Referral Sources
Epileptologists, psychiatrists treating treatment-resistant depression, stroke rehabilitation teams and, more recently, rheumatologists. Many patients research VNS themselves after several medications have failed.
Patients Exploring VNS Want to Match With You
Patients who have tried medication after medication are reading about bioelectronic medicine. Let them find your practice and choose it.
Patients swipe on the practices they like. When you swipe back — it’s a match!
Free to join. No card required.
Who’s Looking
The Patients Searching for Vagus Nerve Stimulation
These patients have usually been through several treatments for epilepsy, depression, rheumatoid arthritis or stroke recovery, and they are looking for something different. Many arrive already knowing what VNS is.
On Health e Match they list what they are living with, what they have tried and that they are exploring VNS, and they meet practices that treat what they listed.
Typical Patient
An adult who has tried several medications for epilepsy, depression, rheumatoid arthritis or stroke recovery and wants a non-drug option, usually with a long, well-documented history.
Your Profile
Show Patients What You Offer
Your profile is where a patient decides. Describe vagus nerve stimulation the way you offer it, your clinicians and their credentials, and the regulatory status of each therapy in your own words.
- Indications You Treat. Each condition you use VNS for, approved or investigational.
- Implanting Surgeon. Who implants the device, and whether it happens on site.
- Programming and Follow-Up. Who adjusts settings and how often patients return.
- External Devices. Any non-implanted VNS you prescribe.
- Insurance and Authorization. The plans you accept and whether your team handles prior authorization.
Why Practices Join
Warm Patients, Not Cold Leads
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Patients Make the First Move
They read your profile and swipe on you first. You’re notified the moment one does.
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You Choose Your Patients
Swipe back on the ones who fit your practice. Pass on the ones who don’t.
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Your Credentials Do the Talking
Your NPI is checked against the national registry, and your license and coverage are reviewed before you go live.
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Nothing Rings the Front Desk
Messaging takes place on healthematch.com, after you’ve swiped back.
Questions
What Practices Ask
We use VNS for approved and investigational indications. Can both be listed?
Yes. Each carries the regulatory status you document, and patients see it exactly as you wrote it.
Are neurology, psychiatry and rheumatology practices a fit?
Yes. Any practice that offers VNS or treats the conditions it is used for can describe that on its profile.
We program devices but refer out for implantation. Can we join?
Yes. Describe the care you provide and who you work with. Patients care about who will manage their device after surgery.
Do patients need to have tried a certain number of medications?
Eligibility is a clinical and coverage decision that stays with you. Patients list what they have tried, and you see it once they choose your practice.
Start Matching Today
Build your practice profile once, list vagus nerve stimulation among what you offer, and let patients who are looking for it choose you.
Free to join. No card required.
healthematch.com makes introductions between patients and practices in the United States. It does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment, does not recruit for or enroll anyone in clinical research, and does not recommend any particular procedure or provider. A practice listing an investigational therapy remains responsible for its own study’s recruitment and eligibility requirements. Looking for care? See the vagus nerve stimulation page for patients.