Goldfinch Health Journal
Musculoskeletal (MSK)
From Opioids to “Industrial Athletes”: Reimagining Surgery for the Modern Tradesperson
In the high-stakes world of construction, a physical injury is more than a medical setback—it is a direct threat to a family’s financial stability. For the members of the Painters District Council 30 (PDC 30), getting back to work isn’t just a goal; it’s a necessity for maintaining health eligibility and retirement contributions. In a recent webinar, PDC 30 Fund Administrator Aaron Anderson and Benefits Manager Aimee Cisneros discussed a paradigm…
Goldfinch Health’s Billion Pill Pledge Program Highlighted by Orthopedics Journal
Recent research published in the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (JAAOS) demonstrates that Enhanced Recovery pathways can dramatically reduce postoperative opioid prescriptions for orthopedic patients. The Results The study analyzed data from 100 patients (67 arthroplasty and 33 arthroscopy) treated by 11 orthopedic surgeons across 9 Iowa hospitals as part of the Billion Pill Pledge program, powered by Goldfinch Health. Researchers found that Enhanced Recovery pathways—which feature multimodal…
The Case Against Combos
Why leading healthcare providers are turning to oxycodone monotherapy as part of multimodal pain management regimens designed to better treat pain and reduce opioid exposure for patients and families Opioid plus acetaminophen (APAP) combination products—hydrocodone/APAP (Lortab, Norco, Vicodin) and oxycodone/APAP (Percocet)—have been among the most commonly-dispensed medications in America over the last 20 years. Proactive, multimodal management of acute pain (such as after a surgical procedure or injury) is the new…
MSK care is too expensive (in ways you may not have considered)
MSK. A three-letter abbreviation for musculoskeletal conditions (back, hips, knees, shoulders) that rings in the mind of disability and employee benefits professionals. High-cost claimants. Long leave periods. Productivity diminished. Employees lost. Bills escalated. Lives changed. According to the Integrated Benefits Institute, MSK-related issues lead to: 756k short-term disability claims each year in the US (that’s over 2,000 claims per day!) Just over 78 days of missed work, on average, for each…
Trainwreck-Proofing & Cost Containment in Healthcare
Nearly everyone in employee benefits can immediately think of a case that made cost containment in healthcare impossible. Maybe they call it a high-cost claimant. Or perhaps they think of it as a trainwreck case. Protect your people. Protect your plans with Goldfinch Health. Find out how we make surgery forgettable. The patient faced a tough health situation. It likely included a significant diagnosis, a series of complications, a long-road to…
Opioids: The dangers of re-exposure and how we can be part of the solution
Meet Brett. Heavily involved in high school sports, a shoulder injury led to surgery. And that, as it does for millions of patients each year, led to a prescription for opioids to manage the pain. With that decision, the script changed. But not immediately. Brett recovered and moved on with his life, which included a career as a college baseball player. A second shoulder surgery would be needed, right after college….
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