University of Maryland Medical System Foundation Breathmobile

What University of Maryland Medical System Foundation Breathmobile does

The University of Maryland Medical System Foundation Breathmobile is a nonprofit pediatric mobile-health program operating within the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS), an academic health system headquartered in Maryland. The Breathmobile delivers pediatric pulmonology and allergy care — principally asthma screening, treatment, and ongoing management — directly to children in community settings via mobile clinics, removing transportation and access barriers that disproportionately affect low-income and Medicaid-insured families. It is embedded inside a much larger parent system whose clinical footprint dominates the state: UMMS operates 11 hospitals and 150+ ambulatory, post-acute, and urgent-care locations across 13 Maryland counties and is responsible for approximately 25% of all inpatient hospital care delivered in Maryland.

UMMS as the parent system derives revenue primarily through regulated hospital and professional billing, value-based care contracts, and ancillary service lines. Maryland is the only U.S. state with an all-payer hospital rate-setting system administered by the Health Services Cost Review Commission (HSCRC), which caps aggregate hospital revenue growth and structurally differentiates UMMS's revenue mechanics from typical U.S. health systems. Beyond fee-for-service hospital revenue, UMMS generates earnings through its UM Quality Care Network (90+ affiliated practices in value-based contracts with Aetna, CareFirst, Cigna, and UnitedHealthcare), its Transform Health MD ambulatory strategy, and its iHarbor innovation arm. In 2025 UMMS spun out Gallion Health as a standalone commercial entity to monetize a supply-chain platform it originally built for internal use, signaling an emerging non-clinical revenue stream. The system holds a 2022 grant of $25,000 from Qlarant tied to quality-improvement work and has received multiple quality and innovation designations including U.S. News & World Report regional rankings, CMS 5-star recognition, Modern Healthcare 2025 honors, and a Level 1 Geriatric Emergency Department accreditation.

Operationally, UMMS leverages its academic affiliation with the University of Maryland School of Medicine to staff clinical and research roles, and runs an internal innovation function (iHarbor) with dedicated data-science teams that was named a 2025 Gartner Eye on Innovation Award finalist. In January 2025 UMMS announced a partnership with GoMo Health to extend digital patient-engagement tooling into chronic-care and pediatric asthma workflows (including the Breathmobile), and in September 2025 it appointed Paul Staats as Pathology Chair. The system's competitive position rests on geographic scale, regulatory protections under Maryland's all-payer model and Certificate of Need regime, payer breadth, and academic-medical-center talent pipelines rather than on technology differentiation or AI capability.

Name

University of Maryland Medical System Foundation Breathmobile

Legal name

University of Maryland Medical System

Website

https://umms.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

The University of Maryland Medical System Foundation Breathmobile is a nonprofit pediatric mobile-health program within the University of Maryland Medical System, delivering asthma and allergy care to children across Maryland as part of an 11-hospital academic system.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pediatric Mobile Healthcare Services

NAICS

Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) (621111), All Other Outpatient Care Centers (621498)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Home Ventilation, Oxygen Therapy & Respiratory DME Clinical Management (HLAKANAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

COPD & Chronic Bronchitis Management (HLAKANAE), Inhalation & Nebulization Devices (Nebulizers, Spacers, Inhaler Accessories) (HLAHAGAE), Pulmonary Function & Respiratory Diagnostic Centers (PFT/Spirometry) (HLAFAKAJ), Cardiac & Pulmonary Clinical Home Health (e.g., CHF/COPD) (HSABACAI)

Keywords

• Pediatric asthma care
• Mobile pediatric clinic
• Children's respiratory care
• Community health outreach
• Pediatric pulmonology services

Headquarters

HQ city

Baltimore

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices10 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Hospital and Clinical Services: Acute care hospital services, outpatient care, emergency services, specialty care (cancer, heart, spine, rehabilitation), and primary care delivered through 11 hospitals and 150+ locations.
2. Regulated Hospital Charges: Hospital charges regulated by Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission (HSCRC). Prices set on January 1 and July 1 of every year. Charges include radiology, laboratory, intensive care daily rates.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

The University of Maryland Medical System Foundation Breathmobile is a mobile pediatric clinic program that delivers care to children, with a focus on pediatric pulmonology, allergy, and respiratory services, including asthma care. The program, founded in 2002 and operated under the University of Maryland Medical System, brings accessible specialty care to children across Maryland communities by traveling to schools and community locations. It is part of UMMS's integrated network of 11 hospitals and 150+ care locations.

Product overview

University of Maryland Medical System operates as an integrated healthcare delivery network offering clinical care, innovation technology products, and population health management solutions. The core innovation arm is iHarbor, which develops the Gallion supply chain platform. Transform Health MD provides care transformation services for primary care providers, while the UM Quality Care Network enables value-based care delivery. The Health Hub provides wellness content to patients and community members.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• iHarbor: Innovation center at UMMS focused on reimagining healthcare delivery, operations and administration — developing transformational solutions that dramatically improve healthcare outcomes, efficiency, quality and value.
• Gallion
• University of Maryland Quality Care Network (UMQCN)
• Transform Health MD

Products and services

• Breathmobile Pediatric Mobile Clinic A mobile pediatric clinic that travels to schools and community locations across Maryland to provide specialized respiratory, pulmonary, allergy, and sleep care to children, with a focus on asthma management. The program is designed to bring accessible specialty care directly to children in their communities.
• Pediatric Pulmonology, Allergy and Sleep Services Specialty pediatric care for respiratory, pulmonary, allergy, and sleep conditions delivered through University of Maryland Children's Hospital and the Breathmobile mobile clinic program, serving children of all ages in Maryland.

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Gallion HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSpinout from iHarbor innovation center, Gallion Health developed the award-winning Gallion supply chain application. iHarbor developed the cloud-based platform for UMMS and is now bringing Gallion to market for other hospitals and health systems. Gallion optimizes bill-only transactions in supply chain for surgical implants.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Johns Hopkins Bayview / Hopkins Community Physicians: Community-facing arm of Johns Hopkins Medicine operating in Baltimore; closely comparable as a physician-led outpatient and community health network delivering primary and specialty care in overlapping Maryland geographies.
• Geisinger Health: Integrated Pennsylvania-based nonprofit health system with hospitals, health plan, and innovation arm; comparable as a regional nonprofit academic system with value-based care emphasis and technology-driven population health initiatives.
• MedStar Health: Large nonprofit integrated health system serving Maryland and the Washington D.C. region with 10 hospitals and extensive outpatient network; directly comparable as a multi-hospital Maryland-based delivery system competing for the same patient populations.
• LifeBridge Health: Maryland-based nonprofit health system operating multiple hospitals including Sinai Hospital; comparable as another mid-sized regional academic-affiliated delivery network competing in the Baltimore metro area.
• Johns Hopkins Medicine: Maryland-based academic medical system operating The Johns Hopkins Hospital and a broad network of inpatient and outpatient facilities; directly comparable as the leading competing academic health system in the same geography with similar academic medical center affiliation.

Broad incumbents

• Ascension Health: One of the largest nonprofit Catholic health systems in the U.S. with hospitals across multiple states; comparable as a broad nonprofit incumbent with academic affiliations and value-based care initiatives at much greater national scale.
• Cleveland Clinic: National nonprofit academic health system operating across multiple states; broadly comparable as a leading academic medical center with extensive specialty care, research partnerships, and innovation commercialization programs.
• UPMC (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center): Pennsylvania-based $25B+ integrated academic nonprofit with hospitals, insurance, and international operations; broadly comparable as a larger academic delivery system monetizing innovation through commercial spinouts, similar to UMMS's Gallion Health.
• CommonSpirit Health: National nonprofit Catholic health system formed by Dignity Health and Catholic Health Initiatives merger; broadly comparable as a large multi-state nonprofit delivery network with value-based care and innovation programs.

Regional players

• Inova Health System: Northern Virginia-based nonprofit health system with 5 hospitals and extensive outpatient network; comparable as a neighboring academic-affiliated delivery system across the D.C. metro region with similar specialty and value-based care strategies.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/umms
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCRxn6jf2MKoSOaHMCZ6q8Dw
• Facebookfacebook.com/UMarylandChildrensHospital
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ummedicalsystem
• Instagraminstagram.com/ummedsystem

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments1 record

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