[swalsh]

I haven't heard of Circle Medical before, but one thing that might be really useful is if they were to "contract" out. Hear me out here :D

There's a big shift moving "risk" to the provider. As a result there's a big focus on not only metrics, but also "care management". I used to work for a company that did metrics, and would look for high cost patients that had "opportunities" for cost savings. Their cases would be transferred to a care management team who would then on a case by case basis investigate ways to help the patient.

From what I've heard a lot of times, the patient would become more expensive because they skipped simple follow up visits due to an issue just getting to the office.

This might be a really easy way to get a patient the followup they need.