Matic and Catalyst's team of physicians, coders, compliance specialists, and revenue cycle staff are transforming primary care from the exam room out: physicians are going home on time, they are connecting more with patients, and doctors who planned to retire are staying.
DALLAS, Nov. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Matic and Catalyst Health Group, a physician-led network of more than 850 physicians and advanced practice providers, have rebuilt the primary care day from the exam room out, working side-by-side inside live clinics and transforming how primary care physicians, practices, and patients work together. D CEO Magazine has named the partnership a finalist for Outstanding Healthcare Collaboration in its 2026 Excellence in Healthcare Awards, with winners to be announced Dec. 10, 2026.
Here is what that collaboration delivered, in the words of the physicians who use Matic every day:
- Dr. Keith Eppich, Catalyst Physician Group primary care physician: "After only a few days of using Matic, I was able to see four additional patients a day. The day before, I had 17 unlocked charts. By lunch the next day, I had seen 13 patients and my charts were locked."
- Dr. Doug Fullington, Catalyst Physician Group primary care physician: "Right out of the box, I got 90 minutes back in my day - I don't prep charts anymore, I see a reduction in after-hours charting and most of the mundane work has moved off my plate. I spend my time on practicing medicine now, not paperwork, and focusing on the complex case, the hard differential, and the relationship." His one-word review: "Magic."
- Dr. Phu Truong, Catalyst Physician Group primary care physician: "You press a button and within seconds you have a complete note. The accuracy has been 99.9%, and it's immediate. I'm making eye contact, not looking at my screen - and I feel more knowledgeable about each patient before I even start."
- Dr. Stephen Buksh, Catalyst Physician Group primary care physician: "I have everything in front of me before I walk in with a patient, and I'm able to be more thorough, more personal, and more present with my patients. A few months in, I'm able to help almost twice as many patients a day and I have more patient conversations outside of the exam room."
The stakes could not be higher. Primary care is the first call in American healthcare. It accounts for close to half of all physician office visits and shapes an estimated 85% of the care decisions that follow, yet the country puts less than 5% of its health spending behind it. Primary care physicians are leaving, burnout sits at 48.2%, and nearly one in three primary care physicians plans to leave practice within three years.
Primary care physicians spend more than 20 hours a week on administrative work outside patient care, and documentation, not patient volume, is the leading driver of burnout. That burnout costs the health system an estimated $4.6 billion a year, and replacing a single physician can cost up to $1 million. Adults with a regular source of primary care live more than two years longer, so every physician who leaves takes that continuity with them. Matic is a new clinical intelligence ecosystem, built inside clinical practices, that replaces a disconnected patchwork of point solutions with one continuous layer of patient information, so physicians, practices, and patients all win.
"Primary care physicians didn't go to medical school to become data clerks, and patients didn't come to see the back of a monitor," said Dr. Christopher Crow, CEO of Catalyst Health Group. "We partnered with Matic because we believed the burden on our physicians wasn't a law of nature. It was a design problem. Our physicians are going home on time, seeing more patients, and telling us they love medicine again. That isn't an incremental improvement. That's a different way to practice."
Built Together, Inside Clinics
Matic didn't build its solution in a lab. Its team collaborated inside Catalyst's clinics and the solution was built with physicians, coders, compliance specialists, and revenue cycle staff. Every lesson went back into the product weekly, and issues physicians flagged were often fixed the same day. The partnership began in full-risk, multi-payer primary care, one of healthcare's most challenging settings to practice.
"Catalyst didn't just deploy Matic. Their physicians helped shape it," said Carter. "They let us into their clinics, showed us exactly where care breaks down and where things go wrong. Their experts and ours worked together to solve one of healthcare's most pressing issues. That's why this is a collaboration, not a contract."
Behind Matic is an unusual pairing. A physician with an MBA and PhD in AI, Dr. Alex Sheppert lived the problem firsthand: shrinking time with patients, diagnoses slipping through the cracks, lost revenue, and late nights charting. He built the fix from the inside out.
Calvin Carter, founder of Bottle Rocket, has spent three decades building digital experiences that take the friction out of complex systems for organizations such as Chick-fil-A, NPR, Southwest Airlines, Marriott, and Baylor Scott & White, work recognized four times by Apple's App Store Hall of Fame.
One knows what it feels like to deliver care. The other knows how to make complex systems feel effortless.
Independent Validation
- D CEO has now recognized Matic twice in one month: Calvin Carter was named Emerging Company Leader of the Year at its inaugural Leadership Excellence Awards on Sept. 16, and the Matic and Catalyst partnership is a finalist for Outstanding Healthcare Collaboration.
- KLAS Research named Matic an Emerging Company Spotlight in January 2026, with 100% of interviewed customers saying they would buy again.
- Hospitalogy (read weekly by more than 80,000 healthcare executives and investors) and Texas Medicine (which reaches the Texas Medical Association's 60,000 members) each independently profiled the deployment.
- Beyond Catalyst, UrgentIQ selected Matic to power documentation for its urgent care EHR, and Noorda College of Osteopathic Medicine chose it to prepare students for AI-enabled practice.
Availability
Matic is available today to independent primary care practices, physician groups, specialists, and ambulatory care organizations, through direct implementation or the athenahealth marketplace. It works across fee-for-service, value-based, full-risk, and direct care models and installs without re-platforming or extensive training. To request a demo or read more physician stories, visit maticinside.ai.
About Matic
Matic is an AI-native clinical intelligence ecosystem that creates one continuous experience across physicians, practices, and patients. Founded by Dr. Alex Sheppert and led by CEO Calvin Carter, Matic is built with practicing physicians and integrates directly into existing EHRs. It orchestrates panel management, chart preparation, ambient documentation, clinical evidence, coding, inbox management, quality, compliance, communication, and patient follow-up. Matic meets rigorous healthcare security and compliance standards, including HIPAA, SOC 2, ISO 27001:2022, GDPR, CCPA, and PIPEDA. Learn more at maticinside.ai.
About Catalyst Health Group
Catalyst Health Group is the AI-native primary care enablement platform built by physicians to help primary care deliver better care, better experiences, and better value for patients, physicians, employers, and payors. Founded in 2014 by Dr. Christopher Crow and Lance Spivey, Catalyst supports more than 850 physicians and advanced practice providers across Texas. Its ecosystem strengthens care delivery, practice performance, value-based care, and flexible payment models. Catalyst's 2030 vision is to become the national point of light for primary care.
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