Bundles Targeted to Musculoskeletal Issues Can Lower Health Plan Spend

Musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions like painful knees, hips, shoulders and backs cost employers $353 billion annually. Productivity takes a hit, too: Employees missed an average of 8.2 days of work in 2022 because of MSK pain.

Vanderbilt's Musculoskeletal MyHealth Bundles combat the high costs and reduced productivity of these conditions by delivering a better care experience. 

Check out this story of Joe Foster, a former paramedic and baseball catcher who had a successful knee replacement under the MyOrthoHealth Bundle, a benefit offered by his employer. After years of excruciating pain and limited mobility, “now the pain is gone,” he said. “I can go anywhere I need to go.” Foster credits his Vanderbilt Health surgeon with “giving people their lives back."

And read this story of April Cotten, an advanced EMT who had a spine procedure after being declared eligible for the MySpineHealth Bundle, one of her employee benefits. She now can work without pain and return to activities she used to love, like gardening. “I would recommend the bundle a thousand percent to anybody who's having back issues,” she said. “There's no sense in living in pain if you don't have to.”

To learn how employers that directly contract with Vanderbilt Health can get employees back to work faster and strength their bottom line, complete this form.    

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