Unite Us Raises $35 Million to Bridge the Gap Between Health and Social Care
Organizations across sectors need to work together to address social issues along with clinical issues, with social care being the driving force for improving quality of life.
Unite Us, the leading care coordination and outcome tracking platform
connecting healthcare and social service providers, today announced $35
million in Series B funding led by Oak HC/FT, with participation from
Town Hall Ventures and Define Ventures. Existing investors Scout
Ventures, Luminate (part of The Omidyar Group) and New York Ventures
also participated in the round.
This brings the company’s total funding to $45.3 million and will fuel
the company’s growth as it continues to curate coordinated networks
bringing together health systems, payers, government agencies and
community-based organizations to provide citizens the quality services
they need to improve their health and live their best possible lives.
A person’s health cannot be addressed by clinical care alone.
Organizations across sectors need to work together to address social
issues along with clinical issues, with social care being the driving
force for improving quality of life. Historically, it has been
challenging for those directly involved in health care to address social
issues, especially given the pressures of modern medicine.
Over the past six years, Unite Us has proven that by connecting curated
networks of clinical and social services and tracking individual
outcomes delivered in the community, overall health and quality of life
can be significantly improved, and costs can be dramatically reduced.
This announcement today marks another milestone in this journey, and
Unite Us will continue to bring new products, solutions and innovations
to the market, all focused on serving those who need help the most.
“The market is just getting started when it comes to comprehensively
addressing the social determinants of health,” said Taylor Justice,
President of Unite Us. “Providing the infrastructure and methodology
that connects organizations across silos, enabling them to work together
seamlessly, and proving that patients received services is just the
start. There is still a long way to go, and with this investment, Unite
Us will accelerate the industry’s transition to a value-based care
system driven by social care.”
“We cannot impact health without ensuring that people have access to
basic needs like food, housing and transportation. Health systems,
health plans, employers and government are all talking about social
determinants, but the challenge is finding, connecting and delivering
needed services in an efficient and effective way at scale,” said Nancy
Brown, Partner at Oak HC/FT. “The holistic view Unite Us takes to
fulfilling these needs has positioned the company as the leader in the
space, and we are thrilled to partner with the team as they continue to
address the most important and impactful issues in health care today.”
Started in 2013 to serve the needs of the military-connected population,
Unite Us expanded its offering to coordinate care and social services
for vulnerable populations including Medicaid and Medicare
beneficiaries, the homeless, justice-involved individuals and
populations with behavioral health and substance use challenges. Leaders
across health care, government and human services have chosen Unite Us
because of their collaborative and person-centered technology platform
and network services that integrate deeply into communities. The company
has quickly become the unifying infrastructure between health care
entities and community-based organizations and will continue to leverage
its powerful outcome data to drive payment models, predictive analytics
and integration of services across the country.
“The market is maturing quickly, and we know that the future of this
work is expanding payment reform outside the traditional healthcare
setting,” said Dan Brillman, CEO of Unite Us. “Oak HC/FT and the
strategic investors that are joining the team are bringing decades of
expertise and talent to support our growth and vision for what
integrated health and social care should look like across the nation.”
About Unite Us
Unite Us is an outcome-focused technology company that builds
coordinated care networks connecting health and social service providers
together. The company helps systems and communities efficiently deliver
care and services by inter-connecting providers around every patient,
seamlessly integrating the social determinants of health into patient
care. Providers across the service continuum can receive and send
external referrals and track every patient’s total health journey while
reporting on all tangible outcomes across a full range of services in a
centralized, cohesive, and collaborative ecosystem. This social
infrastructure helps communities move beyond legacy resource directories
and transform their ability to measure impact, improve health, and track
outcomes at scale. Unite Us is headquartered in New York City, with
offices in Raleigh and Portland. Follow Unite Us on Twitter,
LinkedIn,
and their Blog.
About Oak HC/FT
Founded in 2014, Oak
HC/FT is the premier venture growth-equity fund investing in
Healthcare Information & Services ("HC") and Financial Services
Technology ("FT"). With $1.1 billion in assets under management, we are
focused on driving transformation in these industries by providing
entrepreneurs and companies with strategic counsel, board-level
participation, business plan execution and access to our extensive
network of industry leaders. Oak HC/FT is headquartered in Greenwich,
CT, with offices in Boston and San Francisco. Follow Oak HC/FT on Twitter,
LinkedIn
and Medium.
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