Hoopcare

Hoopcare (legal entity Hoop Care, Inc., previously known as Intelligence Anesthesia) is a medical technology company founded by physicians that develops artificial intelligence models for surgery, anesthesia and perioperative care. Its platform screens surgical patients for more than 20 outcomes and is designed to run inside Epic and Cerner environments via SMART on FHIR integration. The model catalog includes an ensemble Global Risk Score producing a 0-100 score with risk tier and drivers, prediction of required red blood cell units, ambulatory surgery center (ASC) eligibility triage, hospital and ICU length of stay and operating room time, postoperative venous thromboembolism risk, and ECG-based models for low left ventricular ejection fraction, severe aortic stenosis and pulmonary hypertension screening. Additional predictions cover pain, acute kidney injury, sepsis, pneumonia, readmission and ICU admission. The company states models were trained and validated on a de-identified cohort of more than 1.3 million surgical cases, with full metrics shared under NDA and in manuscripts in preparation; the site notes model performance and availability are pending final locked-cohort analysis and partner authorization and are not for clinical use, and that Hoopcare is not a medical device and has not been evaluated by the FDA.

The earlier product line, described in French-language company communications, centered on a digital preoperative clinic: an AI-assisted preoperative questionnaire self-completed by patients (optionally with a Hoopcare-trained medical assistant), automated organization of responses into a clinical dashboard, decision support for preoperative testing, cardiac evaluation and patient blood management, automated SMS patient engagement, a patient information center, and postoperative follow-up using questionnaires and connected watches collecting data such as heart rate and step counts. Use cases highlighted included anemia detection and management pathways, smoking cessation referral, and anesthesia teleconsultation with a fast-track route for low-risk patients.

Hoopcare operates consumer-facing information resources on surgery and anesthesia topics, and maintains both U.S. and French web properties. Affiliated entities named on the site include Hoopcare Medical of Florida P.A. and other professional entities delivering clinical care as wholly owned subsidiaries of Hoop Care Inc.

Founding story

Hoopcare was founded in 2019 by Dr. Yassine Moussali, an anesthesiologist-intensivist, and was initially known as Intelligence Anesthesia. Moussali, from Le Puy-en-Velay and from a family of anesthesiologists, studied medicine at Lyon-Est and trained in anesthesia and intensive care in Paris at AP-HP and Paris ESPIC sites, with an international rotation at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital in London. After obtaining his replacement licence he worked locum shifts in more than forty facilities across France. His 2019 thesis on preoperative evaluation and the anesthesia consultation formed the basis of Hoopcare. He subsequently worked at Hôpital Privé Claude Galien with the Quincy Anesthésie team, where he self-funded the early company, built a prototype and ran trials at Hôpital Foch to demonstrate the effectiveness of automation.

Business model

Hoopcare sells and licenses its perioperative AI models to three stated buyer groups: hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers, for ASC/outpatient eligibility identification and preoperative workflow; payors, for enforcing medical policy before authorization; and industry and operating-room technology vendors, which can license the validated risk models to embed clinical prediction in their own products. Company communications from the earlier French deployment also describe helping facilities generate revenue by documenting and developing a digital perioperative clinic, referencing French IFAQ programs and preoperative day-hospital program expansion.

Revenue is derived from deployments with hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers, payor arrangements, and licensing of risk models to industry and OR technology partners; earlier French-market materials also reference facility revenue programs tied to the digital perioperative clinic.

Traction

By the end of 2022 the company reported roughly 10,020 preoperative questionnaires completed since January 2022, 65 positive reviews with a 4.8/5 Google rating and 86% of patients reporting being satisfied or very satisfied, five new facilities deployed during 2022 (Centre Hospitalier de Martigues, Ramsay private hospitals Paul d'Égine and Claude Galien, GH Nord-Essonne in Longjumeau, and Hôpital Marie Lannelongue), and a team of 15 people spanning developers, engineers, anesthesiologists, surgeons, nurses and a pharmacist. Automated screening flagged anemia in 10.2% of laboratory results, potential preoperative malnutrition in 2.2% of patients, and 7% of patients were smokers who received assisted nicotine patch prescription support. A contract was signed with Ramsay Santé for a proof of concept at Hôpital Privé Paul d'Égine, and the company participated in a French Article 51 national anemia-management experiment involving more than twenty facilities. A March 2026 report lists 6 employees and total funding of $220,000. The company states eight or more models with development and analysis complete and manuscripts in pre-submission for 2026.

Latest developments

The current platform offers a catalog of eight named models plus 15+ additional outcome predictions delivered inside Epic and Cerner, with eight manuscripts listed as pre-submission for 2026 covering automated chart review, ASC eligibility triage, RBC transfusion volume, hospital and ICU length of stay, LLM-driven morbidity and mortality review, VTE risk, postoperative pain and preoperative AI-ECG ejection fraction. A funding report published 25 March 2026 states Hoopcare raised $220,000 and describes the company as a digital-first preoperative clinic planning to strengthen its technology infrastructure, expand its clinical and engineering team and broaden reach to additional healthcare providers and systems.