Overview

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Kareo (now part of Tebra) is a popular cloud-based practice management and EHR platform designed specifically for small independent practices, serving over 50,000 providers across primary care, specialty, and multi-specialty practices. Known for its intuitive interface, affordable pricing, and integrated billing capabilities, Kareo helps small practices compete effectively while maintaining financial viability. Stream Health's Kareo integration brings enterprise-level clinical intelligence and revenue optimization to small practices through seamless API connectivity.

For independent practices using Kareo, Stream Health delivers the comprehensive patient record consolidation, gap-in-care analysis, and billing optimization previously available only to large health systems—leveling the playing field for value-based care success and revenue maximization.

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Key features:

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• Kareo API Integration: Direct connectivity to Kareo's clinical and billing systems via their modern REST API. Stream Health retrieves patient demographics, clinical encounters, diagnoses, procedures, medications, allergies, and billing data from Kareo's cloud platform.

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• Small Practice Optimization: Features specifically designed for small practices including: automated patient outreach lists sized for small care teams, prioritized billing opportunities requiring minimal staff time, template clinical documentation for gap-in-care visits, and simplified reporting dashboards for practice owners without dedicated analytics staff.

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• Claims Intelligence: Integration with Kareo's billing workflows to optimize claim submission. Stream Health identifies undercoded services, missed procedures, incomplete documentation affecting claim payment, and opportunities to add appropriate secondary diagnoses supporting medical necessity.

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• Practice Management Sync: Patient demographic data, insurance information, appointment scheduling, and patient balances automatically synchronized between Kareo and Stream Health. Care gap outreach campaigns integrate with Kareo's patient communication tools.

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How it works

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Stream Health connects to Kareo via secure REST API, retrieving patient clinical data from Kareo Clinical (EHR) and billing information from Kareo Billing. Our platform consolidates Kareo data with external patient records from specialists, hospitals, labs, imaging centers, and health information exchanges—creating complete patient histories despite small practice resource constraints.

Our AI + NP gap-in-care analysis identifies missed annual wellness visits, preventive services, chronic care management eligibility, and medication management opportunities. Unlike generic clinical decision support that overwhelms small practices with alerts, Stream Health's NP validation ensures only clinically appropriate, billable recommendations reach providers.

Care gap findings are delivered back to Kareo appearing in the patient chart and clinical inbox. Billing teams receive simplified reports showing: specific patients eligible for high-value services, CPT codes and expected reimbursement, template documentation to streamline visit efficiency, and estimated annual revenue impact. For a typical 3-physician practice with 5,000 active patients, Stream Health identifies $800K-$1.2M in annual billing opportunities.

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Benefits of integrating Kareo with Stream Health

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• Small Practice Revenue Growth: Independent practices using Kareo typically increase annual revenue by 15-25% within 12 months through systematic care gap identification and billing optimization—without hiring additional clinical staff.

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• Competitive Advantage: Small practices gain clinical intelligence capabilities previously available only to large health systems, enabling successful participation in value-based care contracts and MIPS programs that independent practices often avoid due to resource constraints.

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• Efficient Implementation: Cloud-to-cloud integration requires no IT staff, no server infrastructure, and minimal practice involvement. Stream Health's implementation team handles API setup and goes live in 2-3 weeks.

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• Zero Additional Staff: No need to hire care coordinators, quality improvement specialists, or data analysts. Stream Health's automated gap-in-care identification and NP validation deliver actionable insights that existing staff can execute with minimal training.

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• Billing Optimization: Integration with Kareo Billing ensures identified care gaps translate to actual revenue. Stream Health provides template documentation, appropriate CPT codes, and medical necessity justification—reducing claim denials and maximizing reimbursement.

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• MIPS Success: Small practices using Stream Health improve MIPS performance by 30-50 points, moving from penalty zones to bonus payment tiers. For a 3-physician practice, this represents $15K-45K in annual MIPS incentive payments.