To help set a path for access to better healthcare around our Northeastern Wisconsin communities, and around the country, Sandy Fragale, CEO of OSMS, joins the Board of Directors for OrthoForum Value Network (OVN). OVN is a network of 5,500 independent musculoskeletal physicians and providers across the nation working vigorously to help provide employers and patients with quick access to affordable, high-quality healthcare within their local areas.
The OVN Board of Directors are responsible for creating visions and strategies to help brokers, insurers, and employers have easy access to musculoskeletal healthcare through one single signature. The group is taking the pressure off employers by helping them find premium care for their employees that will not only save them, and their company money on healthcare costs, but will also streamline their care by providing them with appropriate appointments within a timely manner.
Recent studies have shown that as the cost of healthcare continues to increase, quality of healthcare is impacted negatively; and the cause is hospital mergers and acquisitions. “Competition in healthcare is good – it is healthy – and mergers not only limit competition, but it also impacts patient experience and access to healthcare,” explains Sandy Fragale.
“We know that something needs to change with the cost and quality of healthcare. OSMS, along with the OrthoForum Value Network is that change”, describes Fragale. “OSMS prides itself in exceptional patient satisfaction and providing access to outstanding care – which is lacked in healthcare today”.
Fragale continues to state, “Patients should have access to any healthcare organization they want to seek care from, regardless of where their primary care is. People want to see the best physicians for their unique needs and situations, and they need to know they have a choice in that matter.”
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About Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Specialists
Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Specialists (OSMS) is a physician-owned orthopedic, sports medicine, rheumatology, and pain management practice with clinics in Green Bay, Marinette, Neenah, and Oshkosh, serving northeast Wisconsin and Upper Michigan. Services at OSMS include hip, knee, and shoulder care; hand and wrist care; foot and ankle care; sports medicine; work-related injuries; fracture care; spine care; pain management care; and rheumatologic care. Recognized as the best orthopedic/sports medicine clinic in the Green Bay Area and Winnebago County, OSMS has one of America’s Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers 2025 by Newsweek, along with one of the Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers for Orthopedics in the United States 2024-2025 by U.S. News & World Report and also offers MRI, lab services, infusion therapy and bone density screening. Visit osmsgb.com for more information.
