Outcomes-informed care. Cost-of-care analytics. One accountable network. Arete is a clinically integrated musculoskeletal network designed to support conservative-first care, outcomes measurement, coordinated provider participation, and value-based contracting opportunities. Patients do not need to be directed into vertically integrated systems to access scale, accountability, and value — organized independent practices can deliver all three.
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Musculoskeletal conditions — back pain, joint injuries, neck pain, repetitive strain — are consistently among the top two cost drivers for self-funded health plans. A meaningful share of MSK spend may be avoidable when patients receive earlier access to clinically appropriate conservative care, coordinated navigation, and evidence-informed pathways. Traditional MSK care routes patients into high-cost settings first: imaging, specialists, injections, and surgery — before evidence-based conservative care is tried.
Arete reverses that pattern. By organizing all first and second-line MSK services — chiropractic, physical therapy, virtual PT, acupuncture, massage therapy, virtual orthopedic consultation, and care navigation — into a single credentialed network, Arete supports conservative-first care pathways designed to manage most MSK conditions without unnecessary escalation. The goal is to support lower-cost care pathways, reduce avoidable escalation, and improve the employee care experience through coordinated, conservative-first access.
Unlike navigation vendors that solve only one piece of the MSK puzzle, Arete aligns providers, care pathways, outcomes measurement, technology, and contracting into one system. A single TIN contract. A shared interoperable EHR. Shared EHR infrastructure with health information exchange capabilities. Built by independently owned community practices committed to a positive impact on the patients they serve. Arete is structured as a long-term infrastructure platform for independent practices, with governance designed to support transparency, commercially reasonable service arrangements, and reinvestment in network capabilities. Learn how Arete is governed →
Arete represents a meaningful departure from how MSK care has historically been organized. Today, chiropractic, physical therapy, acupuncture, massage therapy, and pain management are structured as separate benefits — forcing patients to navigate a fragmented delivery system rather than follow a coordinated, stepwise care pathway.
Arete organizes all first and second-line MSK services — chiropractic, physical therapy, acupuncture, massage therapy, virtual physical therapy, virtual orthopedic consultation, and pain management — into a single Clinically Integrated Network contracted under one TIN. Patients move through a coordinated Stepwise care pathway, starting with the clinically appropriate, conservative-first options when supported by patient needs and clinical judgment.
Every Arete provider participates in shared quality expectations, outcomes measurement, and continuous improvement across their discipline. Validated outcomes reporting is available for client presentations where sufficient data is available by market, population, provider type, and data maturity.
Arete is purpose-built for value-based arrangements. Our CIN structure, shared quality infrastructure, and outcomes measurement capabilities make us a natural partner for payers pursuing shared savings, episode-of-care bundling, or value-based arrangements where appropriate.
Unlike a standard network, Arete providers have already committed to outcomes measurement and quality reporting — reducing the administrative lift of implementing VBC arrangements.
Arete works with capitated medical groups under value-based arrangements, providing a fully coordinated MSK delivery network that aligns clinical performance with the financial incentives of capitated care.
All Arete providers participate in shared EHR infrastructure with health information exchange capabilities aligned with your group's existing workflows. Every provider participates in shared quality standards and outcomes measurement, delivering top-of-scope care efficiently and without unnecessary escalation.
Arete includes tracking mechanisms to ensure patients remain attributed to your group of origin — and when care escalation is warranted, patients are directed to your preferred partners or through your established pathways.
Outcomes Data
Arete hosts and monitors a quality and outcomes measurement framework using patient-reported outcomes, clinical data, and operational performance indicators. Network participation includes quality, reporting, and performance expectations. Where sufficient validated data is available, Arete reports aggregate performance against defined benchmarks. Providers participate in quality, reporting, and performance expectations. These are aggregate results across the network compared to national MSK benchmarks.
Outcomes represent aggregate network performance against national MSK benchmarks. All providers are measured using patient-reported outcome measures. Network participation requires achievement of verified performance thresholds.
Why It Works
Many provider networks have limited cross-provider outcomes measurement, care coordination, or unified contracting infrastructure. Arete is built differently — from the ground up as an accountable care delivery system.
Every Arete provider is participating in shared quality measurement and outcomes improvement. Network participation reflects ongoing commitment to clinical standards — not just credentialing at entry.
Shared EHR infrastructure, organized care access pathways, and health information exchange capabilities mean care coordination is built in — not bolted on.
Patient-reported outcome measures are captured through defined care episodes where implemented. A shared quality improvement program holds providers accountable — and gives payers and employers the data they need to stand behind the network.
Access chiropractic, physical therapy, massage therapy, acupuncture, virtual triage, and specialty support through a single TIN contract. No separate credentialing, reporting, or quality programs for each discipline.
Most MSK benefit structures treat each discipline as a separate benefit — chiropractic in one bucket, physical therapy in another, acupuncture elsewhere. Patients move between them without coordination, and payers contract with each separately. Arete eliminates this fragmentation entirely.
All of the following services are organized under a single Clinically Integrated Network, contracted under one TIN, sharing a common EHR, outcomes platform, and Stepwise care pathway:
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