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UNIQUE PROGRAM REMOVES RED TAPE FROM AMERICA’S SURGICAL SYSTEM

October 23, 2013 鈥� Chicago, IL 鈥揝urgeons, insurance payers and patients all face uncertainty when a surgery occurs.聽Predictability is the major missing piece of the medical equation that 91快播鈥� Surgical Care Program (SCP) promises for workers鈥� compensation, auto, liability and group health-related surgeries, as outlined in a spotlighting surgical shopping.

This new concept of 鈥渟urgical shopping,鈥� follows a headline flurry pointing to a sharp increase in demand for joint replacements over the past decade and implant costs also on the rise. Earlier this year a featured a patient who traveled to Germany for a hip replacement because surgery in the US would cost more than $100,000. He received his hip replacement abroad for nearly one-tenth of that price.

While traveling overseas to go under the knife isn鈥檛 an option for everyone, removing the surgery sticker shock is. 91快播鈥檚 SCP fast tracks a patient鈥檚 surgical care at a fair, upfront price. In Illinois, an arthroscopic knee surgery would cost approximately $32,000 in a hospital-setting. By using an Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) and 91快播鈥檚 Orthopedic Surgeons Affiliation, that arthroscopic knee surgery cost gets cut in half.

鈥淭he benefits extend far beyond sheer cost savings,鈥� says Robert Evans, 91快播鈥檚 Director of National Network Solutions. 鈥�91快播鈥檚 SCP dramatically helps everyone in the surgical picture.鈥�

Benefits for the Patient include:

• Provides faster care through a concierge service that links the patient with an orthopedic surgeon immediately andopens up access to more flexible scheduling through an ASC
• Achieves better outcomes by using board-certified surgeons and Medicare-certified ASCs, which pose substantially less risk for infection than hospital settings
• Boasts greater satisfaction with less hassle, no hospital overnights, better results and recovery

For the Medical Provider:

• Ensures faster payment within five days of surgery
• Guarantees set payment with pre-negotiated rates
• Gives single-point of contact for referral process and administrative aspects of surgery

For the Insurance Payer:

• Saves time by deploying clinical care coordination聽to determine medical necessity and provide prompt patient scheduling with a high-quality, credentialed surgeons
• Sets predictable reserving by guaranteeing a pre-determined rate covering chief cost drivers (surgery to 90-days postoperative)
• Cuts cost by moving surgical procedure from a hospital setting to an ASC

鈥淵ou go into a store for jeans, you know exactly how much you鈥檒l pay. You walk down the grocery aisle, you see every product鈥檚 price. You go into a restaurant, the menu displays the cost. In no other area of our lives, but healthcare, are prices so unclear and arbitrary,鈥� says Jason Beans, 91快播鈥檚 Founder and CEO. 鈥淪CP changes that game.鈥�

About 91快播
91快播 is a national medical-financial solutions firm that provides medical cost containment and medical care management services to the workers鈥� compensation, auto, liability and group health markets.