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Unlock New Revenue with CureCoach Services

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Distinguish your practice and save lives with CureCoach Services. Use our innovative effective processes to enhance your care and practice performance. From the elegant and powerful Butterfly Carotid Discovery and CIMT 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 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 charges and credits

    • 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 as truly holistic and proactive

    • Offer Discovery Scan process to your community through employer, association, and other group event outreach

    • Added patient engagement and willingness to invest in

      • Airway assessment/management

      • CT scanning for occult endodontal lesions

      • Saliva testing

      • Periodontal disease treatment: Procedures, laser, ozone, probiotics, others

  • Keep and attract more patients for years to come!

Scanner Support and Charges

  • Digital connection to upload images and access patient records as a Scanner on your dedicated CureCoach supported Butterfly archive

  • Report delivery to patient and Scanner

  • Post-scan Discovery Zoom Appointment to offer options for a Plan to address concerns discovered by the Scan

  • Online training and support for seamless efficient integration into your workflow

  • Easy affordable setup

  • Current Charges:

    • $99/month or $899/year for connection, training and support

      • Registration fee for initial training and setup: $500

      • Credit for each scan suitable for reporting

        • $10/scan sufficient for Screen report (Bilateral short axis CCA, Bulb/Bifurcation/ICA/ECA

          $25/scan sufficient for CIMT report (Screen images + Bilateral Long Axis with measurable distal CCA IMT view)

    • Scanner can charge patient additional fee

    • CureCoach Charge to Patient:

      • $99 for Discovery Screen report & 30 minute Zoom billed after appointment

      • $149 added for Arterial Age/CIMT Report option

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

    • Images and other PHI do not remain on device; accessible only with password protected access to image archiving

    • Individual login for each scanner (email and password) using Butterfly App

Patient Experience

  • Safe noninvasive ultrasound scan, takes a few minutes, incorporated into existing visits

  • Provider determines fee, if any, collected at scan visit:

    • $0-$99 image acquisition fee suggested for CureScreen ultrasound to motivate action

      • Generate added revenue for practice

      • May incorporate into membership model

      • Consider a loss leader and motivator similar to intraoral photos

  • “Scan now and Pay Later for Report”

    • Scanned video images obtained, uploaded and stored in Butterfly archive

    • CureCoach.App provided by CureCoach indicating findings of concern to motivate interest, concern and engagement.

    • Patient motivated by report and seeing images to schedule a Video Discovery appointment

      • Discuss image findings

      • Further testing and disease threat mitigation opportunities

      • Costs/insurance coverage estimates

      • $99 billed upon Discovery Zoom completion

      • Vasometric Arterial Age CIMT report (using available images if adequate)

        • $149 for cash payment.

      • 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 Scanner for report

          • Discovery Report/Zoom $50

            • Review of images

            • Options for next steps

          • CIMT $100

            • Arterial age

            • Baseline for response to intervention monitoring

      • Followup consultation and labs

        • Cash payment costs:

          • Lab panel: $300

            • Billable to insurance if medical necessity can be documented.

            • Compare to list price $1000-$2000 if subject to insurance deductible or coverage denial

          • Consultation/CurePlan development: $400

          • Avoids hassles caused by unpredictable third party payer rules

        • 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 report and 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

  • Click here to try it for yourself!


Ready to get started?

CLICK HERE to schedule a free, no-obligation call with Dr. Craig Backs, the founder and CEO of CureCoach, Inc.