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Everyone has vastly different healthcare needs, but did you know six categories drive the majority of employer healthcare costs? If employers can find ways to reduce costs for these health conditions (while still taking great care of their employees), they can efficiently reduce their overall healthcare spend: https://lnkd.in/eh9JEXn8 #carrumhealth #coe #centersofexcellence #valuebasedcare #healthcare #employeebenefits

At Carrum Health, quality is our north star. In this post, we explore one of the six components of healthcare quality—patient centered care—and how we're actively prioritizing this type of care: https://lnkd.in/epdQu4Ts #carrumhealth #patientcentered #care #valuebasedcare #qualitycare

Substance use treatment isn't one-size-fits-all. Learn about the different types of treatment, plus how Carrum Health's new value-based substance use program can help employees get the high-quality care they deserve: https://lnkd.in/g7wdFFZw #carrumhealth #valuebasedcare #employeebenefits #substanceuse #SUD

Since selecting Carrum as its COE partner in 2022, Peraton has been able to increase utilization of high-quality care, improve?the member experience, and reduce costs for both the company and its members. Read more about Peraton's experience and results here: https://lnkd.in/ewZzCmNu #PeratonBenefitsandBeyond

Quantum Health's Preferred Partners? program is designed to increase utilization, improve the member experience and drive significant cost savings. As Quantum Health’s partner in the Centers of Excellence (COE) category, Carrum Health streamlines value-based care and supports employers in their mission to enhance health outcomes for their members. Learn more: https://hubs.ly/Q02YMK1C0 #EmployeeBenefits #ValueBasedCare #EmployerWellness

October was a busy month for Carrum, and it is gratifying to see the recognition coming in, by way of positive patient reviews, industry awards, and media attention. https://lnkd.in/edcmjQu2 #carrumhealth #recentwins #celebrate #innovation #technology #impact #healthcare

Surgery is invasive, expensive and time-intensive including recovery time. So why would anyone go through unnecessary risk and bear high costs? Yet, thousands of patients did just that. Over the past three years, Medicare and Medicare Advantage members received over 200,000 UNNECESSARY back surgeries, costing almost $2 billion dollars - that’s an awful lot of invasive procedures that turned out to NOT be appropriate! But they happened. 14% of spinal fusions and laminectomies to relieve pressure on the spinal cord, and 11% of vertebroplasty procedures for patients with osteoporosis related spinal fractures were deemed to be overuse or unnecessary, per recent research. Thanks to Tina Reed at Axios for shining a light on the all-too-common practice of unnecessary surgeries. This is why it’s so important to ensure we incentivize our providers to focus on value over volume, and to only recommend surgery when it’s appropriate. This is Carrum’s raison d’être. Our providers will tell you if a procedure is necessary, and if it’s not, we still reimburse them for their time evaluating the case, so we eliminate misaligned incentives that encourage more procedures versus only appropriate procedures.

Back pain is a common and serious condition, with nearly?40% of U.S. adults experiencing it at some point in their lifetime. One long-term back pain solution many consider is spinal fusion surgery. Learn more about this expensive procedure, including how both employers and patients can save money on it, in our recent post: https://lnkd.in/gAbkyBZd #carrumhealth #valuebasedcare #employerbenefits #backpain #spinalfusion #healthcarecosts #surgicalcare #MSK

The substance use treatment industry has a major problem: addiction treatment mills that prey upon and take advantage of people who struggle with substance use. In this post, learn more about these treatment mills—plus how Carrum Health's new substance use program can help employers avoid them: https://lnkd.in/eGxiPYp5 #carrumhealth #substanceuse #treatment #benefit #wellness #treatmentmill #addiction #valuebasedcare

Substance use disorder is an alarmingly common condition—in 2023, 70 million Americans struggled with substance use. And while this condition is more understood than ever before, finding and accessing affordable, high-quality treatment can be quite challenging. Here's a look at the current state of substance use disorders and treatment in the U.S.: https://lnkd.in/eF_gUq59 #carrumhealth #sud #substanceuse #coe #valuebasedcare #qualitycare