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Online therapy vendor pitches Simple Therapy as covered benefit; board discusses pilot and costs
Summary
Simple Therapy proposed a fully online, personalized exercise program for musculoskeletal pain as a covered benefit for the HSS population starting January 2018; vendor offered a free retiree fall-prevention pilot and cited potential monthly cost under $30,000 (about $360,000/year). Commissioners asked about overlap with existing plan services and payer integration.
Helena Plater Ziberg, CEO of Simple Therapy, presented an online, evidence-informed program for people with muscle, joint and back pain and proposed making it a covered benefit for Health Service System members beginning in January 2018. Plater Ziberg said Simple Therapys platform triages users through a brief screening questionnaire, personalizes…
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