Equip

Equip (Equip Health) is a virtual eating disorder treatment provider that delivers care remotely to children, adolescents, young adults and adults. Its model is built on Family-Based Treatment (FBT) and other evidence-based approaches, and it is licensed to provide home-based care in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. Each patient is assigned a dedicated five-person care team consisting of a therapist, dietitian, physician, peer mentor and family mentor.

The company was founded in 2019 and has been fully virtual since inception. It is headquartered in Carlsbad, California. Leadership includes co-founder and CEO Kristina Saffran and co-founder and Chief Clinical Officer Erin Parks, PhD, alongside a president (Nikia Bergan), chief financial officer (Jay Wuellner), chief people officer (Chris Jenkins), chief product and technology officer (Smita Nair), chief legal officer (Janice Tam), chief of staff (Chelsea Griffin), and senior leaders for care operations and growth.

Founding story

Kristina Saffran was diagnosed with anorexia at age 10 and spent years in and out of hospitals and treatment centers before her family found family-based treatment, through which she recovered. She later founded Project HEAL, a grassroots non-profit focused on eating disorder treatment access. Erin Parks, a clinical psychologist, observed the effectiveness of FBT and other evidence-based approaches while working at the UC San Diego Eating Disorders Center, where she was a faculty member in the Department of Psychiatry, established the first pediatric eating disorder clinic for children aged 6-12, and worked on business development for the center's five eating disorder programs. Both concluded that patients struggled to get diagnosed, find treatment and afford care, and that available care often did not lead to lasting recovery. They built Equip together in 2019 to create a treatment model they considered both effective and accessible.

Business model

Equip delivers virtual eating disorder treatment directly to patients and their families, with care delivered by multidisciplinary teams. The company partners with most major health insurance plans, and stated intent to expand access by partnering with additional health plans.

Care is delivered through partnerships with most major health insurance plans covering patients across all 50 states and DC.

Traction

Equip states it has served thousands of patients and families and is partnered with most major health insurance plans across all 50 states and DC.

Latest developments

In August 2025, Equip disclosed via an SEC filing a $46.6 million equity-only raise with 11 investors, first sale dated July 22, 2025; company statements tied the proceeds to team growth and expanded health plan partnerships. Earlier in 2025, Kerry Washington invested an undisclosed amount and became an advisor.