Between-visit support

Your patients stay
committed toprogressing towardinvested in their health goals —
and stay in your care longer.

Habit Layer places a dedicated Care Specialist alongside your practice: one person, assigned to your clinic, keeping your patients engaged, progressing, and connected to your care between appointments.

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5–25× more expensive to acquire a new patient than keep one Healthcare industry research
5% more retention can increase practice profits by 25–95% Patient retention studies
Up to 25% of new patients come from referrals, and only from patients who stayed Tebra, 2023
What it costs your practice

Every patient who drifts away costs more than you think.

In a cash-pay practice, a patient who quietly stops isn't just lost revenue from their plan. It's the referrals they would have sent, along with the marketing spend you'll need to replace them.

The quiet dropout

Most patients don't cancel. They stop showing up. Not because the treatment failed. Because they felt alone in the middle of it.

The referral you didn't get

Patients who feel supported refer. Patients who drift away don't.

The replacement cost

Acquiring a new patient costs 5–25× more than keeping one. Every churned patient is a marketing bill you didn't budget for.

"Patients don't leave because the treatment failed. They leave because no one was there."
Your numbers
$
(Out of 12 months)
What it costs you
Revenue lost
Months of revenue you won't see
$891
Referrals never sent
Estimated value of referrals that won't come
$1,782
Based on avg. 1-2 referrals per retained patient
Replacement cost
Estimated cost to replace this patient
$990
Industry research: 5-25x monthly plan value in acquisition cost
Total estimated loss
$3,663
How it works

One specialist. Assigned to your clinic. In the space between visits.

Your patients get a real person: credentialed, trained in behavior change, and consistent. Not a chatbot. Not a rotating queue. The same person, every time, who knows your protocol and knows your patients.

1

Your patients meet their Care Specialist

Before their next appointment, your patients are introduced to a dedicated Care Specialist who knows your protocol and what success looks like for your practice.

2

We handle the between-visit work

Check-ins, questions, rough patches, motivation. Your Care Specialist responds when it matters, keeping patients on track and connected to your care.

3

You see what matters

Anything clinical comes back to you. You see engagement trends, flags, and patient activity, without adding to your workload.

Built for your specialty

Built for the practices where the gap costs the most.

Between-visit support matters most where patients are on active protocols and where staying six months is worth more than staying two.

GLP-1 & Medical Weight Loss

Side effects, plateaus, lifestyle friction. The first 12 weeks are where you lose people. A Care Specialist is there for those weeks.

Functional Medicine

Complex protocols, high adherence requirements. We bridge the gap between office and home.

Hormone Therapy

Adjustment periods generate questions. Patients who can't get answers find providers who will. We keep them in your practice.

Chronic Pain Management

Flare weeks are the highest dropout risk. A patient managing a hard stretch needs a real person, not a portal message.

GI & Digestive Health

Dietary protocols are hard. Symptom tracking is harder without support. We help patients stay consistent through the daily work.

About

Your Head Care Specialist knows what your patients are going through.

Brian Bradshaw is an NBHWC-certified health and wellness coach with a background in behavior change and patient engagement. He works directly with a small number of practices, not as a vendor, but as an extension of your care team.

NBHWC Certified Motivational Interviewing Behavior Change
Brian Bradshaw, NBHWC-certified Head Care Specialist at Habit Layer

If this sounds like your practice, let's talk.

Most clinic owners who reach out already know they have a retention problem. The conversation is about fit: patient volume, specialty, and what between-visit support looks like for your practice.

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