NOTE 1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS | 3 Months Ended |
Mar. 31, 2014 |
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NOTE 1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS |
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Spine Pain Management, Inc. (formerly known as Versa Card, Inc.) was incorporated under the laws of Delaware on March 4, 1998. |
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Since inception, we have engaged in and contemplated several ventures and acquisitions, many of which were not consummated. In December 2008, we began moving forward to launch our new business concept of delivering turnkey solutions to spine surgeons, orthopedic surgeons and other healthcare providers for necessary and appropriate treatment of musculo-skeletal spine injuries. Our first spine injury diagnostic center opened in Houston, Texas in August 2009. We currently manage a total of two spine injury diagnostic centers in the United States. We are also evaluating the expansion of our services through additional spine injury diagnostic centers in multiple markets across the country. |
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Spine Pain Management, Inc. |
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We are a medical services, technology, marketing, management, billing and collection company facilitating diagnostic services for patients who have sustained spine injuries resulting from traumatic accidents. We deliver turnkey solutions to spine surgeons, orthopedic surgeons and other health care providers for necessary and appropriate treatment of musculo-skeletal spine injuries resulting from automobile and work-related accidents. Our goal is to become a leader in providing management services to spine and orthopedic surgeons and other healthcare providers to facilitate proper treatment of their injured clients. By pre-funding the providers accounts receivable, which includes diagnostic testing and non-invasive and surgical care, patients are not unnecessarily delayed or prevented from obtaining needed treatment. By providing early treatment, we believe that health conditions can be prevented from escalating and injured victims can be quickly placed on the road to recovery. Through our management system, we facilitate spine surgeons, orthopedic surgeons and other healthcare providers to provide reasonable, necessary, and appropriate treatments to patients with musculo-skeletal spine injuries. We assist the centers that provide the spine diagnostic injections and treatment and pay the doctors a fixed rate for the medical procedures they performed. After a patient is billed for the procedures performed, we take control of the patients’ unpaid bill and oversee collection. In most instances, the patient is a plaintiff in an accident case, where the patient is represented by an attorney. Typically, the defendant (and/or the insurance company of the defendant) in the accident case pays the patient’s bill upon settlement or final judgment of the accident case. The payment to us is made through the attorney of the patient. In most cases, we must agree to the settlement price and the patient must sign off on the settlement. Once we are paid, the patient’s attorney can receive payment for his or her legal fee. |
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We currently manage two spine injury diagnostic centers in the United States, which are located in Houston, Texas and San Antonio, Texas. In January 2014 we made the decision to discontinue doing business in Florida and McAllen, Texas (see Item 2, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” below). We are seeking additional funding for expansion by way of reasonable debt financing to accelerate this future development. In connection with this strategy, we plan to open additional diagnostic centers in new market areas that are attractive under our business model, assuming adequate funds are available. |
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We own a device and process by which a video recording system is attached to a fluoroscopic x-ray machine, the “four camera technology,” that we believe can attract additional physicians and patients, expedite settlements and provide us with additional revenue streams. During 2013 and continuing in 2014, we have refined the technology, through further research and development resulting in a fully commercialized Quad Video Halo System 3.0. Using this technology, diagnostic procedures are recorded from four separate video feeds that capture views from both inside and outside the body, and a video is made which is given to the plaintiff’s attorney to verify the treatment received. We believe the video will expedite the settlement process. Each of our affiliated centers can lease the hardware from us. Additionally, upon regulatory approval, we anticipate independent medical representatives will sell Quad Video Halo units to outside hospitals and clinics. |
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