Jason Gorevic
Analyst · Cowen
Yeah absolutely. So let me start by saying, it’s a little bit dangerous to do -- or misleading I guess, to do an overall utilization over the full book of business; because, the book of business as a whole is very heterogeneous, right? So you have certain populations, where we have 50, 60, 70 -- I see a report every morning on our client's utilization patterns, about 2,000 employee account that's operating at almost 100% annualized utilization. So we have segments of the business that operate at significantly higher utilization rates. And others, like as we have talked about in the past, we have large managed Medicaid populations, where the client has decided -- legacy client, who has decided years and years ago to put us behind the nurse line, that sees very-very small utilization rates. So I think that, when you look across the entire population, it's artificially low. So with that said, I think as we continue -- I don't write the kind of relationships that we did back in 2010 and 2011, where we didn't have so much choice. Now we know a lot better, and quite frankly, we will say no to a client, if we don't think that they are launching in a way that's going to drive meaningful utilization and strong return on investment. So I think you will see our utilization rate continue to increase over time, as more and more companies, whether it's an employer or a health plan or otherwise, adapt and integrate telehealth as a more core part of their benefit. Communicate it more, promote the utilization through financial incentives, and I think you will continue to see that occur. I had a great conversation with a practice leader and thought leader at one of the consulting firms yesterday, who really understands the massive difference between a company who doesn't subsidize the telehealth and somebody who does, and demonstrates for the client, the reason that they should make it a zero copay for the employer. Two or three years ago, that would be unheard for a consultant to make that argument to the employer. Today, it's happening routinely. So I think those things are going to continue to occur, and because of the dataset that we have now, having done probably 1.3 million visits in our history, we are able to much better educate our clients on what they can do to maximize their utilization.