Unlock New Revenue with CureCoach Services
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Distinguish your practice and save lives with CureCoach Services. Use our innovative but proven processes to enhance your care and practice performance. From the elegant and powerful Butterfly Carotid Ultrasound to seamless communication and collaborattion with CureCoach.App, discover new opportunities to detect and reverse progressive arterial disease with early intervention. Elevate patient care, boost revenue, and shape the future of proactive healthcare.
Financial Benefits
Generate up to $100 per scan with a few minutes of staff or personal time investment
Positive net revenue with as little as 1 scan per week.
Repeat exams
Every 6-12 months for disease response monitoring for those with disease
Annual screening for those with healthy findings
Substantial added revenue with existing staff and minimal convenient online training
Direct revenue from scanning fees
Retain patients otherwise lost to death or disability due to heart attack or stroke
Recruit patients by standing out among other providers in your market
Added patient invesment in
Airway assessment/management
CT scanning for occult endodontal lesions
Saliva testing for pathogens that cause arterial and oral injury
Periodontal disease treatment: Procedures, laser, ozone, probiotics, others
Keep and attract more patients to see them for years to come!
Scanner Support and Charges
Digital connection to patient records as a Coach on CureCoach.App
Report delivery to patient and scanning provider
Post-scan Video Discovery Appointment to offer options for proactive disease remission
Online training and support for seamless integration into your workflow
No registration or initial training fee
Current Charges:
$100/month or $900/year for connection, trainining and support
First 6 months up front to support training and initial setup: $500
Credit for each scan suitable for reporting
$10/scan sufficient for Screen report
$25/scan sufficient for CIMT report
$0-$100/scan charge determined by scanner
CureCoach Charge to Patient:
$50 for Screen report & Discovery Appointment
$150 for Arterial Age/CIMT Report & Discovery Appointment
Equipment cost
Purchase of Butterfly probe and membership: about $4,000 for the iQ3 probe. See https://www.butterflynetwork.com/index.html
Financing available for 3 years
Use existing mobile devices (iOs or Android) Eligible Devices
PHI does not stay on device
Individual login (email and password) using Butterfly App
Patient Experience
Safe ultrasound scan, takes a few minutes
Provider sets fee collected at scan visit:
$0-$99 image acquisition fee suggested for CureScreen ultrasound to motivate action
May incorporate into membership model
Some practices may consider a loss leader and motivator similar to intraoral photos
Option to “Scan now and Pay Later for Report”
Scanned video images obtained, uploaded and stored in Butterfly archive
Report provided by CureCoach indicating findings of concern to motivate interest, concern and engagement.
Patient motivated by report and seeing images schedules a Video Discovery appointment
Discuss report and images
Further testing and disease threat mitigation opportunities
Costs/insurance coverage estimates
$99 billed upon Discovery Zoom completion
$50/scan credit applied to scanner account.
Vasometric Arterial Age CIMT report (using available images if adequate)
$198 for cash payment.
Additional $25 for total of $75 credited to scanner account when adequate images submitted for CIMT/Arterial Age report and patient pays CureCoach to receive this report.
Option 2:
Scanner determines charge and bills for scan acquisition
$0-$50 for 2 video short axis only
$50-$100 for 4 video short AND long axis with IMT at CCA/Bulb measurable
Patient receives indication of
Red: Plaque
Yellow: Inflammation
Green: Healthy
CureCoach bills for
Discovery Report/Zoom $50
Review of images
Options for next steps
CIMT $150
Arterial age
Baseline for response to intervention monitoring
Followup consultation and labs
Cash payment costs:
Lab panel: $200-$300
Compare to list price $1000-$2000 if subject to insurance deductible or coverage denial
Consultation/CurePlan development: $400
Avoids data capture for underwriting by insurance plans, eliminates complexities caused by trying to satisfy third party payer rules which vary by payer.
Insurance coverage possible depending upon coverage specifics:
Medicare and most PPOs; confirm your network coverage.
Patient responsibility determined by coverage, copayments and deductible specifics
Medicaid and ACA community plans will not cover
Use savings on premiums to invest in the cash pay option.
Butterfly Carotid Ultrasound
Detects arterial injury/inflammation/plaque before an event, enabling early proactive lifestyle and medical intervention to prevent strokes and heart attacks
ROI positive after about 50 scans
Reporting results and quality assurance responsibility assumed by CureCoach.
You scan
CureCoach Provides the Plan
CureCoach.App
HIPAA-compliant platform for seamless communication between patients and providers
Secure patient record filing
Facilitates communication and collaboration among providers
“Coach” page to promote your presence to CureCoach.app Members searching for your help
Ready to get started?
CLICK HERE to schedule a free, no-obligation call with Dr. Craig Backs, the founder and CEO of CureCoach, Inc.