What Starling Physicians does

Starling Physicians is a physician-owned, multi-specialty medical group headquartered in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, operating 20+ office locations across central Connecticut including New Britain, Wethersfield, Hartford, Enfield, Glastonbury, Avon, and surrounding towns. Formed in 2016 through the merger of Connecticut Multispecialty Group (CMG) and Grove Hill, the practice employs 501-1000 staff with over 200 physicians and advanced practice providers delivering care across 30+ medical and surgical specialties — spanning internal medicine, family medicine, pediatrics, cardiology, nephrology, hematology/oncology, gastroenterology, neurology, endocrinology, dermatology, ENT, audiology, allergy/immunology, comprehensive spine care, interventional pain management, oculoplastic and facial plastics surgery, OB/GYN, geriatric care, physical therapy, radiology, and laboratory services.

The practice operates on a fee-for-service revenue model billing insurance carriers, Medicare, and Medicaid across office visits, procedures, infusion services, laboratory work, and clinical research participation. Technology infrastructure is built on the Allscripts Touchworks electronic health record system with the Epic MyChart patient portal enabling online access to records, appointment requests, and an online medical records request tool. The go-to-market motion is sales-led through direct patient access, primary care provider referrals within the practice, insurance network participation, hospital referrals (notably Hartford Hospital), and community outreach rather than paid advertising. Distribution channels include 20+ physical office locations, on-site infusion centers, a dedicated Dialysis Access Center in Newington, a Congestive Heart Failure Clinic, and an Advance Care Clinic launched in January 2024.

The customer base consists of individual patients segmented into adults (18-64), pediatric patients (0-18), geriatric patients with nursing home and assisted living oversight, Most Vulnerable Patients (MVPs) with multiple chronic conditions, and clinical research participants in Phase III/IV trials. Beyond direct patient care, Starling maintains a network of partnerships with Hartford Hospital (admitting and surgical privileges), Connecticut Surgical Center, Middlesex Health, UConn School of Medicine (academic affiliation), dialysis centers throughout Connecticut, and a preferred network of skilled nursing and assisted living facilities where Starling geriatricians serve as medical directors.

Name

Starling Physicians

Legal name

Starling Physicians

Website

https://starlingphysicians.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Starling Physicians is a physician-owned multi-specialty medical group in Connecticut operating 20+ locations with 200+ providers across 30+ specialties, delivering coordinated primary, specialty, diagnostic, infusion, and clinical research services to adult, pediatric, and geriatric patients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Multispecialty Medical Group Services

NAICS

Offices of Physicians (6211), Diagnostic Imaging Centers (621512)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093)

akta.pro primary industry

General Cardiology (Consultative) (HLAKABAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Oncology & Cancer Specialty Hospitals (HLAFAHAC), Gynecologic Oncology & Women’s Cancer Centers (HLAFAJAK), Women’s & Children’s Surgical Care Centers (HLAFAJAM), Plastics / Cosmetic & Dermatologic Surgery Centers (HLAFAIAK)

Keywords

• Multispecialty medical group
• Primary care services
• Specialty physician practice
• Clinical research programs
• Diagnostic laboratory services

Headquarters

HQ city

Rocky Hill

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices20 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Services Revenue: Fee-for-service healthcare delivery model where patients receive medical services and the practice bills insurance companies, Medicare, and Medicaid. Revenue is generated through office visits, procedures, infusion services, laboratory services, and clinical research participation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Starling Physicians is a physician-owned multi-specialty medical group operating 30+ medical and surgical specialties across 20+ locations in central Connecticut. It delivers primary care, specialty consultations, diagnostic services (laboratory, radiology, audiology), infusion therapy, surgical procedures, clinical research trials, and advanced care coordination under a shared electronic health record system serving more than 200 providers.

Product overview

Starling Physicians is a multi-specialty medical group offering comprehensive healthcare services across Connecticut. The organization operates as a unified platform of over 30 medical specialties including Primary Care (Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Pediatrics), specialty clinics (Dialysis Access Center, Congestive Heart Failure Clinic, Advance Care Clinic), diagnostic services (Laboratory, Radiology, Audiology), and clinical research programs. Key coordinated services include Infusion Centers for chemotherapy and specialty treatments, Diabetes Education, and comprehensive Cardiology and Spine Care. The practice offers digital patient services through their Patient Portal and online medical records request tools. Services are delivered across numerous locations throughout Connecticut including New Britain, Wethersfield, Hartford, Enfield, Glastonbury, and surrounding communities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Primary Care Services
• Care Plan – Advanced
• Laboratory Services
• Dialysis Access Center
• Starling Infusion Centers
• Congestive Heart Failure Clinic
• Clinical Research Program
• Diabetes Education
• Cardiology Services
• Comprehensive Spine Care
• Hematology/Oncology
• Nephrology
• Geriatric Care
• Advance Care Clinic
• Radiology
• Online Medical Records Request
• PACIFIC Clinical Trial
• JOURNEY Clinical Trial

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced hospital and ER visits for CHF patients through proactive clinic intervention
• +1 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Hartford HospitalcoreOthersStarling physicians maintain admitting and surgical privileges at Hartford Hospital. Dr. Matthew Brown practiced as a transplant/general surgeon at Hartford Hospital since 1997 and served as surgical director for liver transplantation for 15 years. Dr. Anne Lally has played a key role in Hartford Hospital's Department of Surgery since 2002 and served as surgical director of their kidney transplant program since 2013. Dr. Terrence Oder is affiliated with Hartford Hospital. The practice provides care coordination between Starling specialists and hospital-based services.
• Connecticut Surgical CentercoreOthersDr. Matthew Brown and Dr. Anne Lally perform general surgery at Connecticut Surgical Center in addition to their hospital-based surgical practice. The center provides outpatient surgical facilities for procedures performed by Starling surgeons.
• Middlesex HealthminorOthersDr. Scott Benson, DO is a fellowship-trained nephrologist at Starling Physicians and is credentialed at Middlesex Health in addition to his Starling practice.
• University of Connecticut School of MedicineminorOthersDr. Anne Lally serves as Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery at UConn School of Medicine in Farmington, CT, maintaining academic affiliation.
• Dialysis Centers Throughout ConnecticutcoreOthersStarling Nephrology partners with dialysis centers throughout Connecticut including Bristol, Waterbury, and Southington. The practice provides nephrology services and dialysis access management for patients receiving treatment at these facilities.
• Preferred Nursing and Assisted Living Facilities NetworkcoreOthersStarling Physicians has a preferred network of carefully screened nursing homes and assisted living facilities where their geriatric care physicians serve as medical directors and provide oversight. The practice coordinates care between these facilities and primary care/specialty providers.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Trinity Health Of New England: Trinity Health Of New England operates multiple Connecticut hospitals and a multi-specialty employed-physician network — directly comparable to Starling as a broad Connecticut-based multi-specialty delivery organization, with hospital infrastructure that Starling accesses only via affiliation.
• Yale New Haven Health: Yale New Haven Health is a dominant Connecticut health system with a large employed-physician network and academic tertiary services — overlaps with Starling in cardiology, oncology, and multispecialty care across southern and central Connecticut as a competing delivery system.
• Hartford HealthCare: Hartford HealthCare is the largest integrated health system in Connecticut, operating multiple hospitals and a large employed-physician network that competes with Starling for specialty referrals, primary care patients, and value-based contracts across the same central Connecticut geography.

Regional players

• Nuvance Health: Nuvance Health operates community hospitals and physician networks in western Connecticut and eastern New York — competes with Starling for patients and primary care relationships in overlapping central/western CT service areas as a regional, hospital-anchored delivery system.

Emerging players

• ChenMed: ChenMed operates a senior-focused primary care physician group model serving complex Medicare Advantage patients — directly comparable to Starling's Advance Care Clinic concept targeting the highest-need 15-20% of patients, differing in that ChenMed is purpose-built around seniors and operates in different geographies.
• Privia Health Group: Privia Health partners with independent physician practices across multiple states to operate a multi-specialty platform with shared technology and value-based care infrastructure — comparable to Starling in physician-group model and risk-bearing ambition, though Privia operates as an enabler/MSO rather than a single integrated practice.
• Agilon Health: Agilon Health partners with primary care physician groups to take global risk for Medicare Advantage populations — overlaps with Starling's value-based orientation and senior-care segments (Advance Care Clinic, geriatric care) but operates through partnership contracts rather than owning the group.

Direct peers

• Atrius Health: Atrius Health is one of the largest independent multi-specialty physician groups in New England, offering primary care and a wide range of specialties with a focus on value-based contracts — directly comparable to Starling in structure (physician-owned multispecialty), geography (New England), and risk-bearing orientation.
• Kelsey-Seybold Clinic: Kelsey-Seybold is a physician-owned multi-specialty group operating across the Houston metro with 30+ specialties, on-site lab, and value-based care capabilities — a strong comparable on size, specialty breadth, and integrated multi-location delivery, differing mainly in Texas geography.
• Summit Health / CityMD (VillageMD): Summit Health operates a large multi-specialty physician group across the Northeast (NJ/NY/CT) with primary care and 30+ specialties under a unified platform — closely comparable to Starling in multi-specialty breadth, geographic clustering, and FFS plus value-based reimbursement, now scaled through Walgreens/VillageMD backing.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/StarlingPhys
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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/starling-physicians

Revenue estimate

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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