Fulcrum Health

What Fulcrum Health does

Fulcrum Health, Inc. is a Minnesota-based nonprofit physical medicine network administrator founded in 1984 that operates four branded provider networks — ChiroCare (chiropractic, 1984), AcuNet (acupuncture, 2012), TruTouch (massage therapy, 2019), and TheraFlex (physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 2024) — connecting 5,000+ credentialed providers across 3,000+ locations in 18 U.S. states with health plan members seeking non-pharmacological treatment for musculoskeletal conditions. The company functions as a B2B managed care intermediary: it contracts with individual physical medicine providers, credentials and re-credentials them under NCQA-accredited standards, negotiates with health plans for in-network status, and facilitates member access via a public Find A Provider directory. Its technology footprint is operational rather than differentiated, consisting of a Provider Portal (clinical guidelines, patient history, authorizations, claims, fee schedules) and the ChiroCare Connect Billing Portal; no proprietary AI/ML, no public API, and no SDK or MCP integrations are disclosed.

Name

Fulcrum Health

Legal name

Fulcrum Health, Inc.

Website

https://fulcrumhealthinc.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Nonprofit physical medicine network administrator operating four credentialed provider networks (ChiroCare, AcuNet, TruTouch, TheraFlex) that connect 5,000+ providers across 18 states with health plans and patients for evidence-based non-pharmacological musculoskeletal care.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Managed Care Network Services

NAICS

Offices of Other Health Practitioners (6213), Offices of Chiropractors (621310)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Chiropractic Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Exercise (HSADALAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Sports Chiropractic & Performance Care (HSADALAB)

Keywords

• Physical medicine network
• Managed care services
• Provider network management
• Chiropractic care network
• Musculoskeletal treatment services

Headquarters

HQ city

Plymouth

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Network/Managed Services: Fulcrum Health facilitates connections between providers, health plans, and patients. As a physical medicine network管理者, the company likely generates revenue through administrative fees, per-claim processing fees, or capitation arrangements with health plan partners. The company facilitates millions of connections across thousands of providers and locations.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Fulcrum Health is a non-profit physical medicine network administrator that operates four credentialed provider networks — ChiroCare (chiropractic), AcuNet (acupuncture), TruTouch (massage therapy), and TheraFlex (physical, occupational and speech therapy) — connecting 5,000+ providers across 3,000+ locations in 18 states with health plan members. The company manages provider credentialing, contracting, utilization management, and claims administration, and facilitates connections between health plans, providers, and patients to deliver non-pharmacological treatment for musculoskeletal conditions.

Product overview

Fulcrum Health operates as a physical medicine network administrator offering four distinct provider networks under a unified platform. The portfolio includes ChiroCare (chiropractic services, established 1984), AcuNet (acupuncture services, launched 2012), TruTouch (massage therapy services, launched 2019), and TheraFlex (physical, occupational and speech therapy, launched 2024). These networks connect over 5,000 providers and 3,000+ locations across 18 states, facilitating access to evidence-based physical medicine treatments for patients through health plan and provider partnerships.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ChiroCare: Award-winning network of credentialed chiropractors focusing on interactions of the spine and nervous system. Developed in 1984.
• AcuNet
• TruTouch
• TheraFlex

Products and services

• ChiroCare An award-winning network of credentialed chiropractors focusing on interactions of the spine and nervous system. Chiropractic care is used to treat pain, primarily back pain and joint conditions, for health plan members across the network's 18-state footprint.
• AcuNet An expanding network of credentialed acupuncturists designed to stimulate the central nervous system for pain relief and improved wellbeing. AcuNet is offered to health plans as part of Fulcrum Health's physical medicine network portfolio.
• TruTouch A fast-growing network of credentialed massage therapists providing massage therapy services for pain, muscle tightness, stress, and related conditions. TruTouch is part of Fulcrum Health's physical medicine network portfolio offered to health plan partners.
• TheraFlex An advancing network of credentialed physical, occupational and speech therapists whose therapies strive to improve quality of life by focusing on communication, movement, and participation in daily life activities. TheraFlex was launched in 2024 to expand Fulcrum Health's physical medicine portfolio.

Quantifiable outcome

• 98% patient satisfaction rate based on Press Ganey surveys (Q4 2023)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Minnesota Department of Human ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 August 2025Fulcrum Health received a grant from the Minnesota Department of Human Services to establish a mobile clinic providing non-pharmacological pain treatments to underserved communities. The initiative aims to reduce opioid use and improve access to evidence-based pain management. The mobile clinic will begin operating in Fall 2025 across counties with unmet pain management needs.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• Aledade: Aledade builds and manages physician-led accountable care organizations and value-based care networks for payers; it shares the network-administration business model and payer-facing GTM with Fulcrum, though its clinical focus is primary care rather than physical medicine.
• Evolent Health: Evolent partners with health plans to manage specialty care including musculoskeletal conditions through value-based arrangements — adjacent to Fulcrum's model as a specialty-care enablement and network management partner for payers.

Emerging players

• Hinge Health: Hinge Health is a leading digital MSK platform delivering app-based physical therapy and prevention programs to employers and health plans; it competes for the same non-pharmacological pain-management spend Fulcrum addresses but through a software-first model.
• Marathon Health: Marathon Health provides employer-sponsored on-site and virtual primary care plus physical therapy services; like Premise, it competes for employer benefits spend and overlaps with Fulcrum's musculoskeletal/pain-management use cases.
• Sword Health: Sword Health is a digital MSK provider combining AI-guided exercise with clinician oversight, sold to employers and payers as an alternative to in-person physical therapy; it targets the same employer/plan budget Fulcrum's ChiroCare/TheraFlex networks serve.
• Premise Health: Premise Health operates employer-sponsored on-site and near-site health centers that include physical therapy and musculoskeletal care; it serves the same employer-buyer segment as Fulcrum but delivers care directly rather than via a contracted network.

Direct peers

• One Call (formerly One Call Care Management): One Call administers networks of physical therapy, occupational therapy, and other ancillary providers — primarily for workers' compensation payers — making it a comparable specialty network administrator with overlapping provider types and managed-care workflows.
• American Specialty Health: ASH is the closest direct peer — a national specialty health network administrator that contracts with chiropractors, acupuncturists, massage therapists, and other complementary-care providers for health plans and employers, mirroring Fulcrum's ChiroCare/AcuNet/TruTouch model.

Broad incumbents

• Concentra (Select Medical Holdings): Concentra operates occupational health clinics and physical therapy services across the U.S., functioning as both a provider and a network for employer and payer customers — broader than Fulcrum but competing for the same workers' comp and employer-sponsored PT spend.
• Optum Health (UnitedHealth Group): Optum operates one of the largest specialty and physical-medicine provider networks in the U.S. as part of UnitedHealth Group; it overlaps with Fulcrum's health-plan-facing network administration but operates at national scale and within a much broader healthcare services portfolio.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fulcrum-health-inc.
• Xx.com/fulcrum_health

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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