Baskets of Care - Low Back Pain Subcommittee
The Low Back Pain Basket of Care Subcommittee will work to select and define basket components for the management of an acute episode of low back pain for recommendation to the Baskets of Care Steering Committee.
Acute Episode of Low Back Pain
Recommended Basket
After incorporating feedback from the Baskets of Care Steering Committee, the Low Back Pain Basket of Care Subcommittee has reached consensus and produced a recommended basket of care. This proposed basket of care was presented to the Minnesota Department of Health.
Recommended Low Back Pain Basket of Care (PDF: 47KB/6 pages)
Measurement
The Low Back Pain Basket of Care Subcommittee has recommended measures for the Acute Episode of Low Back Pain Basket of Care.
Recommended Measures for the Acute Episode of Low Back Pain Basket of Care (PDF: 49KB/2 pages)
Please provide feedback via the Measurement Response Report. Type all comments on the response report form and email the form to basketsofcare@icsi.org by September 7, 2009.
Response report form (DOC: 42KB/2 pages)
Meetings
Friday, October 2, 2009, 9 – 11 a.m.
Location:
Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement
8009 34th Avenue South, Suite 1200
Bloomington, MN 55425
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All subcommittee meetings are open to observation by the public. Please RSVP your planned attendance to Georgette Susla at ICSI (georgette.susla@icsi.org, 952-814-7064) by 12 p.m. the day before the meeting to ensure space is available for all interested observers.
Membership
Jim Hansen
Subcommittee Chair
Baskets of Care Steering Committee Member
Treasurer and Assistant to Business Manager
IUOE Local 49/Consumer Worker Coalition
Representing: Consumers
Designated by the National Partnership for Women and Families
Richard Andree
Representing: Consumers
Designated by the AARP Minnesota State Office
Patrick Boughey
Mercer
Representing: Employers
Designated by the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce
Thomas Marr, MD
Associate Medical Director
HealthPartners
Representing: Health Insurance Companies
Designated by the Minnesota Council of Health Plans
Gail Ezell, MS
Director, Clinical Operations
Medica
Representing: Health Insurance Companies
Designated by the Minnesota Council of Health Plans
Marianne Kanning, MD
Vice President, Medical Director
Assurant Health
Representing: Health Insurance Companies
Designated by the Insurance Federation
Beth Baker, MD
Specialists in OEM
Representing: Physicians, Internal Medicine
Designated by the Minnesota Medical Association
Brian Bonte, DO
Hutchinson Medical Center
Representing: Physicians, Family Practice
Designated by the Minnesota Medical Association
Raymond Christensen, MD
Representing: Physicians, Family Practice
Designated by the Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians
Dave Thorson, MD
Representing: Physicians, Family Practice, Sports Medicine
Designated by the Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement
Thomas Gilbert, MD
Center for Diagnostic Imaging
Representing: Physicians, Radiology
Designated by the Minnesota Medical Association
Adam Locketz, MD
Midwest Spine Institute
Representing: Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Designated by the Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement
Craig Johnson, PT, MBA
Representing: Physical Therapists
Designated by the Minnesota Chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association
Chris Kraemer, PT
Park Nicollet
Representing: Physical Therapists
Designated by the Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement
Keith Johnson, DC
Representing: Chiropractors
Designated by the Minnesota Chiropractic Association
