About Us

Created by leading neuromuscular physicians, InCircle Review helps payors and MCOs improve care, minimize waste, and decrease drug spend for expensive therapies like Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy (IVIg).

InCircle Review aligns longitudinal patient, diagnostic, and insurance data to streamline the prescribing process and help ensure patients receive the right drug at the right time while providing consistent and transparent decision-making for all stakeholders.

By leveraging the knowledge of a panel of expert reviewers who have access to real data, InCircle Review alleviates the burden on prescribing physicians who are currently tasked with making accurate diagnoses without access to the data and longitudinal records to do so.

In addition, InCircle Review gives payors a transparent and consistent view of the decision-making process, while providing employers with a desperately needed solution to control drug spend.

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InCircle Review combines the knowledge of key opinion leaders with the data needed to make the right prescribing decision, lowering rates of misdiagnosis and prescription overutilization.

Developed by leading neuromuscular physicians Jonathan Katz, M.D., and Todd Levine, M.D., InCircle Review helps payors and MCOs improve care, minimize waste, and decrease drug spend for expensive therapies like Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy (IVIg) with the help of a proprietary algorithm-based approach to match the right drug with the right patient.

We provide transparent and consistent communication that minimizes misdiagnosis and improves clinical outcomes for patients with complex neurological disorders.

The Idea Behind InCircle Review

The idea for InCircle Review followed the findings of the largest review of immunoglobulin specialty drug therapy utilization.

The INSIGHTS study included a review of 248 patient progress notes, lab data, and electrodiagnostic studies supplied to insurance companies for IVIG in neuropathy. The compiled data, which included referrals from 154 physicians in 26 states, produced findings that were troubling:

  • Only 32% of patients receiving treatment were determined to actually have an immune neuropathy
  • Half of patients diagnosed with neuropathies that were clearly not immune-mediated
  • Only 15% clearly met electrodiagnostic criteria for a demyelinating neuropathy

So, we set out to create a solution that would be better for insurers, providers, and patients.

Algorithm Development

Spurred by a desire to improve IG prescription accuracy, the core team at InCircle Review began strategizing to develop an algorithm-based approach that would capture only the most vital patient data and essentially match the right drug to the right patient.

The InCircle Review solution eliminates the need to involve MDs in the decision-making process, while leveraging the experience and knowledge of a panel of expert reviewers who have access to real data.

Solutions and Next Steps

InCircle Review is poised to revolutionize the cumbersome IG review process, deliver longitudinal patient tracking information,
provide open access to accurate data, and fundamentally transform the way IG is prescribed.

It also facilitates a significant process improvement by shortening the time for approvals, ultimately reducing the overall drug spend – a win-win for physicians, payors and specialty drug manufacturers.

Meet Our Team

Todd Levine, M.D.

Board Certified Neurologist

Todd Dylan Levine, MD received his medical degree from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. He completed a residency in Neurology and a Fellowship in Neuromuscular Disease at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, and has been a specialist in Neuromuscular disorders for the past 20 years.

Dr. Levine currently serves as the Director of the Neurology Department at Honor Health in Phoenix Arizona, is the founder of the multi-disciplinary ALS Clinic, and is one of the founders of Corinthian Reference Labs and Cutaneous Neurodiagnostic, a national reference labs dedicated to using skin biopsies for diagnosing neurologic disorders such as Parkinson’s Disease and Alzheimer’s Disease.

Dr. Levine is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and the American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine. He is a fellow of the American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine and a member of the American Academy of Neurology. He is the past Chairman of the Neuromuscular division of the American Academy of Neurology and the Arizona State Liaison for the American Academy of Neuroelectrodiagnostic Medicine. Dr. Levine conducts extensive research in diseases of the nerve and muscle. He has published his findings in numerous peer-reviewed journals and lectures both nationally and internationally on these disorders.

http://www.phoenixneurology.com/staff/levine.php

Jonathan S. Katz, M.D.

Board Certified Neurologist

Dr. Katz currently practices Neurology in San Francisco, and is Board Certified in Adult Neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and a member of the American Academy of Neurology.

Dr. Katz is President of the ALS Research Group and serves on the National Medical Advisory Boards for the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation and the Guillain-Barre Syndrome Foundation International.

Honored as one of The Best Doctors in America, Dr. Katz also serves as Adjunct Professor in Neurology at Kansas University. He co-conceived the InCircle concept with Dr Levine, and currently serves as an advisor for further algorithm development.

http://www.cpmc.org/dr-jonathan-s-katz.html

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