Canary Health

What Canary Health does

Canary Health is a private, Los Angeles-based digital therapeutics company founded in 2015 that delivers two flagship evidence-based programs: Better Choices, Better Health (BCBH), a six-week online peer-led chronic disease self-management program for individuals with conditions such as diabetes, arthritis, COPD, chronic pain, and depression; and Building Better Caregivers (BBC), a six-week peer-led workshop for caregivers of seriously ill or injured Veterans and others. The programs originate from Stanford University's Patient Education Research Center (Kate Lorig, DrPH) and are accessed through an exclusive partnership with the Self-Management Resource Center, with content refined over more than 30 years. The Canary Peers sub-brand formalizes the company's trained peer facilitator workforce as an additional service line.

The platform is delivered online with self-guided lessons, peer interaction, and trained facilitator moderation, and is offered at no cost to participants. The business model is B2B2C subscription-style licensing on multi-year contracts. Canary Health sells to health plans (Anthem, Health Net/Centene, Kaiser Permanente, Blue Shield of California), healthcare provider organizations, employers, and government agencies — most notably the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, a relationship that has run for more than a decade and has served 22,000+ caregivers as of November 2024, and the California Department of Aging's CalGrows program. Programs are also deployed via SaaS to health systems with minimal IT integration requirements.

Cumulative participant reach exceeds 100,000 across both programs. Validated outcomes include a 1.27% A1C reduction at 12 months post-program and a 3:1 ROI demonstrated in an Anthem third-party study. The company has been externally credentialed by the CDC (Promising Evidence-Based Program), the American Diabetes Association, the Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging, and the National Family Caregiver Alliance. Leadership is led by co-founder Neal Kaufman, MD, MPH (Chairman & CMO) and General Manager Katy Plant, MPH, with an 11–50 employee footprint including distributed engineering in Monterrey, Mexico. The company acquired bLife in 2016 for an undisclosed amount. No funding rounds or revenue figures have been publicly disclosed.

Name

Canary Health

Legal name

Canary Health

Website

https://canaryhealth.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Therapeutics

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120)

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090), Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Chronic Disease Management Pathways (e.g., diabetes, CHF, COPD) (HLACAGAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Medication Adherence, Digital Therapeutics & Remote Coaching (condition-specific programs) (HLALAFAF), Behavioral Health-Integrated Chronic Care (SUD comorbidity, collaborative care) (HLALAFAK), Primary Care & General Medicine Virtual Care (Employer-Sponsored) (HLALADAA)

Keywords

• Digital therapeutics
• Chronic disease management
• Caregiver support programs
• Peer-led health programs
• Self-management programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. B2B2C Licensing to Health Plans: Licensing agreements with health plans (e.g., Anthem, Health Net, Kaiser Permanente) to provide digital therapeutic programs to their members at no cost. Revenue from per-member-per-month or per-participant fees.
2. Government Contracts: Partnerships with government agencies (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, California Department of Aging) to deliver caregiver support programs. Programs provided at no cost to eligible participants with funding from government sources.
3. Employer Partnerships: Contracts with employers to offer caregiver and chronic disease programs as employee benefits, improving workforce health and reducing healthcare costs.
4. Healthcare Provider Organizations: SaaS deployment to health systems and provider organizations to complement population health and care management strategies.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Canary Health develops and licenses peer-led digital therapeutic programs that help individuals with chronic conditions and caregivers better self-manage their health. Its two flagship offerings, Better Choices, Better Health® (BCBH) and Building Better Caregivers® (BBC), are evidence-based 6-week online programs delivered through a behavior change intervention platform and offered to participants at no cost via institutional partnerships with health plans, providers, employers, and government agencies.

Product overview

Canary Health offers two core evidence-based digital therapeutic programs: Better Choices, Better Health® (BCBH) and Building Better Caregivers® (BBC). BCBH is a 6-week online chronic disease self-management program originally developed by Stanford University's Patient Education Research Center, now offered through an exclusive partnership with the Self-Management Resource Center. BBC is a 6-week peer-led caregiver support workshop. Both programs leverage peer support, self-efficacy enhancement, and behavioral interventions to improve health outcomes and reduce healthcare costs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Better Choices, Better Health® (BCBH): An evidence-based six-week online program for patients with chronic conditions, providing tools for better health and emotional support.
• Building Better Caregivers® (BBC)
• Canary Peers

Products and services

• Better Choices, Better Health (BCBH) Evidence-based, 6-week online peer-led program designed by Stanford University to help individuals with chronic conditions (including diabetes, chronic pain, COPD, arthritis, depression, and others) better self-manage their health through behavioral change, emotional support, and improved healthcare system navigation. Delivered to participants at no cost through institutional partnerships with health plans, providers, employers, and government agencies.
• Building Better Caregivers (BBC) Evidence-based, 6-week online peer-to-peer education and support program designed to help caregivers of Veterans and individuals with chronic conditions better manage their own health and the health of their loved ones through peer support, self-management tools, and caregiver skills training. Delivered at no cost to eligible participants through partnerships with the VA, health plans, employers, and state agencies.

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Health Net (Centene Corporation)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 15 September 2024Health Net, one of California's most experienced health plans and a wholly owned subsidiary of Centene Corporation, collaborated with Canary Health to provide Building Better Caregivers program to commercial and marketplace members, including employees at companies offering Health Net coverage. Program available at no cost to eligible members.
• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 June 2024VA extends its more than decade-long partnership with Canary Health to provide Building Better Caregivers program to caregivers of seriously ill or injured U.S. Veterans from any era through the VA Caregiver Support Program. More than 19,000 caregivers have engaged in the program to date. The program is available at no cost to all caregivers enrolled in the Caregiver Support Program.
• Stanford University / Self-Management Resource CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCanary Health offers programs originally developed by Stanford University's Patient Education Research Center through an exclusive partnership with the Self-Management Resource Center. Kate Lorig, DrPH created the Chronic Disease Self-management program 30 years ago, and Canary Health brings it online with Better Choices, Better Health.
• California Department of AgingcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCalifornia made a major investment in supporting family and paid caregivers called CalGrows, a project supported by the California Department of Aging. Canary Health was selected to deliver caregiver support programs to the California population.
• Kaiser PermanenteminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorKaiser Permanente logo appears among Canary Health partner logos, indicating a partnership to provide digital health programs to Kaiser members.
• AnthemminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAnthem conducted a third-party study proving Better Choices, Better Health improves outcomes and reduces costs with a 3:1 ROI. Anthem logo appears among partner logos.
• Blue Shield of CaliforniaminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBlue Shield of California logo appears among Canary Health partner logos.
• National Kidney FoundationminorGTM or Marketing PartnerNational Kidney Foundation logo appears among Canary Health partner logos.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Omada Health: Omada Health offers digital chronic disease prevention and management programs (diabetes, hypertension, musculoskeletal) to payers and employers. It is the closest direct peer to Canary Health's BCBH, competing for the same health-plan and employer contracts with similar peer-supported, evidence-based digital therapeutic content.
• Wellthy: Wellthy provides digital caregiver support and care coordination services to employers, health plans, and government entities. It is the most direct peer to Canary Health's Building Better Caregivers program, competing in the same B2B2C caregiver-support category with similar institutional buyers.
• Homethrive: Homethrive offers digital and in-person caregiver support and care navigation to health plans, employers, and provider organizations. It overlaps with Canary Health's BBC in both caregiver population served and institutional channels, positioning it as a direct competitor.

Broad incumbents

• Livongo (Teladoc Health): Livongo, now part of Teladoc Health, provides digital chronic condition management (diabetes, hypertension, weight, behavioral health) at scale to large payers and employers. It is a broad incumbent overlapping with BCBH, with substantially greater capital and distribution.
• Hinge Health: Hinge Health delivers digital musculoskeletal and chronic pain prevention/treatment programs to payers and employers. While anchored in MSK, its expansion into broader chronic pain and behavioral care makes it a broad incumbent competitor for digital chronic-disease enterprise contracts.

Emerging players

• Sweetch Health: Sweetch is an early-stage digital therapeutics platform focused on AI-driven chronic disease prevention and management (primarily cardiometabolic). It overlaps with BCBH in chronic-condition self-management but focuses on a narrower condition set.
• WellDoc: WellDoc offers digital therapeutic solutions for diabetes and other chronic conditions, with FDA-cleared products sold to health systems, payers, and employers. It directly overlaps with BCBH in chronic disease self-management and competes for payer contracts.
• Lyra Health: Lyra Health provides digital mental health and behavioral health coaching to employers and health plans. It overlaps with BCBH on the behavioral/depression component of chronic disease management and competes for similar employer benefits contracts.
• Papa: Papa connects older adults and families with 'Papa Pals' for companionship and basic support, often sold through health plans and employers. It competes in caregiver-support and senior-population programs sold through institutional channels, though with a more in-person/human model than Canary Health's digital workshops.
• Ginger (Headspace Health): Ginger, now part of Headspace Health, provides on-demand behavioral health coaching, therapy, and psychiatry to employers and health plans. It overlaps with BCBH on the mental health/behavioral self-management component and competes for similar employer and payer contracts.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments

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