The Cleveland Clinic Foundation established the Cleveland Clinic ComperCare Affiliate program to increase referrals and attract referrals from physicians who do not use the Foundation. Open to physicians who are not affiliate with the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, this program has no cost to participating physicians or minimum referral requirements. Among other benefits, the program provides a monthly newsletter, a toll-free telephone line for scheduling appointments, a guarantee regarding information feedback, and continuing medical education courses. The Foundation has tracked referrals from physicians who participate in the ComperCare program and found a 77% increase among those who had not referred prior to the incentive program and a 34% increase among medium referrers (one to six patients a year). The third group included physicians who had been heavy previous referrers