The startup operates an integrated platform that combines care coordination technology, practice transformation services, and cultural care training to enhance primary care delivery for Hispanic Medicaid, Medicare, and ACA exchange populations. By providing targeted incentive programs, the company aims to reduce health disparities and improve health outcomes for underserved communities.
Funding
$45M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Product
Problem
Primary care providers serving Hispanic Medicaid, Medicare, and ACA exchange populations face challenges in coordinating care, transforming practices, and delivering culturally competent care, leading to health disparities and suboptimal outcomes. These challenges are exacerbated by administrative burdens and the complexities of value-based care models.
Solution
Equality Health offers an integrated value-based care platform that combines care coordination technology, practice transformation services, and cultural care training to enhance primary care delivery for diverse and historically underserved communities. The platform aligns providers and health plans, enabling them to focus on improving the health of individuals and communities. By providing streamlined processes, data-driven insights through the CareEmpower platform, and community-based support, Equality Health helps providers unlock the full impact of their practices and navigate the complexities of value-based care. The company also secures value-based contracts with sponsoring payers and translates those contracts into real-time revenue opportunities for practices.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes primary care providers, health plans, and members within Hispanic Medicaid, Medicare, and ACA exchange populations, particularly those in underserved communities.
Features
- **CareEmpower Platform:** A proprietary technology that presents actionable care opportunities and consolidates value-based care workflows, task lists, reporting, and payments into a single payer-agnostic environment.
- **Equality Care Incentive Program (ECIP):** Provides predictable activity-based payments focused on improving outcomes and lowering the overall cost of care by closing care gaps with preventive care, transitions of care, and high-risk patient management.
- **Practice Performance Managers:** Dedicated managers work alongside practice staff to streamline workflows, adopt best practices for visit/chart preparation, and align to value-based care clinical and quality measures.
- **Wrap-Around Supports:** Multi-disciplinary care teams provide home- and community-based supports to engage, stabilize, and advocate for high-risk patients.
- **Cultural Care Training:** Equips providers with the knowledge and skills to deliver culturally competent care to diverse populations.
- **Data Integration:** Seamlessly integrates with existing EHR systems to exchange data bidirectionally and across payers.
- **Community Resources:** Connects members to thousands of providers of social care resources through collaboration with FindHelp.