Atlas Health

Atlas Health sells an enterprise software platform for "patient affordability" operations to hospitals and health systems. The product matches patients to financial assistance and funding programs, automates enrollment, and pursues resulting claims and awards until payment is received and posted. The company describes its network as more than 7,000 funding sources spanning six categories and roughly 30 program types: premium assistance (HIPP, ACA marketplace, COBRA, employer-sponsored insurance, disease grants, SPAPs, MSPs, Extra Help), medication assistance (copay support, free-drug patient assistance programs, QuickStart, bridge programs, discount cards, vouchers, coupons), foundation grants (disease-based funds, crowdfunding, devices, procedures), government aid (Medicaid, SSI, SSDI, cancer state aid, county programs, SNAP), social-determinants-of-health programs (transportation, medically tailored meals), and technology for provider-managed programs such as hospital foundations, specialty pharmacy and charity care/FAP.

The workflow is organized as Match, Enroll and Award, executed by an AI agent branded "Ava" that handles eligibility screening, matching, application submission across third-party web portals, e-fax and APIs, voice coordination, inbound fax processing, claims generation and re-enrollment. Human patient advocates handle exceptions, edge cases and escalations alongside the agent. The platform, referred to as Atlas Map, integrates with major EHRs and pharmacy management systems, supports multi-site configuration by location, service line, program type and insurance coverage, and provides real-time dashboards. At the time of its 2022 Series A the product was marketed as Atlas Navigator, built on an AI-powered database of more than 20,000 patient assistance and health equity programs, with integrations refined for Epic, Cerner and Allscripts. The company states its information security program is aligned to NIST, HIPAA, PCI DSS, SOC 2 Type 2 and TCPA requirements.

Founding story

Atlas Health was founded in 2017 by Ethan Davidoff, who serves as CEO. Davidoff earned a business degree from UC Berkeley, attended the London School of Economics, and previously supported companies including RiskIQ and Sport It through growth and acquisition stages. He has framed the company's premise as the gap between the many organizations offering patient financial aid and hospitals' inability to navigate those programs' complexity at scale.

Business model

B2B enterprise software and services sold to hospitals and health systems, combining a software platform with a network of funding sources and a staffed patient-advocate service layer. Marketing centers on an "ROI Report" opportunity assessment that estimates financial, operational and clinical outcomes from a health system's own data, and the company advertises "guaranteed results" tied to measurable financial impact.

Not specified in the available sources; the company positions its value in terms of recovered reimbursement, reduced uncompensated care and a stated 0.5-2% lift in net patient revenue for client organizations.

Traction

Reported $44.5 million in total funding as of January 2022 and partnerships with recognizable health systems. Website testimonials come from finance and clinical leaders at Covenant Health, Wayne Memorial, Memorial Health System and a KDHS oncology center. Self-reported outcome figures include helping 3x more patients, a 0.5-2% lift in net patient revenue and average award values ranging from $1,000 for SDOH programs to $67,000 for premium assistance.

Latest developments

The company's current website markets Ava, an AI "affordability agent" that executes eligibility, enrollment, claims and re-enrollment workflows end to end alongside human advocates, plus Atlas Map for multi-site workflow configuration and real-time performance dashboards. Solution packaging is now organized around revenue cycle, pharmacy and oncology buyers, and the funding network is described as 7,000+ sources across six categories and 30 types.