Workers' comp payers are spending a bundle on imaging tests and procedures to deal with injured workers' low back pain. But the situation isn't getting any better. In fact, experts say that despite much more aggressive treatment – and a 10-fold increase in costs! – outcomes have not improved at all, and disability rates among working age Americans are higher than they have ever been.
What's the problem? Aren't MRIs, CT scans and the like supposed to identify the problem and lead clinicians to treatments that get injured workers better and back to work? Apparent...
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