What You Should Know:
– Sprinter Health, a company specializing in delivering in-home clinical services secures $55M in Series B funding led by General Catalyst, with significant participation from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) Bio + Health, and other existing investors including the Regents of the University of California, Google Ventures, and Accel.
– This latest investment brings Sprinter Health’s total funding to over $125M since its founding in 2021. Sprinter Health’s mission is “healthcare untethered,” focusing on engaging hard-to-reach patient populations by pairing a technology-first approach with in-person clinical staff to dramatically increase access to care.
A Hybrid Model: Bridging Virtual and In-Home Care
In a healthcare landscape increasingly populated by traditional providers and digital-only health companies, Sprinter Health has carved out a distinct niche with its hybrid care model. The company employs a dedicated W-2 staff of “Sprinters”—cross-trained as medical assistants, community health workers, and phlebotomists—who conduct in-home visits. This in-person team is coupled with a virtual team of nurse practitioners and specialists.
Sprinter Health emphasizes that truly “meeting patients where they are” often requires more than a virtual-only solution, which can fail to connect with those least engaged in the healthcare system. Recognizing that most significant care pathways necessitate an in-person component, Sprinter Health ensures that when their Sprinters arrive at a patient’s doorstep, the human touch makes a critical difference. Sprinters are often hired from the communities they serve, fostering immediate comfort and trust.
Technology-Driven Efficiency in “Last-Mile Healthcare”
With a keen focus on routing, logistics, and patient engagement, Sprinter Health is making “last-mile healthcare” not only feasible but also highly efficient. Their proprietary full-stack technology platform plays a crucial role in this, extending the geographic area Sprinters can cover and enabling them to see more patients daily. This approach helps provide access to individuals whose location often poses a significant barrier to receiving necessary care, consistently earning a 90+ Net Promoter Score for patient experience.
“Sprinter Health’s advanced technology ensures that our Sprinters’ schedules are optimized to be with the right patient, at the right location, at the right time,” said Max Cohen, co-founder and CEO of Sprinter Health. “For example, our Sprinter Platform enables the average Sprinter to engage with and provide services for up to twelve people a day. It could be lead screening for a child in one location, an eye exam for a patient with diabetes in another, and a comprehensive assessment with care planning through a hybrid visit with a nurse practitioner for a Medicare Advantage member in the afternoon. This level of service and scale is possible only because of Sprinter Health’s technology and artificial intelligence that account for a long list of variables including traffic and weather patterns, location-based parking considerations, individualized patients’ needs and appointment times and region-specific idiosyncrasies.”
Sprinter’s approach extends beyond simply identifying a care gap; it is designed around “closing the loop.” The company reconnects these patients with their existing care teams or with a team of navigators to link them with necessary clinical and community resources. This ensures that engaging previously unengaged patients leads to positive longitudinal outcomes, rather than just a transactional encounter. Sprinters are also trained to identify unmet social needs in patients’ homes, from fall risks to food insecurity, and ensure appropriate referrals are made. The company reports addressing up to 20 quality measures with an 80 percent gap closure rate and impacting 45% of the requirements for health plans to achieve a 4 Star rating or better.
Rapid Expansion and Proven Impact
Since its initial launch in California, Sprinter Health has demonstrated impressive growth, expanding from five states in 2023 to 18 today. The company plans to further extend its reach to 22 states by the end of summer 2025. To date, Sprinter Health has completed nearly 100,000 in-home visits on behalf of national health plans, with Sprinters following customized checklists to ensure appropriate care delivery, thereby improving quality and reducing waste.
