surgery management system that identifies any less invasive, less costly alternatives hr specialty...

Surgery Management System that Identifies

Any Less Invasive , Less Costly Alternatives

HR Specialty Products & Services Catalogue Executive Summary

A No Frills Distillation of Vendor’s Marketing Collateral

Thomas A Ference

President & CEO

Human Resources Mining & Distribution Co

Locating, Validating and Accelerating HR  Innovation

Office: 219-662-0201

Cell: 630-240-2583

Fax: 219-661-0236

e-mail: tference@hrmdco.com

Website: www.hrmdco.com

Surgery Management System

• More than 30% of all health care plan costs relate to surgical procedures.

• Traditional cost control services like Pre-Cert, Case Management, Disease Management, etc. are already in place, yet an estimated 25% of all surgeries are still unnecessary –just like 25 years ago.

• This program engages members on-line to learn more about various treatment options to having full surgery (e.g. minimally invasive surgery, physical therapy, etc.) that are to be discussed with the prescribing physician

• Significant savings occur as over 20% of program participants choose a more conservative treatment option

Surgery Management System• About 8% of all surgical costs are due to complications

which this system can help minimize by providing pre and post surgical preparation information for each procedure

• Average savings equals $7,700 per participant• Program can be offered as an additional benefit to the

employees • Can be easily implemented off-cycle with as little as 60

days lead time.• Savings materialize within 90 days after communication

of the program

Treatment Options to be Discussed with Physician

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Next Steps• This product/service is contained in the HR Specialty

Products & Services Catalogue™ • Operational level details about this particular service

provider can be obtained in conference with the vendor• The HR Mining &Distribution Co. is an independent and

contracted representative of the vendor• Upon your request, we will arrange for an introduction

that can range from a simple, quick conference call to a services overview / system demo

• Tom Ference 219-662-0201 (Chicagoland area) or tference@hrmdco.com

• Thank you for your potential interest in this fresh thinking