Medicare now pays for group visits. We run them for your practice.
Starting January 1, 2027, Medicare pays for shared medical appointments under two new codes. Kinfold Health fills the groups, handles consent, scheduling and video, and drafts every patient's note. Your clinician leads the hour, and your practice bills Medicare.
For New Jersey primary care, obesity medicine and ACO practices.
$1,014
from Medicare for one 60-minute group of 8 patients
$709 more than the same hour of one-on-one visits
Northern NJ office rate for G0686 in 2027, $126.78 per patient, including the patient's 20% share. One-on-one comparison: three 99213 visits, about $305.
The hard part was never the medicine
Group visits aren't new. The Cleveland Clinic has offered shared medical appointments since 1999. Most practices still don't, because of the work around the hour: finding the right patients, filling the seats, consent forms, video, a note for every patient and getting the claim right. That work is what we do.
Your practice
About 1.5 hours of clinician time per session
- Share a patient list, once
- A clinician leads each one-hour session
- About 30 minutes to review and sign the notes we draft
- Your biller submits the claims
Kinfold Health
Everything else, in your practice's name
- Find eligible patients and check what each will owe
- Invite them by letter, text and phone
- Explain the cost and collect consent
- Schedule, remind and run the video room
- Provide a dietitian facilitator
- Brief your clinician on each patient
- Draft every note in your records system
- Prepare claim worksheets for your biller
- Follow up with patients who miss a session
- Report attendance and claims each month
What changes on January 1, 2027
CMS finalized two group visit codes in the 2027 Physician Fee Schedule. They pay per patient, so one hour with a full group pays far more than an hour of one-on-one visits.
- G0686 pays for the first 60 minutes
- $126.78 per patient in Northern NJ and $121.75 in the rest of the state, at the office rate.
- G0687 adds each extra 30 minutes
- Up to two units, so a session can run two hours. $47.27 per patient per unit in Northern NJ.
- Patients can join by video from home
- Both codes are on Medicare's 2027 telehealth list, and patients can join from home through December 31, 2027. No meeting room needed.
- 2 to 10 established patients per group
- Patients your practice has seen in the past 12 months, who share a condition that can improve with lifestyle change. At most one group visit per patient per week.
Why we start with GLP-1 patients
Since July 1, 2026, Medicare's GLP-1 Bridge has covered Wegovy, Zepbound and Foundayo for weight loss at a $50 monthly copay, through December 2027. Prescribers attest that the medicine is used alongside changes to diet and exercise.
That leaves practices with a growing panel of patients who need regular help with nutrition, protein and muscle, side effects and staying on track. Fifteen minutes doesn't cover it. A monthly group does, and from January, Medicare pays your practice for it.
Type 2 diabetes groups come next, then other conditions that respond to lifestyle change.
Five weeks from yes to your first group
Your staff spends about two and a half hours before the first session. We handle the rest.
- Week 0
Sign the agreements and name your lead clinician.
- Week 1
Kickoff call. You approve the invitations, consent form and escalation plan.
- Week 2
We build the patient list. Your clinician reviews it and takes a 30-minute training.
- Week 3
We invite and enroll patients in your name and test video with each one.
- Week 4
A 20-minute dry run with your clinician and our facilitator.
- Week 5
First session. Notes drafted within 24 hours; claim worksheets to your biller.
How we work
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A flat fee, never a share of your billing
You pay a set amount per session or per month. Our fee doesn't depend on how much you bill or collect.
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Your clinician leads and decides
Clinical care stays with your practice. We organize, facilitate and document; your clinician assesses each patient and signs every note.
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Your name on every invitation
Patients hear from their own practice, about a visit with their own clinician.
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Patient information only under a BAA
We sign a business associate agreement before we see any patient information, and we only use tools covered by one.
Pilot, March to May 2027
Three New Jersey practices. Monthly virtual groups for Medicare patients on GLP-1s.
No setup fee and reduced per-session pricing for the first three practices that commit by December 20, 2026.