where they start to intervene; engaging people with exercise therapy, education and nonaddictive pain relief right at the onset of their pain.
The Workforce is Suffering from Chronic Back Pain — It’s Time for a New Approach
While high-acuity options must remain for those that need stronger interventions, millions more could be benefiting from access to low-acuity or minimal interventions.
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The Healthcare Payments Industry Faces a Perception Challenge
Healthcare payments are no longer about transactions. It’s about controlling the revenue cycle. And increasingly, that control is not sitting with ISOs.
Mayo Clinic Taps AI Startup to Improve MSK Care
Mayo Clinic recently launched a collaboration with Exer AI, a Denver-based startup. The AI company seeks to improve diagnosis and treatment for musculoskeletal and motion disorders wherever the patient is — whether that be in their provider’s office, their home or via telehealth appointment.
Challenging Healthcare Norms: Early Access to Physical Therapy Transforms Musculoskeletal Care Delivery
Lowering patient out-of-pocket expenses through thoughtful plan design is not only beneficial for the patients but also for the healthcare system at large. By advocating for policies that reduce these financial barriers, we can ensure that more patients benefit from early PT intervention, leading to better health outcomes and lower long-term costs.
Breaking the Cycle of Chronic Pain: How Digital Care Can Address a Global Issue
As the prevalence of MSK conditions escalates globally, the need for effective, accessible, and equitable care solutions becomes more urgent.
Closing the MSK Care Gap in Time for the Silver Tsunami
The biggest generation America has ever seen is officially aging and consuming more MSK care as they do so.
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Inside an Automated Healthcare Practice: Redesigning Care Around People, Not Paperwork
By reducing administrative burden and redesigning workflows around human needs, it creates space for what matters most: connection between clinicians and patients.
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An AI-Enabled Approach to Improve Access to Physical Therapy for Self-Insured Employers
Quantum Health has bolstered its collaboration with Sword Health by integrating MSK services to members to track home exercise, avoid unnecessary surgery and support treatment of pelvic conditions.
Your Health Starts With Your Back and Joints
Many patients see MSK as “just part of getting old,” taking Advil and Tylenol until it’s time for a hip replacement, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Physical therapy (PT) has long been shown to be as effective as back or knee surgery for common conditions.
Hospital for Special Surgery spins out startup for MSK triage, virtual physical therapy
Hospital for Special Surgery spun out a new startup called RightMove Powered by HSS. The company will offer patients virtual triage services and nonsurgical physical therapy. Along with its launch, RightMove announced a $21 million Series A funding round led by Flare Capital and HSS.
Pivot Podcast: Hinge Health CEO Dan Perez exhorts all healthtech firms to validate, publish results
Digital health technologies have received plenty of attention, cash and sky-high valuations but do they deserve it? In the latest episode of MedCity's Pivot podcast, CEO of Hinge Health says companies need to validate their results in order to move the industry forward.
How are employers and providers collaborating in the new surgery health and care experience?
Surgery management has emerged as a key area where employers are collaborating with providers through companies like Transcarent to provide more informed guidance on surgery care delivery options for the best patient outcomes and experience.