Ensure patients with low back pain receive the best possible care.

Our Story

Low back pain can be frustrating for both patients and clinicians. There is often no single cause for the pain that can be “fixed” with one simple approach to treatment. There can be unnecessary imaging studies and referrals, utilization of unproven therapies, overusing opioids, and dissatisfied patients who never get effective pain relief.

The Michigan Back Collaborative (MIBAC) is a statewide Collaborative Quality Initiative (CQI) with an initial focus on better care for low back pain within the first 6 months of an episode or acute flare of back pain. We are proud to partner with almost 400 Chiropractors around the state - both within our 11 Physician Organizations and at independent practices. Our participants collect valuable Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs) for our registry database that will allow us to investigate interventions that correlate with the best patient outcomes. We hope to utilize claims-based data to further reinforce our analysis and spread those best practices across the collaborative. In addition to analyzing data, MIBAC works with our multidisciplinary leadership team and Executive Committee to provide current, evidence-based educational opportunities to our participating Chiropractors.

MIBAC is a population health Collaborative Quality Initiative supported by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan*. The Coordinating Center is housed at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, MI.