For Providers
Your Subspecialty Team. Not Your Competitor.
Vital is the rheumatology department your practice never had — delivering subspecialty intelligence, automated prior authorizations, and new revenue streams while you keep the patient relationship exactly as it is.
The Upgrade
What Changes
Vital enhances your clinical capability and generates incremental revenue — without adding complexity to your day.
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30-Second AI Summary Before Every Visit
Before each appointment, you receive an AI-synthesized patient brief — disease activity trend, recent RAPID3 and RADAI-5 scores, medication adherence, and any flare signals flagged since the last visit.
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Monthly Clinical Reports with Trends
Structured monthly reports deliver disease activity trends, patient-reported outcome trajectories, and medication status for every enrolled patient in your panel — no chart-digging required.
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PA Automation Eliminates Staff Burden
Prior authorizations for specialty medications are submitted and tracked automatically — 2.1-day average turnaround. Your front desk and nursing staff are freed from hours of phone-based prior auth work.
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Fewer Emergency Calls from Unmanaged Flares
Continuous monitoring via the Ease app catches flare signals before they become emergency calls. Care managers intervene early — reducing after-hours burden on your practice.
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Meaningful New Revenue
RTM, PCM, and MTM billing codes generate meaningful new revenue for your practice — automated by Vital's billing infrastructure starting in month one.
What Stays the Same
What Doesn't Change
Vital is a partner, not a competitor. The patient remains yours — your relationship, your care coordination, your name on the door.
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PCP Retains the Patient Relationship
Vital is embedded behind your practice, not in front of it. Every patient interaction reinforces your role as the primary relationship — Vital never communicates directly as a competing provider.
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PCP Retains Overall Care Coordination
You continue to manage the full care plan. Vital's specialist and care manager operate as consultants within your workflow — not as a parallel care system competing for coordination authority.
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Vital Never Modifies Non-Rheumatology Medications
Vital's specialists and care managers operate strictly within rheumatology scope. Hypertension management, diabetes, mental health — all non-rheumatology medications remain exclusively under your clinical authority.
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Joint Branding Keeps Your Identity Front and Center
Patient-facing materials, app branding, and communications carry co-branded identity. Your community sees it as your service:
[Your FQHC Name] Rheumatology Powered by Vital Health -
PCP Access to Vital Platform
Every PCP in the partnership can log in to the Vital platform to view patient-reported outcomes, disease activity scores, medication adherence, and care manager notes — on demand, between visits.
Partnership Model
"My patients used to wait 14 months to see a rheumatologist two hours away. Now they're seen in days — and I get a summary before every visit. It changed how I practice."
Clinical Standards
Clinical Instruments
Vital uses only validated, peer-reviewed clinical instruments — the same tools used by leading academic rheumatology centers — delivered through the Ease app in 30 seconds or less.
| Instrument | Full Name | Validity / Endorsement | Use Case | Source |
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| RADAI-5 | Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity Index – 5 | r = 0.64–0.74 vs. DAS28 | RA disease activity — morning stiffness, joint tenderness, global assessment | ACR-recommended PRO |
| RAPID3 | Routine Assessment of Patient Index Data 3 | Used by 29% of US rheumatologists | Rapid multidimensional assessment — functional status, pain, global estimate | Widely validated; Pincus et al. |
| RAID | Rheumatoid Arthritis Impact of Disease | EULAR-endorsed | Patient-perceived disease impact: pain, functional disability, fatigue, sleep, coping, emotional well-being | EULAR Task Force |
| PROMIS-4 | Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System — 4-item | NIH-funded; IRT-calibrated | Cross-condition physical function, fatigue, pain interference, and anxiety — applicable across all autoimmune conditions | NIH PROMIS Network |
All instruments are delivered in <30 seconds via the Ease app. AI synthesizes instrument scores with FHIR-sourced EMR data (labs, medications, visit history) to generate a structured clinical summary before each appointment. Vital's AI does not make clinical decisions — it surfaces actionable intelligence for your care team to act on.
Platform Preview
Dashboard Preview
Every PCP in the Vital partnership can access real-time patient intelligence — disease activity trends, medication status, flare alerts, and AI-synthesized summaries — all in one view.
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Join the growing network of rural PCPs who are delivering subspecialty-level care — without adding subspecialty-level complexity. Zero cost to your organization. Revenue from month one.