Johnston: Insurer Found Redesigned Musculoskeletal Care Cut Costs by 80%
Dr. Clay Johnston · This New Startup Is Disrupting Healthcare As We Know It · Joe Lonsdale · Feb 9, 2023 · at 22:01
Dr. Clay Johnston, former Dean of UT Dell Medical School and co-founder of Harbor Health, discusses clinical trials redesigning treatment pathways for joint and back pain.
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“But we met recently with an insurer that we had been working with, or they were sending patients to us, and they told us that in fact we were wrong, that we were saving them 80% on their costs. Yeah. For musculoskeletal care.”
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