💡Curious about Pomelo’s data science team? Meet data scientist Sherry Shenker! Sherry and the data science team build products and tools that enable us to scale a care model to improve care access, reduce disparities, and eliminate healthcare gaps for families nationwide. Learn more about how she works with teams across Pomelo to identify, root cause, and solve problems using data and why she decided to join the team. https://lnkd.in/extdqy79 ⭐ We’re hiring across our tech team! Visit pomelocare.com/careers to learn more and check out some of our open roles below. Data science https://lnkd.in/eDwcm2z3 Product https://lnkd.in/ekWj59yb Product design https://lnkd.in/eFtmgKSJ Security https://lnkd.in/eWJvix7b
Pomelo Care
Hospitals and Health Care
New York, NY 14,992 followers
Transforming outcomes for moms and babies through personalized, accessible, evidence-based virtual care.
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At Pomelo Care, we believe every pregnant person and newborn should receive high quality, accessible and personalized care. That's why we're combining evidence-based care with technology to improve outcomes for families.
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“Pomelo is one among a small set of health tech companies that have earned true scale. This scale is evident in our partnerships… which create the opportunity to collaborate with OB providers, labor and delivery wards, and NICUs nationwide.” – Vineeta Agarwala, MD PhD Read more about how our care model scales data-backed interventions and whole person care that we know improves outcomes for moms and babies. Fierce Healthcare Anastassia Gliadkovskaya
Virtual maternity care provider Pomelo Care clinches $46M to scale
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Virtual maternity care provider Pomelo Care clinches $46M to scale
Virtual maternity care provider Pomelo clinches $46M to scale
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"We know what interventions work for various high-risk populations — such as low-dose aspirin to prevent preeclampsia — but the traditional health care system is often stretched beyond its capacity to provide them, especially to those most in need.” – Marta Bralic Kerns Thanks Erin Brodwin for sharing our story in Axios and highlighting how Pomelo flips the traditional maternal care model to prevent complications before they happen.
Exclusive: Virtual maternal care company Pomelo Care raised $46 million in Series B funds in an effort to improve pre- and postnatal health with earlier interventions. Andreessen Horowitz and First Round Capital led. Why it matters: The U.S. has the highest maternal death rate of any other high-income country, with the rate for Black women the highest of any group by far. Read it in Axios.
Exclusive: Pomelo notches $46M for maternal and newborn care
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We’re thrilled to announce our $46M Series B funding and new data proving the impact of our care model. We’ve long known what interventions and care work to address the maternal health crisis. The question has always been, can you make high-quality, evidence-based care scalable and accessible, especially to the highest-risk populations? With this data, we proved that we can. Read more from our founder and CEO, Marta Bralic Kerns, about our recent funding, growth, and data showing that Pomelo’s care model addresses the key drivers of maternal mortality and morbidity. https://lnkd.in/ecEinMgs First Round Capital, a16z Bio + Health, Stripes , Operator Partners, BoxGroup, SV Angel, Josh Kopelman, Vineeta Agarwala, MD PhD, Daisy Wolf, Ron Shah, Aliza Reisner, Nat Turner, Zach Weinberg, Gil Shklarski, Zach Goldstein, Olivia Benjamin, Beth Turner, Adam Boehler, Puneet Singh, Thomas W., Bryan Sivak, Kristina Saffran
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Pomelo Care is thrilled to be featured as one of Fierce Healthcare's Fierce 15 of 2024, alongside a group of innovative companies building and scaling solutions to transform healthcare access and outcomes. Congrats to all of this year's honorees! Check out the special report to learn more about our virtual value-based maternity care model, how we reduce barriers to equitable, evidence-based care, and our growth plans for 2024. Plus, get some advice from our CEO, Marta Bralic Kerns. https://lnkd.in/eqDJqFBi
Meet Fierce Healthcare's Fierce 15 of 2024 Our 2024 honorees also take on some of the industry's biggest pain points and challenges such as provider burnout, health inequities, the maternal health crisis and lack of access to specialty care Intuition Robotics Ophelia Hello Heart Abridge Oshi Health Found Story Health Talkiatry Thyme Care Caresyntax Pomelo Care Yuvo Health Lightbeam Health Solutions 9amHealth Inato
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1 in 8 births occurs in U.S. counties with limited to no access to maternal care. Staffing, policy, and financial challenges continue to drive labor and delivery unit and OB practice closures – making it even harder to access care, especially in rural areas. At Pomelo, we’ve built a virtual medical practice to improve access because everyone deserves high-quality prenatal and postpartum care, regardless of where they live. #MaternalHealthAwarenessDay Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eDhxWA-v Our founder story: https://lnkd.in/euR-Bgy3 We’re hiring! Join us: https://lnkd.in/e5jwWAJa
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💡Curious about Pomelo’s engineering team? Meet software engineer Julia Dai! Julia works alongside Pomelo’s clinicians to build products and tools that streamline how we deliver care. The end goal? Improve patient outcomes and deliver a top tier care experience, all in service of helping families have healthy babies. Learn how she’s leveraging AI to pilot a new clinician feature and why she decided to join the Pomelo team: https://lnkd.in/geM_agmq ⭐ We’re hiring across our tech team including engineering, data, product, and product design roles! Join us: https://lnkd.in/e5jwWAJa
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Our CEO, Marta Bralic Kerns, was featured on the #healthtech podcast Vital Signs this week! Tune into the episode to hear her thoughts on what’s driving worsening maternal outcomes in the US, lessons learned innovating in Medicaid, advice on selling to payers, tips for successfully breaking into startups, and more. Check out the full episode below👇 Apple: https://apple.co/3G092aK Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3SG5HVP
This latest Vital Signs was an extra fun one with Marta Bralic Kerns, Founder and CEO of Pomelo Care. Pomelo is a virtual medical practice that cares for mothers and babies from preconception to one year postpartum and has raised $33M from investors like Andreessen Horowitz and First Round Capital. Marta’s one of the smartest people I’ve worked with and had some really sharp takes about payer contracting and Medicaid, career advice for those joining startups, why maternity care is such a pressing issue in the US, and more. A few of my favorite parts from Nikhil and my conversation with her: On why US maternity outcomes are worse than in other countries: Marta attributes the worse maternity outcomes within the US to two key factors: less access and more comorbidities. She says that we have worse access before, during, and after pregnancy, which is getting even worse due to decreasing Ob/Gyn capacity nationally. Additionally, the population in the US is relatively sicker with comorbidities that affect pregnancy, like hypertension and diabetes. On selling to payers: Marta opposes the common advice of only talking to potential customers in a single state or line of business early on. Instead, she talked to as many potential customers as possible resulting in a more robust sales funnel. During those conversations, it is important to find a passionate champion at each payer, Marta says. In addition, she highlights the importance of creating a thought-out contracting process. By having clear next steps for internal champions to move forward, Marta was able to cut conversation-to-contract times down from nine months to three. On engaging with Medicaid players: Marta talks about how Medicaid companies hold startups at a higher standard than employers, which aligns with Pomelo’s focus on more than just employee satisfaction. Medicaid regulatory variability from state to state also led Pomelo Care to build regulatory foundations in all 50 states so that they would have the flexibility to operate in each one. On advice for people entering the world of health tech and startups: When it comes to finding a startup role, Marta recommends focusing on finding a high growth company and an outstanding team rather than an ideal role. She says that roles quickly change, while growth will constantly create more opportunities to get involved. On value-based care for maternity: Marta explains that payment model innovation is difficult for maternity care because there are two patients involved: the mother and the baby. As a result, it’s difficult to create accountability because the mother’s Ob/Gyn can’t manage NICU costs, while the baby’s neonatologist can’t control the upstream decisions. Furthermore, the lack of data in maternal health makes all of this hard to operationalize. Overall, this episode is packed with insights – it’s a can’t miss! Check it out below: Apple: https://apple.co/3G092aK Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3SG5HVP
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If you’re at #HLTH2023, come say hi to Marta Bralic Kerns today at the Medicaid Sessions, where you can connect with entrepreneurs and experts in Medicaid starting at 11am. Plus, hear from her and the other amazing panelists as they discuss opportunities for innovation in Medicaid and maternal health at 2:10pm at the Sun Stage. Hope to see you there!
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