Intercede Health

What Intercede Health does

Intercede Health is a physician-founded, privately held healthcare services company headquartered in Texas and operating since 1995. The company provides hospitalist services, transitional care management, and direct-to-consumer home and primary care through a dual B2B and consumer model. Its core operational footprint spans over 40 hospital programs across the United States, with executive leadership including Founder/Chairman Philip Sanger, MD, CEO Kirk Clove, COO Sean Carrie, and CMO Dan Lotan, MD.

The company's service portfolio is built around three pillars: a Transitional Care Program that originated in 1998 with its first Transitional Care Clinic, expanded to include Home Based Services, and supports post-discharge continuity; Intercede Premier and Post Hospitalization Support membership products delivered through House Calls; and quality measure compliance services targeting STARS, HEDIS, and HCC coding requirements for payer and provider partners. The underlying delivery model combines in-facility hospitalist staffing with community-based care teams and telemedicine touchpoints, structured to manage complex patients across the inpatient-to-home continuum.

Revenue is generated through managed services contracts with health plans and health systems, typically structured with minimum 6-month commitments, supplemented by direct-to-consumer subscription memberships. The company is currently expanding into multiple new U.S. markets beyond its Texas base and has signaled continued product extension across the post-acute and home-based care continuum.

Name

Intercede Health

Legal name

Intercede Health

Website

https://intercedehealth.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Intercede Health is a physician-founded healthcare services company operating 40+ hospitalist and transitional care programs across the United States, serving health plans, health systems, and consumer members since 1995.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hospital Care Services

NAICS

Home Health Care Services (621610), Other Ambulatory Health Care Services (6219), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412)

SIC

Services-Home Health Care Services (8082), Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Transitions of Care Management (Hospital/SNF/Home) (HLADALAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Post-Hospital Discharge Respite (Transitional Short-Term Support) (HLADAKAH), Post-Acute & Transitional Care Virtual Platforms (SNF/home health coordination) (HLALABAG), Hospital-at-Home & Acute Virtual Care Platforms (HLALABAC), Post-Acute & Transitional 24/7 In-Home Care (Hospital/SNF Discharge) (HSABAHAF)

Keywords

• Hospitalist services
• Transitional care management
• Home-based primary care
• Chronic care management
• Value-based healthcare services

Headquarters

HQ city

Houston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Hospitalist Services: Provides hospitalist services to health systems and health plans, managing complex admissions and ensuring patients receive care in appropriate settings with post-discharge follow-up
2. Transitional Care Management: Transitional care management for patients with complex health conditions and co-morbidities, provided in-home and via telemedicine on behalf of health plan and provider partners
3. House Calls Membership - Premier: Comprehensive membership program with variable monthly fees, minimum 6-month term, includes unlimited in-home visits, 24/7 telemedicine, coordination with specialists, labs, and nutritional counseling. Discounts available for spouses or additional family members.
4. House Calls Membership - Post Hospitalization Support: Temporary support program following hospitalization, typically 60-day engagements, with monthly variable membership that can be canceled after initial 30-day period. Includes unlimited home visits and after-hours telemedicine.
5. Quality Measure Compliance Services: STARS, HEDIS and HCC coding services to help health plans optimize quality of care measurements and ensure continuity of care for patients with chronic conditions

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Intercede Health delivers hospitalist and transitional care management services for health plans, health systems, and provider partners managing patients with complex conditions and comorbidities. The company operates Transitional Care Clinics and a hybrid home-based care/telemedicine model, including direct-to-consumer membership programs (Intercede Premier and Post Hospitalization Support) under its Intercede House Calls division. Services span acute inpatient management, post-discharge follow-up, quality measure compliance (STARS, HEDIS, HCC coding), and ongoing in-home primary care.

Product overview

Intercede Health offers a multi-component healthcare service platform focused on hospitalist services and transitional care management. The core offerings include Hospitalist Services for managing complex admissions across health systems, Transitional Care Services provided in-home and via telemedicine, and a network of Transitional Care Clinics. The Intercede House Calls product provides direct-to-consumer membership-based home healthcare with two tiers: Intercede Premier for ongoing comprehensive support and Intercede Post Hospitalization Support for 60-day transitional care. All services incorporate 24/7 telemedicine capabilities, quality coding services (STARS, HEDIS, HCC), and coordination with health plan and physician partners.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Intercede House Calls: A membership-based service providing home visits and 24/7 telemedicine support for patients with complex conditions, including initial comprehensive evaluations, clinical pathway establishment, specialty referrals, coordination with labs, nutritional counseling, ongoing treatment, nursing check-ins, and post-hospitalization support.
• Intercede Premier
• Intercede Post Hospitalization Support

Products and services

• Hospitalist Services An extensive hospitalist network providing inpatient coverage within prestigious health systems for health plan and physician partners; manages complex admissions, ensures quality care in appropriate settings, and extends to post-discharge follow-up, pharmacotherapy management, and collaboration with care management personnel.
• Transitional Care Services Transitional care management for patients with complex health conditions and co-morbidities, provided in-home and via telemedicine on behalf of health plan and provider partners, including Home Based Services added to extend the program.
• STARS, HEDIS and HCC Coding Services Quality measurement and risk adjustment coding services that support continuity of care for patients with chronic conditions and help health plans satisfy critical quality-of-care measurements including STARS, HEDIS, and HCC coding requirements.
• Intercede House Calls Direct-to-consumer membership-based home healthcare providing 60-minute initial comprehensive evaluations, clinical pathway establishment, specialty referrals, labs and tests coordination, nutritional counseling, ongoing in-home treatment, regular nursing check-ins, 24/7 telemedicine support, and comprehensive post-hospitalization support. Offered as two membership tiers (Premier and Post Hospitalization Support).
• Transitional Care Clinic Outpatient clinic offering for chronic care or high-acuity patients at risk of hospital admissions or frequent emergency room use, providing an effective outpatient alternative setting for treatment.
• First 60 Program Transitional care program focused on the first 60 days following hospital discharge to ensure smooth patient transition home and prevent readmissions.

Quantifiable outcome

• Return to profitability for hospital and health plan partner within 18 months of initial engagement in 1995-1996
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered founding/flagship and core.

• Texas-based Not for Profit Health Systemfounding/flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1995Initial partnership in 1995 to redesign hospital delivery of care model. Achieved remarkable turnaround resulting in return to profitability for both the hospital and its health plan partner, along with top decile clinical outcomes ranking within 18 months.
• Health Plan PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative relationships with health insurance plans for managing complex admissions, providing transitional care management, and ensuring quality measure compliance (STARS, HEDIS, HCC coding).
• Physician PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with primary care physicians and specialist networks for patient care coordination, specialty referrals, and continuity of care management.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Sound Physicians: A leading national hospitalist and post-acute care organization operating across more than 400 hospitals, Sound Physicians directly competes with Intercede Health in providing hospitalist programs, transitional care, and value-based care services for health systems and health plans.
• Apogee Physicians: A national hospitalist group providing hospital medicine programs to hospitals and health systems across the US. Apogee directly competes with Intercede Health's hospitalist network offering, with similar physician-led, partner-network focus.
• Contessa Health: A provider of hospital-at-home and post-acute care services in partnership with health systems and health plans, including home-based recovery and SNF-at-home models. Contessa directly parallels Intercede Health's transitional care and home-based services offerings.

Broad incumbents

• TeamHealth: One of the largest integrated healthcare services providers in the US, offering hospitalist staffing and post-acute care across thousands of facilities. TeamHealth is a much broader incumbent that competes with Intercede Health in hospitalist and transitional care services for health systems and managed care organizations.
• Envision Healthcare: A large, multispecialty physician services company that operates hospitalist and post-acute programs nationwide. Envision overlaps with Intercede Health's hospitalist and care transition offerings as a broad incumbent player in clinical services.

Emerging players

• DispatchHealth: An in-home medical care provider delivering acute, post-acute, and transitional care services in partnership with health plans and health systems. DispatchHealth's in-home plus telemedicine model overlaps with Intercede Health's House Calls and Transitional Care programs.
• Heal: An on-demand house call and telehealth service providing in-home primary, urgent, and post-hospitalization care. Heal's model parallels Intercede Health's Intercede Premier and Post Hospitalization Support memberships in delivering extended in-home visits plus telemedicine access.
• P3 Health Partners: A value-based care company focused on Medicare Advantage populations with complex conditions, providing coordinated care through provider partnerships. P3 competes with Intercede Health in serving complex, high-acuity patients on behalf of health plans and provider groups.
• Crossover Health: A membership-based primary care provider combining in-person, virtual, and home-based care for employers and health plans. Crossover's hybrid care model and complex patient focus are comparable to Intercede Health's Intercede Premier membership program.
• Aledade: A value-based care company partnering with primary care physicians and health plans to manage Medicare and ACO populations. Aledade competes adjacent to Intercede Health in delivering complex care coordination and quality coding services to health plans on behalf of provider partners.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/intercedehealth

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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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