2026 Hearst Health Prize

Steer Health Wins the Prize for Excellence in Data Science.

Steer Health
Primary Care

Built for the Primary Care Panel.

Primary care lives and dies by panel size, continuity, and care gap closure. Steer runs the full cycle, find, book, collect, return, so panels fill, annual visits happen, and patients stay attached to your practice instead of drifting.

See how it works
Modeled for a 5-provider primary care practice
New patients added to panel+31%
Annual wellness visit completion+44%
Care gaps closed+51%
Patient attrition-27%
Voice AI,
answering live
Voice AISMSWeb chatWeb formsPatient portalEmailAd channels

Voice-led, omnichannel by design. One conversation, one record, whatever channel the patient chooses.

The problem

Your panel leaks quietly, one missed annual visit at a time.

Primary care does not lose patients in a dramatic moment. It loses them slowly: the annual visit that never gets scheduled, the care gap nobody followed up on, the new mover who could not get through on the phone. Each is small. Together they shrink the panel that your entire economics depend on.

How it works

This is the same Steer cycle, capture, book, collect, return, tuned to the rhythms of primary care.

01

Fill the panel

Steer captures every new-patient inquiry across phone, web, and referral, and books the first visit while interest is high.

02

Drive the annual visit

It runs recall for wellness and chronic-care visits automatically, so the continuity primary care depends on actually happens.

03

Close care gaps

Open gaps in screening, immunization, and chronic-disease management are surfaced and acted on, lifting quality scores.

04

Keep patients attached

Lapsed patients are re-engaged before they choose another practice, protecting lifetime panel value.

One system that finishes the job.

01

Knows the whole panel

Every patient is remembered across visits, so outreach reflects their real history.

02

Continuity, automated

Annual and chronic-care recall runs without staff chasing lists.

03

Quality built in

Care gap closure lifts the measures your value-based contracts reward.

What a full panel looks like.

Modeled on a 5-provider primary care practice.

+31%

new patients added to panel

+44%

annual visit completion

-27%

patient attrition

Proof
Steer is the AI infrastructure that lets us scale care without scaling headcount, with timely access and expanded patient offerings across our facilities.
Dr. Kavitha Bhatia, MD, MMM, FAAP, FACHE
Chief Medical Officer of Strategy & President, Prime Healthcare

Why nothing falls through the cracks

Steer remembers every patient across every interaction, so each step hands off to the next. Capture leads to booking, booking to documentation, documentation to recall. One system that finishes the job, instead of point tools that forget the patient in between.

Frequently asked questions

About panel growth, care gap closure, and primary care EHR integration.

Can Steer Health help primary care practices grow their patient panel?

Yes. Steer Health fills the primary care panel through geo-targeted new patient acquisition campaigns, 24/7 inbound call handling by Luna, and automated referral conversion — without adding front-desk staff. Across live deployments, practices using Steer see a +34% increase in inquiries booked and +29% more patient demand created.

How does Steer Health close care gaps in primary care?

Steer Health's Leona agent proactively scans the patient population for overdue HEDIS and MIPS measures — annual wellness visits, mammograms, HbA1c checks, colonoscopies — and runs personalized voice and SMS outreach campaigns to bring patients in. Care gaps are tracked and closed automatically without manual staff effort.

Does Steer Health integrate with primary care EHR systems?

Yes. Steer Health integrates bi-directionally with Epic, Cerner, Athenahealth, eClinicalWorks, and 30+ EHR and PM systems used by primary care practices. All bookings, care gap closures, and patient interactions are written back to the patient record in real time via HL7 FHIR through Indie, the interoperability agent.

Why Primary Care Practices Choose Steer

Primary care is under pressure from every direction. Panels are overfull or under-full. Staff cannot answer every call. Patients who need preventive care do not show up for it. Annual wellness visits go unscheduled. Care gaps accumulate. A single missed call at 4:45 PM Friday becomes a patient who books with a competitor Monday morning. Steer Health was built for exactly this environment — a mesh of AI agents that runs the front desk, fills the panel, closes care gaps, and keeps every patient coming back, without adding headcount.

Fill the Panel Without Adding Front-Desk Staff

Luna, Steer's AI voice agent, answers every inbound call, web form, and digital inquiry — 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including after-hours and weekends. Luna books new patients in the same conversation with bi-directional EHR write-back. Across live primary care deployments, practices using Steer see a +34% increase in inquiries booked and +29% more patient demand created — without expanding the front desk. No call goes unanswered. No new patient gets voicemail.

Drive Annual Wellness Visits and Close HEDIS Care Gaps

Leona proactively scans the patient population and identifies every patient overdue for a HEDIS or MIPS measure — annual wellness visits, HbA1c checks, mammograms, colonoscopies, flu vaccines. Leona runs personalized voice and SMS outreach referencing each patient's record, last visit date, and primary care provider. Care gaps are tracked, outreach is automated, and results flow back into the EHR. No manual spreadsheets. No recall lists. No staff hours lost to phone trees.

Backfill Every Cancellation Before the Slot Goes Cold

When a patient cancels, Steer detects the opening instantly and contacts the next patient on the live waitlist — via voice or SMS — within seconds. The slot is filled before it ages. Across live deployments, Steer reduces unfilled appointment slots by 38%, protecting daily production and keeping the schedule full without manual staff intervention.

Bi-Directional Integration with Epic, Cerner, and 30+ EHRs

Indie connects every Steer agent to Epic, Cerner, Athenahealth, eClinicalWorks, and 30+ EHR and PM systems used by primary care practices. All bookings, care gap closures, and patient interactions are written back to the patient record in real time via HL7 FHIR. No shadow systems. No manual reconciliation. Every AI action is visible in the EHR.

See it run on your numbers.

Book a 30-minute demo and we will model your recoverable revenue against your own volumes, before you commit to anything.

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