MedStar Health

Name

MedStar Health

Legal name

MedStar Health, Inc.

Website

https://medstarhealth.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hospital and Health System Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (62211), Offices of Physicians (62111), Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) (621111)

SIC

Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Hospital & Medical Service Plans (6324)

akta.pro primary industry

24/7 On-Demand Urgent Care Virtual Visit Platforms (HLALAJAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Primary Care & General Medicine Virtual Care (HLALAAAA), Integrated Physical-Behavioral-Social Care (Whole-Person) Medicaid Plans (HLAEAEAI)

Keywords

• Hospital healthcare services
• Integrated delivery system
• Virtual urgent care
• Specialty medical care
• Graduate medical education

Headquarters

HQ city

Columbia

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Services Delivery: MedStar Health operates as a not-for-profit healthcare system generating revenue through patient care services across hospitals, ambulatory care sites, and telehealth encounters. The system serves as the medical provider for professional sports teams in Baltimore and Washington D.C. areas.
2. Suki AI Assistant Partnership: Partnership with Suki to deploy AI voice assistant to thousands of clinicians across ambulatory specialties

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

MedStar Health is a not-for-profit, community-based integrated healthcare delivery system operating 10 hospitals and 300+ care sites across Maryland, Washington D.C., and northern Virginia. It delivers acute inpatient care, primary and specialty outpatient services, organ transplantation, behavioral health, urgent care, and virtual urgent care via the MedStar eVisit telehealth platform, supported by an academic partnership with Georgetown University and a graduate medical education program for 1,100 residents annually.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MedStar eVisit: Virtual urgent care telehealth platform
• MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute
• MedStar Health Research Institute
• MedStar Institute for Innovation (MI2)
• National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare
• MedStar Institute for Quality and Safety (MIQS)
• Simulation Training and Education Lab (SiTEL)
• Telehealth Innovation Center
• MedStar Family Choice

Products and services

• Hospital Inpatient Services Acute care, emergency services, surgery, and specialty inpatient care delivered across 10 hospitals in Maryland, Washington D.C., and northern Virginia for individual patients needing hospitalization.
• MedStar eVisit Virtual Urgent Care Virtual urgent care telehealth platform providing immediate access to healthcare for patients in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington D.C. through the MedStar Telehealth Innovation Center.
• Heart and Vascular Care Comprehensive cardiology and cardiovascular surgery services delivered by specialists across the MedStar Health system for patients with heart and vascular conditions.
• Cancer Care Comprehensive cancer diagnosis and treatment services including chemotherapy, supported by pharmacy robotics that prepare and deliver medications with documented reductions in medication errors.
• MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute Specialized organ transplant program performing liver, kidney, pancreas, small intestine, and multi-organ transplants, having surpassed 10,000 transplants as the first program in the Washington D.C. region to reach that milestone.
• Orthopedics Orthopedic specialty services including a robotic-assisted spine surgery program at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital that has performed over 1,000 robotic-assisted spine surgeries since 2021.
• Neurology and Neurosurgery Specialty neurology and neurosurgical services for patients with neurological conditions, delivered across the MedStar Health integrated network.
• Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Rehabilitation services delivered through MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital and other care sites, accredited by CARF to meet the highest national and international standards.
• Women's Health and OBGYN Specialty women's health and obstetrics/gynecology services for patients seeking obstetric, gynecologic, and related care across the MedStar Health network.
• Behavioral Health Behavioral health and mental health services for patients, including research initiatives using AI predictive models for early identification of behavioral health and substance use disorders.
• Gastroenterology Specialty gastroenterology services for patients with digestive system conditions across the MedStar Health integrated network.
• Primary Care Primary care services delivered across 300+ care sites throughout the Mid-Atlantic region for individuals seeking routine and preventive care.
• Urgent Care Walk-in urgent care services for non-emergency medical needs, accessible across MedStar Health's Mid-Atlantic care network.
• DispatchHealth ER-Alternative Care at Home ER-alternative care-at-home program delivered through partnership with DispatchHealth across Baltimore hospitals, with clinicians conducting home visits within 72 hours of discharge to treat conditions such as UTIs, pneumonia, and COPD exacerbations.
• MedStar Family Choice Health Plan Medicaid managed care health plan offered by MedStar Family Choice to eligible members in the MedStar Health service region.

Quantifiable outcome

• 520,000+ telehealth encounters in last fiscal year, with 37% increase for MedStar eVisit virtual urgent care
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability7 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Georgetown University Center for Global Health Science and SecurityflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 June 2026Joint Health Security Operations Center (HSOC) established to monitor disease transmission during 2026 FIFA World Cup across all 16 U.S. host cities. HSOC integrates wastewater testing, hospital reports, emergency room syndrome tracking, and alerts from WHO and PAHO. Serves as trial run for 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. Initiative addresses gap created by reduced CDC staffing.
• Ksana HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 May 2026ARPA-H funded project (up to $17.9 million) to develop AI predictive models for behavioral health and substance use disorders. Project will recruit 25,000 patients over two years to share behavioral data from smartphones and wearables linked to electronic health records. MedStar Health Research Institute collaborating with Ksana Health and Providence Health & Services.
• Providence Health & ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 May 2026Multi-institutional research project on behavioral health foundation model. Project involves Duke University, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and the Yale Stress Center, scaling to tens of thousands of participants across Providence, MedStar Health, and University of Washington health systems.
• PathAIflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 April 2026Multi-year strategic collaboration to deploy PathAI's FDA-cleared AISight Dx Digital Pathology Platform and AI algorithm products across MedStar Health's multi-site laboratory network supporting over 40 pathologists. Partnership establishes MedStar's participation in PathAI's Precision Pathology Network, enabling joint research initiatives, clinical trials, biopharma partnerships, and co-development of advanced AI diagnostics.
• Techstars AI Health BaltimorecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 25 February 2026Anchor collaborator in Techstars AI Health Baltimore accelerator, bringing together region's largest health systems (University of Maryland Medical System, Johns Hopkins), payer (CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield), and academic institutions to support early-stage startups developing AI-driven healthcare solutions.
• Hope for Henry FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 December 2025Acquisition of Hope for Henry Foundation, a charity that reduces MRI sedation and improves treatment adherence among pediatric patients. Foundation has aided over 10,000 children at MedStar Georgetown and more than 150,000 nationwide since 2003. Programs integrated into regular pediatric care.
• Howard Community CollegeminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2025Cardiovascular Technician (CV Tech) Registered Apprenticeship Program launching January 2026. Program aims to address workforce needs by providing full-time employment and training for apprentices in Maryland's healthcare sector.
• AI CoLabflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 November 2025Joint initiative with Georgetown University organizing the Universal AI for Health Summit, bringing health leaders and innovators together to discuss AI role in healthcare. Summit includes panel discussions on conversational AI, predictive modeling, AI readiness, and responsible deployment.
• DispatchHealthcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 November 2024Partnership expanded to provide ER-alternative care at home across all four Baltimore hospitals (MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center, MedStar Good Samaritan, MedStar Harbor, and MedStar Union Memorial). DispatchHealth clinicians conduct home visits within 72 hours of discharge treating conditions such as UTIs, pneumonia, and COPD exacerbations. Over 700 patient visits delivered across Washington D.C. and Baltimore.
• SukiflagshipTechnology or Integration · 10 October 2024Expanded strategic partnership making Suki Assistant AI voice tool available to thousands of clinicians across ambulatory specialties. Described as the largest rollout of generative AI for the largest healthcare provider in Maryland and the Washington D.C. region. Suki doubled revenue in 2023.
• Stanford MedicinecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 September 2022$2 million AHRQ grant collaboration to expand research on telehealth access, safety, and equity. Research aims to improve connected care, especially among vulnerable populations, using a human factors and systems engineering approach over four years.
• Intermountain HealthcarecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 September 2022$2 million AHRQ grant collaboration to expand research on telehealth access, safety, and equity. Research aims to improve connected care, especially among vulnerable populations, using a human factors and systems engineering approach over four years.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• Johns Hopkins Medicine: Academic health system directly competing with MedStar in the Baltimore/Mid-Atlantic region across complex specialty care, research, and physician training. Both systems are anchored by a major university and pursue tertiary referral strategy.
• University of Maryland Medical System: Non-profit integrated delivery network serving Maryland with academic medical center and multiple hospitals; directly overlaps MedStar's Baltimore and central Maryland footprint and co-anchors the Techstars AI Health Baltimore accelerator.
• Inova Health System: Non-profit integrated health system headquartered in Northern Virginia, competing with MedStar in the D.C. metro for ambulatory, specialty, and complex-case volumes; comparable scale and academic-affiliated operating model.
• Johns Hopkins Health System: Operating arm of Johns Hopkins Medicine with multiple hospitals across Maryland and D.C.; one of MedStar's most direct competitors in the same geography with overlapping tertiary and quaternary service lines.

Broad incumbents

• Ascension Health: One of the largest non-profit Catholic health systems in the U.S. with ~140 hospitals; broader geographic reach than MedStar with similar mission-driven, non-profit operating model and comparable investment in telehealth and clinical AI.
• CommonSpirit Health: National non-profit health system formed from Catholic Health Initiatives and Dignity Health, operating 140+ hospitals across 20+ states; comparable to MedStar in non-profit integrated delivery scale and digital health investment.
• HCA Healthcare: Largest for-profit hospital operator in the U.S. with 180+ hospitals; competing with MedStar for physicians, complex cases, and digital partnerships but operating under fundamentally different capital and tax structures.
• Geisinger Health: Integrated non-profit payer-provider system serving Pennsylvania; comparable in scale, academic affiliation, and innovation investment (Geisinger has been a national reference for AI deployment and value-based care).
• Kaiser Permanente: Integrated payer-provider model that aligns with MedStar Family Choice + delivery structure; operates on a much larger national scale and represents the structural end-state MedStar's value-based care strategy is moving toward.
• Cleveland Clinic: Multi-state academic non-profit health system known for complex specialty care, transplant programs, and digital health investment; comparable to MedStar in tertiary referral depth and academic medical center operating model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Subsidiaries18 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors4 records

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M&A2 records

Investments5 records

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