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Center for Insurance and Cost-Containment

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The College and University Sports Medicine Foundation - Center for Insurance and Cost Containment is focused on expenses incurred for sports medicine related issues. The center's focus is to establish programs and ideas to decrease these costs in an effort to reallocate those dollars to provide additional services to the student-athlete. Such services could include additional staff, programs, equipment, etc., to further improve the quality of health care services in the collegiate setting. The center addresses this issue by providing assistance and resources in primary and secondary insurance, claims management, supplies and equipment savings, prescription drug programs and more.

Information contained below was voluntarily submitted by school athletic trainers in an informal survey.

Introduction: The Collegiate Sports Medicine Foundation in conjunction with Trustway TEAM Services have developed a program aimed at reducing the overall medical expenses of a college or universities by combining the best possible insurance products (primary and secondary insurance) as well as full and complete claims management. While providing this program to schools based on their past total medical expenses (Primary, if applicable; Secondary and All “Out of Pocket”) Trustway will also provide the best possible claims management services by eliminating much of the work that has been traditionally performed by staff athletic trainers. In summary, not only will the university save money but they will also gain the athletic trainer’s hours back as they will now be able to attend to the needs and services of the student-athletes. This program is a partnership in which in consultation with your university, Trustway will select the necessary insurance programs to best fit your universities needs and situation and then manage those claims throughout the course of the year. At the conclusion of the fiscal year, the remaining monies not utilized will then be divided 50/50 between the university and Trustway. Trustway only gets paid for these services in the event that the university saves money on their entire medical expense budget.

If your institution is looking for access to primary insurance programs that cover athletically related injuries, the Collegiate Sports Medicine Foundation has obtained information concerning a few options. There are a few international plans that cover athletic injuries as well. They are available based upon geography therefore please complete the information contained in the "Links" below.

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