ActivArmor Saves Patients AND Clinics Time and Money
ActivArmor is a win-win, saving both patients and clinics time and money throughout the treatment and healing process.
Time & Cost Savings for Patients:
Traditional Cast System: Patients with broken arms often have swelling and require a compression splint or a temporary cast that must be replaced when the swelling goes down. A cast must be applied directly onto the patient’s arm and then allowed to dry. For each follow-up exam and x-ray, the cast must be cut off with a saw, and a new cast applied. If the patient gets the cast wet, gets debris trapped, or has skin irritation or infection under the cast, the cast must be cut off, the area cleaned and treated, and re-applied. This process can occur over weeks or even months. In addition, the patient often requires a removable support orthosis in later healing phases after the cast has been removed. This entire process requires the patient to incur multiple bills and a lot of time in the clinic.
ActivArmor Cast System: ActivArmor 3D printed casts eliminate much of this wasted time and money and can reduce patient’s time in a traditional cast by 75-90%. Once the swelling goes down, the patient undergoes a painless 60-second scan in the clinic and receives their device in 3-4 business days. The device is removable and reusable, so there is no need for loud, scary saws and casting time at every exam. Patients also don’t need to pay for a splint later, as ActivArmor transitions from a cast to a removable splint for long-term support in later healing phases. Additionally, ActivArmor is covered by most insurance, and priced in line with traditional custom splints. To get an ActivArmor device, patients simply bring a prescription from their doctor and make an appointment at one of our providing clinics.
Time & Cost Savings for Clinics:
Traditional Cast System: Traditional casting and splinting requires raw materials inventory to be purchased, stored, and managed. When a patient requires immobilization, there is set-up time, clinic space required for application, staff time for applying the cast or splint, and clean-up. And, at each follow-up appointment, a cast must be sawed off and re-applied, incurring medical waste and further clinic space and staff time. Patients often come in with hygiene or skin irritation complaints, and wet casts, requiring additional inventory and costs. In fact, one Orthopedic Clinic manager in Louisiana reported having to replace casts for patients in the hot and humid South every single week. Many clinics lose money with every cast they apply when all of the overhead costs are accounted for. Some clinics bill packaged codes depending on the diagnosis, so they get paid the same amount whether they apply 1 cast or 100 casts throughout the treatment period. Adapting traditional casts and splints for advanced healing technologies like bone stimulators, or accommodating for bony protrusions, post-surgical hardware, etc. is expensive and time-consuming, limiting doctors’ ability to provide the latest treatment options.
“There’s no inventory, all we have is this scanning device. We take the scan and send it off and it comes in a few days. We don’t have all the casting supplies you typically need, so that’s a huge cost saver. And it’s a big cost-saver to patients because they don’t need multiple fiberglass casts or splints. ActivArmor has also increased patient visits because when a kid is walking around with this cast, everyone sees it and wants to come here to get that same cast – because they see how active they can stay in it. It’s been a real game-changer for our patients and our clinic in general, so I highly recommend it.”
ActivArmor Cast System: ActivArmor is easy to implement at any clinic. Providers receive 3D print scanning equipment and training at little to no cost. Additionally, there is no inventory to purchase or stock. Billing is the same as it is for traditional custom splints, and wholesale prices are cost-effective. ActivArmor is completely custom designed and fabricated, replacing much of the inventory, space and staff time required for casting and splinting with a 30-second scan in the clinic. Furthermore, ActivArmor devices are reusable and can be non-removable like a cast or removable like a splint, so the cast can be removed for exams and x-rays and re-applied, and can also transition with the patient, reducing the time, expense and waste of multiple casting and splinting throughout the healing phases. Since ActivArmor casts are waterproof and washable, patients do not need their soggy casts replaced repeatedly or complain of lifestyle constraints due to an inability to get them wet or washed. Lastly, providers can design the casts for the exposure and/or protection of pins or incisions, and adaption for technologies like bone stimulators for no additional cost or effort. Check out the full list of benefits of ActivArmor:
Covered by insurance
Increased clinic billing opportunities
Great margin potential
Reduced staff time
Increased patient volume
Increased clinic throughput
No inventory to purchase, store or manage
No messy casting or cleanup
No need to cut off casts and replace for each exam/xray
No second bill to patient for splint after casting
Reduce your clinic’s overhead costs and staff time, and improve patient throughput with ActivArmor.
