Overview of Major Specialties and Patient Outliers

The extraordinary rate of misdiagnosis and overtreatment have played a large role in employers outrageous health care costs today. An important plan component to ensure the most accurate diagnosis and better outcomes for your employees, while reducing health care costs, is to utilize Centers of Excellence (CoE). CoEs perform complex surgeries at a large volume, maintaining the highest quality and standards for their patients. These centers are heavily focused on patient care and will put their patients on nonsurgical treatment plans whenever possible. The savings from avoidance of complications, misdiagnosis, and over treatment more than cover the cost of travel to these world-class centers. [Note: There are self-proclaimed “Centers of Excellence” so one needs to choose wisely.]