What PicassoMD does

PicassoMD, Inc. is a private healthcare technology company founded in 2019 and headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, that operates a specialist-access platform connecting primary care providers with board-certified specialists across 30+ disciplines. The platform comprises two core products: Curbsides, which delivers real-time specialist consultations with a median connection time of under 23 seconds via mobile and web interfaces, and Spectrum Referrals, a value-based referral management platform that routes patients to high-quality, in-network specialists using quality, cost, insurance, location, and network data. The company's technology stack incorporates generative AI for clinical conversation summarization, Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) with vetted internal data, and multimodal interpretation of clinical inputs (text, EKGs, dermatology images), with HIPAA-compliant infrastructure audited by Johanson Group LLP.

PicassoMD serves health systems, Federally Qualified Health Centers, integrated delivery networks, clinically integrated networks, accountable care organizations, and insurers. The platform hosts 750+ primary care physicians and 500+ specialists across 8 US geographies, with anchor deployments including a partnership with the Community Health Center Association of Mississippi covering 21 FQHCs and 267 sites serving 311,000 Mississippians, and a multi-year agreement with Adventist HealthCare Physician Alliance. The company has expanded vertically into adolescent medicine (Thread Health), long-term care (Eventus WholeHealth), and pediatric pharmacy (Perfecting Peds).

The business model is enterprise B2B, with revenue generated through subscription contracts with health systems, ACOs, and FQHCs, and usage-based or subscription add-ons for Spectrum Plus (curbside-augmented referrals). The company is pursuing value-based contracting with insurers tied to approximately $250 per member per year in documented savings. PicassoMD is venture-backed by Greycroft, Blue Venture Fund, Operator Partners, humbition, and Metrodora Ventures, with co-CEO leadership split between co-founder Dr. Reza Sanai (cardiologist) and co-founder Sam Pollaro (former SVP at Kayak-OpenTable), and co-founder Sean Carpenter serving as CTO.

Name

PicassoMD

Legal name

PicassoMD, Inc.

Website

https://picasso.md

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

PicassoMD operates a healthcare technology platform connecting primary care providers with 500+ specialists across 30+ disciplines in under 23 seconds for real-time clinical decision support and value-based referral management. It serves health systems, FQHCs, ACOs, and insurers across 8 US geographies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Specialist Referral and Clinical Decision Support Platform

NAICS

Offices of Physicians (6211)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Workflow & Case Management (Human-Centric BPM) (HDAEAHAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Chronic Care & Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) Platforms (HLALABAF)

Keywords

• Specialist referral platform
• Real-time curbside consultations
• Value-based care referrals
• Clinical decision support
• Healthcare specialist access

Headquarters

HQ city

Bethesda

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Spectrum Referrals Platform: Subscription or usage-based pricing for the Spectrum Referrals platform that optimizes referral directionality, provides specialist ranking and quality scoring, and offers automated routing with reporting capabilities. Sold to health systems, ACOs, and value-based care organizations.
2. Spectrum Plus Curbsides: Premium tier add-on to Spectrum Referrals that triggers specialist curbside reviews for applicable referrals, generating additional per-consultation or subscription revenue.
3. Curbsides On-Demand: Real-time specialist consultation service allowing providers to connect with specialists for clinical decision support. Revenue likely generated through subscription or per-consultation usage-based pricing integrated with health system contracts.
4. Insurer/Payor Savings Share: Value-based contracting with insurers and payors where PicassoMD generates savings (up to $250 per member per year) through reduced unnecessary care, creating shared savings revenue opportunity.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

PicassoMD operates a HIPAA-compliant clinical decision support platform that connects primary care providers with board-certified specialists across 30+ specialties in real time, primarily through its Curbsides product offering sub-23-second specialist consultations via mobile and web. The company also offers Spectrum Referrals, a value-based referral management platform that uses quality, cost, insurance, and network data to direct patients to appropriate specialists, with an optional Spectrum Plus add-on that combines curbside specialist review with the referral workflow.

Product overview

PicassoMD is a healthcare technology platform comprising two core products: Curbsides and Spectrum Referrals. Curbsides provides real-time specialist consultations enabling PCPs to connect with specialists across 30+ disciplines in under 23 seconds for immediate clinical decision support. Spectrum Referrals is a value-based referral management platform that intelligently routes patients to appropriate specialists using quality, cost, and network data, with an optional upgrade called Spectrum Plus that adds specialist curbside review to resolve referrals upstream. The platform includes specialized tools for primary care providers, specialists, and administrative staff, plus optional white-label patient experience for specialist selection. Together, these products form an integrated suite for clinical decision support, referral management, and care coordination.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Curbsides: Real-time specialist consultation service connecting primary care providers to specialists in under 30 seconds across 30+ specialties.
• Spectrum Referrals
• Spectrum Plus

Products and services

• Curbsides
• Spectrum Referrals
• Spectrum Plus

Quantifiable outcome

• 80% reduction in avoidable ER visits
• +11 more outcomes

Named customers25 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability6 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

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

• Perfecting PedscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 February 2025Partnership enhancing real-time access to expert pediatric pharmacy guidance. Perfecting Peds provides medication management and pharmacy guidance for children with complex medical needs. Integration enables providers to consult with clinical pharmacists specializing in pediatric medications.
• Maine QuitLinkminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2025Referral pilot connecting patients to free, evidence-based tobacco cessation support through Maine QuitLink. Clinicians at participating CCPM practices can refer patients directly through the PicassoMD platform to tobacco cessation resources including counseling and NRT.
• Ribbon HealthcoreTechnology or Integration · 19 July 2024PicassoMD partners with Ribbon Health to guide patients to high-value, low-cost specialists. Ribbon provides provider data including locations, credentials, specialties, accepted insurances, and patient ratings. Integration enables automated matching of patients to specialists using location, insurance, and condition data combined with cost and quality data from CareJourney by Arcadia.
• CareJourney by ArcadiacoreTechnology or Integration · 19 July 2024CareJourney by Arcadia provides aggregate measures of provider cost efficiency and outcomes quality within the Ribbon Health solution. Data developed by analyzing claims data for complication rates, readmission rates, patient mortality rates, and avoidable ER visits to inform specialist matching.
• Thread HealthflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2024First-of-its-kind partnership revolutionizing teen healthcare. Enables pediatric and family practice providers to connect with Thread Health's specialized adolescent medicine clinical teams in real-time. Addresses historically underserved population of 70 million teens by providing expert medical advice and care coordination previously unavailable outside hospital settings.
• Eventus WholeHealthflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 June 2024Partnership to set new standard in healthcare innovation for long-term care settings. Enables strategic clinical care teams to connect with specialists in real-time. Results: 70% ED visit avoidance, 77% specialist referral avoidance, 70% of cases saw clinical behavior change. Average 12 seconds to specialist connection.
• Adventist HealthCareflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Two-year partnership with Adventist HealthCare Physician Alliance to streamline specialist referrals. PicassoMD's value-based referral platform helps providers refer patients based on clinical needs, quality, and coverage. Shared commitment to using cutting-edge technology to optimize healthcare delivery and improve patient care.
• Community Health Center Association of Mississippi (CHCAMS)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 March 2023Partnership connecting 21 Mississippi FQHCs (267 sites serving 311,000 Mississippians) with specialists in real-time. Enables primary care providers to access specialist input during patient visits, potentially cutting down on additional visits, travel, and costs.

Scale indicators17 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• RubiconMD: RubiconMD operates an eConsult platform connecting PCPs to specialists for clinical decision support, the closest direct analog to PicassoMD's Curbsides product. Both monetize PCP-to-specialist consult workflows into health systems and value-based care buyers.
• AristaMD: AristaMD offers eConsults plus referral management routing PCPs to specialists, closely mirroring PicassoMD's combined Curbsides + Spectrum Referrals stack. Sold into health systems, ACOs, and PCPs on subscription and usage-based pricing.
• ReferWell: ReferWell is a referral management and care orchestration platform focused on scheduling, closing referral loops, and directing patients to in-network high-value specialists. Directly comparable to PicassoMD's Spectrum Referrals product and VBC buyer focus.

Broad incumbents

• Doximity: Doximity is the dominant physician network in the US and has expanded into telehealth, AI clinical tools (Doximity GPT), and provider-to-provider communication. It competes broadly with PicassoMD's provider connectivity and AI summarization use cases, though it does not specialize in curbside specialist consults.
• Surescripts: Surescripts operates the dominant health information network for e-prescribing and clinical messaging and has expanded into care coordination and referral intelligence. Comparable as a broad incumbent in provider workflow data and routing.
• Amwell: Amwell is a large telehealth platform serving health systems and payors with virtual care, including specialist consult workflows. It overlaps with PicassoMD on provider-integrated virtual care and enterprise health system GTM, though PicassoMD's consults are PCP-to-specialist rather than patient-facing.
• Evolent Health: Evolent Health provides value-based care services and specialty care management for payors and providers, including referral and network optimization. Comparable as a broader incumbent in VBC specialty care orchestration that may partner with or compete against PicassoMD.

Emerging players

• Augmedix: Augmedix provides AI-powered medical documentation and ambient scribing for clinicians, adjacent to PicassoMD's AI summarization of curbside conversations. Comparable in applying generative AI to clinician workflows and selling into health systems.
• Stellar Health: Stellar Health is a value-based care enablement platform for primary care providers, sharing PicassoMD's VBC buyer focus and PCP-first design. Comparable in monetizing improved care coordination and outcomes, though Stellar focuses on payer incentive workflows rather than specialist consults.
• Aledade: Aledade partners with independent primary care practices in ACOs and risk-bearing arrangements, addressing similar VBC and FQHC/independent practice buyer segments. Comparable in targeting PCPs with infrastructure to succeed under risk, adjacent to PicassoMD's clinical decision support offering.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors5 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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