We recognize that many of our patients pay various "out of pocket" costs for treatment at our clinics. This may involve co-pays, deductibles or withdrawals from medical savings accounts.
We want our patients to know that we deeply respect the financial commitment they make to participate in our treatment program. Further, we realize that our patients have the right, indeed the responsibility, to demand value for the services we provide. As we see it, ‘value’ means providing the most effective and lasting treatment outcome for the least amount of health care dollars spent.
We have demonstrated with insurance companies and through published data that patients who complete our program are 67% less likely to reutilize the medical system for spine care when compared to patients that elect other forms of treatment. In other words, money spent on our treatment yields greater value, because there is significantly less need to spend more money later on the same problem.
Also, we have demonstrated through published research that patients can often avoid the costly option of surgery by completing our program. We continue to document our outcomes on an ongoing basis so that our patients, referring physicians and insurance providers can judge our effectiveness.
Finally, we are very open to discussing flexible payment options with our patients as the need arises. We will never turn patients away for financial reasons.
Our pledge as a health care provider is to help stem the rising tide of health care costs through the most effective, lasting, and, value-based treatment available.