Equip Health

What Equip Health does

Equip Health is a US-based, venture-backed virtual healthcare company founded in 2019 that provides fully remote, evidence-based treatment for eating disorders across all 50 states. Its core product is a telehealth platform that assigns each patient a five-person multidisciplinary care team — a therapist, dietitian, medical provider, family mentor, and peer mentor — delivering modalities including CBT-E, DBT, FBT, and ERP for anorexia, bulimia, ARFID, binge eating disorder, and OSFED. The platform is HIPAA-compliant and SOC2-certified, and integrates free self-screeners, the Freeform body image program, Equip Academy (CE/CME education for providers), and a Provider Referral Portal with EHR direct messaging.

The company's go-to-market operates on two parallel tracks: a direct-to-consumer motion (self-referral via website, free 15-minute discovery calls, free screeners) and an enterprise/provider-referral motion (HIPAA-compliant online referral forms, EHR integration, dedicated clinical partnership representatives). Equip monetizes by billing insurance for treatment services, with reported monthly per-patient costs of $2,500–$4,000 largely covered through in-network agreements with 97% of major commercial insurance plans (UnitedHealthcare, Optum, Cigna, Aetna, Anthem, BCBS, Magellan, Carelon, Centene) and 25+ health plans including Medicaid. The company has treated over 15,000 patients cumulatively and reports clinical outcomes including 70% of patients reaching subclinical eating disorder symptoms post-treatment and 8 in 10 reporting reduced ED behaviors within the first eight weeks.

The business is funded by a syndicate of growth-stage investors including The Chernin Group (Series B lead), Tiger Global, General Catalyst, F-Prime Capital, Optum Ventures, Adams Street Partners, Y Combinator, and Hopelab, with total disclosed funding exceeding $110 million across rounds in 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024, and 2025. Leadership includes co-founders Kristina Saffran (CEO) and Dr. Erin Parks (CCO), President Nikia Bergan, CFO Jay Wuellner, Chief Product & Technology Officer Smita Nair (ex-Google Health), and a clinical bench of VPs specializing in behavioral health, medical operations, and program development. Headquartered in San Diego with a principal place of business in Carlsbad, Equip operates as a Delaware C-corp with no parent company or subsidiaries.

Name

Equip Health

Legal name

Equip Health, Inc.

Website

http://equip.health

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Equip Health is a virtual, evidence-based eating disorder treatment platform serving patients across all 50 US states with multidisciplinary care teams, insurance-covered treatment for anorexia, bulimia, ARFID, BED, and OSFED, and provider referral infrastructure.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Virtual Eating Disorder Treatment (Telehealth Mental Health Services)

NAICS

Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Eating Disorder Treatment Programs (HLAFACAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Behavioral Health & Psychiatry Virtual Care (Payer Network) (HLALACAC)

Keywords

• Virtual eating disorder treatment
• Telehealth mental health services
• Eating disorder recovery programs
• Virtual family-based treatment
• Multidisciplinary care team

Headquarters

HQ city

San Diego

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Insurance-Based Treatment Services: Equip generates revenue by accepting insurance payments for virtual eating disorder treatment services. The company is in-network with 97% of major commercial insurance plans including UnitedHealthcare, Optum, Cigna, Aetna, Anthem, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Magellan, Carelon, Centene, and many Medicaid plans. Monthly costs range from $2,500 to $4,000, with costs covered or subsidized through insurance for most patients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Equip Health provides a 100% virtual, evidence-based eating disorder treatment program that delivers comprehensive multidisciplinary care to patients of all ages across all 50 US states. Each patient is supported by a dedicated 5-person care team consisting of a therapist, dietitian, medical provider, family mentor, and peer mentor, using leading clinical modalities including CBT-E, DBT, FBT, and ERP. The program is in-network with 97% of major commercial insurance plans, with monthly treatment costs ranging from $2,500 to $4,000 largely covered by insurance.

Product overview

Equip Health offers a unified telehealth platform for virtual, evidence-based eating disorder treatment. The core offering is the Equip Virtual Eating Disorder Treatment Platform, which provides comprehensive care through a 5-person multidisciplinary team (therapist, dietitian, medical provider, family mentor, peer mentor) using evidence-based modalities including FBT, DBT, CBT-E, and ERP. The platform integrates complementary tools including a free Self-Screener for initial assessment, Freeform (body image program), Equip Academy (continuing education for providers), free information sessions, and a Provider Referral Portal with EHR direct messaging. Treatment is available across all 50 US states for all eating disorder diagnoses including ARFID, anorexia, bulimia, BED, and OSFED, with support for co-occurring conditions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Virtual Eating Disorder Treatment Program A 100% virtual, evidence-based eating disorder treatment program providing comprehensive multidisciplinary care to patients of all ages across all 50 US states. Each patient is supported by a dedicated 5-person care team (therapist, dietitian, medical provider, family mentor, peer mentor) using CBT-E, DBT, FBT, and ERP modalities to treat all major eating disorder types (anorexia, bulimia, ARFID, BED, OSFED) and co-occurring conditions.
• Freeform Body Image Program
• Equip Academy A virtual learning series offering free CE and CME credits for healthcare providers on topics in the eating disorder field, including best practices for co-occurring conditions and the latest research, building referral pipeline and professional credibility.
• Provider Referral Portal A HIPAA-compliant online referral form and EHR direct messaging system enabling healthcare providers (PCPs, therapists, psychiatrists, dietitians) to refer patients to Equip and coordinate ongoing care.

Quantifiable outcome

• 70% of patients improve to subclinical levels of eating disorder symptoms after completing treatment
• +8 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature5 records

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Within Health: Within Health is a direct competitor offering virtual eating disorder treatment with multidisciplinary care teams. Closely aligned with Equip on clinical model, virtual delivery, and target patient population (anorexia, bulimia, BED, ARFID).

Emerging players

• Charlie Health: Charlie Health provides virtual intensive outpatient mental health treatment for adolescents and young adults, including eating disorders. Overlaps with Equip on virtual delivery, multidisciplinary care model, and family-based approach, though Charlie Health serves a broader diagnostic mix.
• Brightside Health: Brightside Health is a virtual mental health platform treating depression and anxiety with a combination of therapy and medication management. Comparable to Equip on virtual care delivery and payor contracting, though it focuses on more common mental health conditions rather than eating disorders.
• Cerebral: Cerebral is a virtual mental health platform treating conditions including depression, anxiety, and ADHD. Comparable to Equip on virtual delivery and payor contracting, though Cerebral's model is more medication-focused and has faced regulatory scrutiny that highlights telehealth compliance risks relevant to all virtual mental health players.

Broad incumbents

• Lyra Health: Lyra Health is a leading employer-sponsored virtual mental health benefits platform offering therapy, coaching, and psychiatry. Comparable to Equip on virtual delivery and employer/payor channel strategy, though Lyra covers a broad diagnostic spectrum rather than specializing in eating disorders.
• Spring Health: Spring Health provides employer-sponsored virtual mental health including therapy, coaching, and psychiatry across many conditions. Comparable to Equip on virtual care delivery, payor contracting, and outcomes measurement, but operates as a broad incumbent across mental health rather than ED-specialized.
• Talkspace: Talkspace is a publicly-traded virtual therapy and psychiatry platform serving both consumer and B2B channels. Comparable to Equip on virtual care delivery and insurance partnerships, though Talkspace's therapy-led model does not match Equip's multidisciplinary ED specialization.
• Monte Nido: Monte Nido operates residential and outpatient eating disorder treatment programs across the U.S. Direct incumbent competitor in the ED treatment space; comparable on patient population and clinical modalities, though delivered primarily in-person rather than virtually.
• Accanto Health (Veritas Collaborative): Accanto Health, parent of Veritas Collaborative, operates inpatient, residential, and outpatient eating disorder treatment programs. Comparable to Equip on ED specialization and multidisciplinary care team approach, though delivery is facility-based rather than virtual.
• Eating Recovery Center: Eating Recovery Center is a national network of inpatient, residential, and partial hospitalization eating disorder programs. Comparable to Equip on patient population and treatment modalities, but operates facility-based rather than virtual care delivery.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/getequip
• Xx.com/joinequip
• Facebookfacebook.com/joinequip
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/equip-behavioral-health

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles18 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds5 records

Investors13 records

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M&A

Investments

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