OncoveryCare

OncoveryCare is a Boston-based healthcare company that operates a virtual clinic dedicated to cancer survivorship — the medical, psychological and practical needs of people living with and beyond a cancer diagnosis. The company frames survivorship as beginning at diagnosis and spanning active treatment, the first five years post-treatment (transition of care) and long-term survivorship beyond five years. Its stated rationale is the rapid growth of the US survivor population, which it cites as 11.2 million in 2008, 18.1 million in 2022, 22.5 million projected for 2032 and 26 million for 2040, alongside a fragmented, unstructured survivorship segment of the cancer care continuum that relies on an already burdened oncology workforce.

The care model pairs each patient with a survivorship-trained clinical team working from protocols developed with survivorship experts. Services include side-effect and toxicity management (fatigue, sleep problems, cardiac health, joint pain, sexual health), mental and behavioral health support, survivorship care planning, navigation to community resources and referrals, survivor education, and preventative care. Although delivery is virtual, OncoveryCare coordinates with each patient's existing oncologist and local care team and partners with local referral sources and non-profit organizations. Its first commercial offering is described as a Cancer Transitions of Care program. Peer support and survivor-led design are described as core ingredients of the model, which was built by survivors in partnership with clinicians.

The company was formerly named VivorCare. Its staff spans executive, clinical and operational roles, including survivorship nurse practitioners, licensed clinical social workers, a psychiatrist supporting a collaborative care and psycho-oncology program, and a chief product and strategy officer. A panel of clinical advisors is drawn from Dana-Farber/Harvard Medical School, the University of Pennsylvania, Stanford University School of Medicine, Yale University, Massachusetts General Hospital and Sutter Health.

Founding story

The company was founded by Hil Moss, whose own experience as a young breast cancer survivor motivated her to start the business, together with physician co-founder Justin Grischkan. It describes itself as a survivor-clinician coalition built alongside experts in survivorship care.

Business model

OncoveryCare provides clinical services directly to cancer survivors through a virtual clinic, distributed via partnerships with oncology practices that refer their patients into the program. Its physical and mental healthcare services are stated to be covered by insurance in the states where it is live.

The company states that its physical and mental healthcare services are covered by insurance in the markets where it operates.

Traction

OncoveryCare has served survivors at Tennessee Oncology since 2024 and has since extended service to New York through a partnership with New York Cancer & Blood Specialists, with stated plans to expand to additional states. Tennessee Oncology treats half of Tennessee's cancer patients across 35 clinical sites of care.

Latest developments

Following the May 2024 seed round and Tennessee Oncology partnership, the company expanded into New York through a partnership with New York Cancer & Blood Specialists and states that further state expansion is planned. Proceeds from the seed round are earmarked for growing the care delivery model and developing tools to scale access to survivorship care.