March 13, 2024
MSK Money Pit report: where benefits budgets go to die
MSK care is quietly wrecking healthcare budgets. Most solutions can't stop the leaking costs. Download the full white paper to understand the hidden drivers of spend and what to do instead.
Traditional MSK care is broken and it’s bleeding money from your benefits budget. With outdated care models, over-reliance on surgery and imaging, and perverse incentives baked into the system, MSK has become a runaway cost category. And most solutions don’t stop the spiral, but this report will help you reverse the trend.
This paper breaks down:
- Why MSK care is uniquely expensive and hard to fix
- How current solutions fail to deliver long-term savings
- What employers and health plans can do differently — and what to avoid
$420B
Annual MSK spend in the U.S. — more than cancer, diabetes, or heart disease
50%
of chronic pain-related surgeries are avoidable
70%
of all surgeries are MSK-related
$30k
Average cost of a single spine surgery
Download the full white paper to understand the cost traps driving MSK overspend and what smarter care models can do to stop it.
Contributors to White Paper
Sword Team
Experts in pain, movement, and digital health
