Prime Education

What Prime Education does

Prime Education, LLC is a privately held accredited continuing medical education (CME) provider founded in April 1994 by Kathleen Moreo, headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and operating as an autonomous subsidiary of Everyday Health Group since its August 2018 acquisition. The company designs and delivers interprofessional continuing education and quality improvement (QI) programs for healthcare professionals across federal, military/VA, payer, provider, academic, and community health settings, and earns multiple William Campbell Felch Awards and Alliance Industry Summit Best in Class distinctions.

The company's core methodology is the integrated Quality of Care Education (iQCE™) model, launched in 2013, which combines real-world data analytics, chart audits, and tethered patient/provider surveys to produce measurable behavioral and clinical-outcome change. PRIME's product portfolio includes Systems-Based Learning interventions, Performance Improvement Modules for specialty-board maintenance of certification, a Patient-Provider Model of Learning, and a PRIME Network of digital platforms — CMEToolkit.com, MilitaryCME.com, ManagedCare.network, AfterMD.com, and GME Today. Disease-specific toolkits in hepatitis B/C, sickle cell disease, hemophilia, IBD, and hypercholesterolemia, plus the Lipid.Care web apps, complement the educational portfolio.

Revenue is generated primarily through educational grants from pharmaceutical and medical device companies (with AbbVie, Gilead, and Genentech explicitly cited) supplemented by quality-improvement program contracts with health systems and federal agencies accessed via the company's GSA Schedule contract. With approximately 40 employees, of whom roughly half hold doctorate or master's degrees, PRIME maintains long-standing strategic alliances with PCORI, AHRQ, AGA, AMCP, AHA, NTOCC, SCDAA, NHF, the World Hepatitis Alliance, and AEHVE, and operates in the United States, Europe, and Latin America.

Name

Prime Education

Legal name

PRIME Education, LLC

Website

https://primece.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Prime Education is an accredited continuing medical education provider that delivers quality improvement programs and outcomes research for healthcare professionals, health systems, payers, and federal agencies, funded primarily through pharmaceutical educational grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Continuing Medical Education Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare & Clinical Professional Development (CME/CE) (EDAGANAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Healthcare & Life Sciences (EDAAAPAA), Healthcare Clinical Professions (CME/CE for Nurses, Allied Health, Pharmacy) (EDAAALAC)

Keywords

• Continuing medical education
• Healthcare quality improvement
• Medical education research
• Patient provider engagement
• Accredited CE programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Fort Lauderdale

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Accredited Continuing Education Services: PRIME generates revenue through developing and delivering accredited continuing medical education (CME) and continuing education (CE) programs for healthcare professionals. These programs are funded through educational grants from pharmaceutical companies, medical device companies, and healthcare organizations.
2. Quality Improvement Educational Programs: The company conducts QI educational programs that are supported through independent educational grants from pharmaceutical companies and other healthcare stakeholders.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

PRIME Education develops and delivers accredited continuing medical education (CME), continuing education (CE), and quality improvement programs for physicians, pharmacists, nurses, patients, payers, and health systems. Its offerings are built on a proprietary iQCETM (Integrated Quality of Care Education) model that combines real-world data analytics with patient and provider tethered engagement, and are funded primarily through educational grants from pharmaceutical and healthcare organizations.

Product overview

PRIME Education is a continuing medical education (CME) and healthcare education company offering a comprehensive portfolio of educational products and services. The core offerings include systems-based learning approaches, performance improvement modules (PIM), and the proprietary iQCETM (integrated Quality of Care Education) model launched in 2013. The company operates several platforms under the PRIME Network brand including CMEToolkit.com, MilitaryCME.com, ManagedCare.network, AfterMD.com, and GME Today. PRIME provides patient engagement solutions, quality improvement programs, and research/outcomes services. The company also develops digital tools like the Lipid.Care web apps and various disease-specific toolkits (Hepatitis C, Hepatitis B) to support patient-provider collaboration and healthcare outcomes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CMEToolkit.com: Online QI toolkit for clinicians providing quality improvement education and tools.
• MilitaryCME.com
• ManagedCare.network
• AfterMD.com
• GME Today

Products and services

• Performance Improvement Modules (PIM) Educational modules meeting maintenance of certification (MOC) requirements for medical specialty boards, enabling practicing specialty physicians to earn required QI credits. Used by physicians across chronic and acute disease areas.
• iQCETM (Integrated Quality of Care Education Model) Proprietary quality improvement educational model that leverages real-world data analytics combined with patient and provider tethered engagement (charts audits and surveys) to identify practice gaps and measure outcomes. Used by clinicians, health systems, payers, and federal agencies.
• Lipid.Care Web Apps Web applications for hypercholesterolemia care providing separate patient and provider/payer digital portals that support prior authorization, shared decision-making, and evidence-based treatment management. Used by cardiology teams, patients, and payers.
• Hepatitis C Practical Toolkit Multilingual practical toolkit aligning patients and providers in HCV prevention and treatment, available for both healthcare providers and patients. Used by clinicians, patients, and harm-reduction programs as part of the global HCV elimination effort.
• Hepatitis B Toolkit for Europe Multilingual downloadable toolkit to assist European healthcare professionals in hepatitis B screening and patient-centered care. Used by European HCPs, particularly those serving at-risk and underserved populations.
• PAH Transitions of Care Pathway A comprehensive transitions-of-care pathway for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), addressing barriers and solutions for safe, efficacious, and timely transitions for PAH patients. Developed for use by clinicians, PAH care teams, and health systems.
• Multiple Sclerosis CE Program - The New Standard in MS: Integrating Evolving Treatment Evidence and Biomarkers to Target Progression Accredited CE program for neurologists and MS clinicians on integrating evolving treatment evidence and biomarkers to target disease progression.
• HER2+ Early Breast Cancer CE Program - Emerging Evidence and Expert Perspectives Accredited CE program for oncology clinicians (medical oncologists, breast specialists) on emerging evidence and expert perspectives in HER2+ early breast cancer treatment strategies.
• IgA Nephropathy CE Program - Navigating New Guidelines in IgA Nephropathy Accredited CE program on new IgA Nephropathy guidelines for nephrologists and internal medicine clinicians managing patients with IgAN.
• Quality Improvement (QI) Educational Programs Educational programs using core and quality measures that enable clinicians and healthcare organizations to quantify the proportion of patients managed according to evidence-based recommendations. Used by health systems, academic centers, and federal/military sites to address care coordination, transitions, and guideline adherence.

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing contracts with PCORI have assisted PRIME in appreciating and mitigating health disparities among patients in underserved populations.
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAHRQ partnership has helped PRIME address health disparities and access to care issues. PRIME's QI programs align with AHRQ research and guidelines.
• Sickle Cell Disease Association of America (SCDAA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPRIME partnered with SCDAA to conduct live, virtual collaborative learning sessions aimed at generating meaningful discussions between patients with SCD and their care teams. 136 patients and 36 HCPs participated.
• National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic alliance with NHF to develop educational initiative using PRIME's patient-provider collaborative learning model to identify areas of alignment and discordance in hemophilia care.
• Jill Roberts Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease at Weill Cornell MedicinecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPRIME partnered with Weill Cornell's IBD center to develop a quality-centric program to improve timely access to prescribed treatment for patients with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. Study earned 2019 Felch Award.
• American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGroundbreaking initiative in collegial learning between payers and providers to improve treatment decision-making in HCV and IBD. 12 live workshops conducted across US.
• Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with AGA and PRIME to improve treatment decision-making in gastroenterological diseases through collegial learning between payers and providers.
• World Hepatitis AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPRIME joined World Hepatitis Alliance and AEHVE in effort to improve HBV screening, treatment, and referral pathways in Europe. Developed multilingual toolkit for HCPs.
• AEHVE (Alliance for the Elimination of Viral Hepatitis in Spain)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to improve hepatitis B screening, treatment, and referral pathways in Europe through development of practical point-of-care tools.
• Achieve CoalitionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership in charge to combat hepatitis C virus and reach global elimination of HCV by 2030.
• Hep Free HawaiiminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to develop accredited monthly workshops focused on supporting healthcare teams developing skills for optimal hepatitis B and C management.
• Pack HealthminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerHeart failure initiative partner providing health coaching and patient support services. Pack Health matches patients with personal health advisors.
• American Heart Association (AHA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative project to assist clinicians in sharing and adapting quality improvement strategies for patients with chronic and acute heart failure.
• National Transitions of Care Coalition (NTOCC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerReleased comprehensive Transitions of Care Pathway for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) addressing barriers and solutions for safe, efficacious, and timely transitions for PAH patients.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Medscape Education: Largest free CME/CE provider for healthcare professionals, offering accredited continuing education across all major therapeutic areas. Both organizations compete for the same pharmaceutical educational grants and HCP audience, with Medscape's greater scale and digital reach contrasting PRIME's outcomes-research specialization.
• Pri-Med: Major accredited CME provider focused on primary care clinicians, delivering live conferences and online CE activities funded by pharma grants. Directly comparable to PRIME in business model (pharma-funded CME/CE for HCPs) and in competing for the same pharmaceutical grant pool across overlapping therapeutic areas.
• Haymarket Medical Education: Accredited CME provider offering continuing education across multiple specialties through pharma-funded programs. Comparable to PRIME in target audience (HCPs across specialties), funding model (educational grants), and accreditation-driven delivery model.
• Global Education Group: Jointly accredited provider of CME, CE, and CPE for healthcare professionals, delivering pharma-sponsored educational programs across therapeutic areas. Operates the same accredited CE/CME model as PRIME for similar HCP segments.
• Integrity Continuing Education: Jointly accredited provider delivering CE/CME programs to physicians, pharmacists, and nurses through pharma-funded educational activities. Direct competitor for the same pharma grant funding serving overlapping clinician audiences.
• Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning (ACHL): Accredited provider of continuing education for healthcare professionals offering CME, CPE, and CNE across therapeutic areas. Shares PRIME's pharma-funded model and QI/CE focus areas, competing for the same sponsor relationships.
• CME Outfitters: Accredited CME/CE provider delivering evidence-based continuing education to HCPs across multiple specialties through pharma-funded programs. Direct peer in business model, audience, and grant-funded delivery approach.
• Clinical Care Options: Accredited CME provider specializing in specialty therapeutic areas (HIV, oncology, hepatology), delivering pharma-funded CE programs to physicians and pharmacists. Overlaps with PRIME in HIV, HCV, and HBV program areas where PRIME runs live workshops and toolkits.
• Physicians' Education Resource (PER): Accredited CME provider focused on oncology and hematology, delivering live meetings, online activities, and publications funded by pharma grants. Comparable in therapeutic-area depth and pharma-funded model, particularly overlapping with PRIME's hematology/oncology QI programs.
• Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM): Accredited provider of CME, CPE, and CNE for healthcare professionals, delivering pharma-sponsored educational programs across therapeutic areas. Direct peer in accreditation, audience, and grant-funded business model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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