HealthNEXT

Name

HealthNEXT

Legal name

HealthNEXT, LLC

Website

https://healthnext.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Workforce Health Management Software

NAICS

Human Resources Consulting Services (541612)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Care Navigation, Advocacy & Benefits Guidance Platforms (HLALADAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Health Informatics & Digital Health Programs (EDAHAGAJ), Healthcare & Wellness Personalization (HDAAAGAI)

Keywords

• Workforce health management
• Employer wellness assessment
• Population health strategy
• Fractional medical officer
• Corporate wellbeing program

Headquarters

HQ city

Philadelphia

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

Revenue model

1. Subscription / SaaS Platform Access: HealthNEXT generates revenue through a platform-based subscription model, providing organizations ongoing access to its assessment tools, strategic planning platform, best-practice database, and NEXTpert guidance services. The company transitioned from consulting engagements to a digitized SaaS platform model.
2. Fractional Chief Medical Officer Services: Organizations engage HealthNEXT NEXTperts (former corporate Chief Medical Officers) as fractional advisors on retainer or project basis, providing clinical and strategic guidance on workforce health strategy, benefit design, and population health management.
3. Culture of Health & Wellbeing Awards Program: HealthNEXT operates a recognition program honoring organizations achieving benchmark status in culture of health and wellbeing, serving as a value-add differentiator and engagement vehicle for the platform.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

HealthNEXT sells a six-sigma, evidence-based Culture of Health & Wellbeing Program delivered through a SaaS platform that combines its proprietary Employer Health Opportunity Assessment (EHOA), a multi-year strategic planning process, and a best-practice database. It is augmented by Fractional Chief Medical Officer advisory services from former Fortune 500 CMOs, and supported by recognition awards and keynote speaking engagements.

Product overview

HealthNEXT is a platform SaaS company offering a unified Culture of Health & Wellbeing Program as its core offering, augmented by Fractional Chief Medical Officer Services and Keynote Speaking Opportunities. The core program is built on a proprietary HealthNEXT Platform that houses an Employer Health Opportunity Assessment (EHOA), a multi-year strategic planning process, and a best-practices database. Supporting offerings include the Illness Burden Placemat™ analytics tool. The company was incorporated in March 2009 as a consulting firm and pivoted over recent years to digitize its research-tested intellectual property.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Culture of Health & Wellbeing Program A six-sigma, evidence-based program combining the proprietary Employer Health Opportunity Assessment (EHOA), a customized multi-year strategic roadmap, and on-demand Chief Medical and Health Officer guidance to help employer organizations achieve benchmark culture of health and wellbeing performance.
• Fractional Chief Medical Officer Services Provides organizations with dedicated Chief Medical Officers or Chief Health Officers offering strategic planning, regulatory compliance support, and cost-efficiency optimization for workforce health management, drawn from a NEXTpert network of former Fortune 500 executives.
• HealthNEXT Platform A SaaS platform guiding organizations to identify strengths and uncover opportunities to achieve benchmark culture of health and wellbeing; enables holistic evaluation, collaboration with Chief Medical and Health Officers, documentation of initiatives, and access to best-practice guidance and resources via a client portal.
• Keynote Speaking Engagements Speaking engagements delivered by NEXTperts covering population health science, six-sigma approaches to culture of health, competitive advantage through workplace health, GLP-1 benefit strategies, and AI-driven strategic planning for conferences, leadership retreats, and corporate events.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1,250 workdays saved annually from health-related absenteeism per 1,000 employees
• +9 more outcomes

Named customers23 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and minor.

• Population Health AlliancemajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 February 2025HealthNEXT supports the Population Health Alliance in expanding their Named Awards Program to recognize leading Cultures of Health and Wellbeing organizations, focusing on employer groups with benchmark programs in employee population health management.
• Cognate HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 November 2023HealthNEXT announced global market expansion through partnership with Cognate Health, based in Ireland, as part of building a worldwide movement for cultures of health and wellbeing in the workplace.
• Positive MedicinecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 November 2023HealthNEXT announced global market expansion through partnership with Positive Medicine, based in New Zealand, as part of building a worldwide movement for cultures of health and wellbeing in the workplace.
• Greater Philadelphia Business Coalition on Health (GPBCH)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 April 2022HealthNEXT partnered with GPBCH and the CDC Foundation to form the Greater Philadelphia Employer Culture of Health Collaborative. The collaborative demonstrates that when companies use an evidence-based structured methodology to assess and improve their cultures of health, they can generate remarkable improvements in workforce and community health and increase value from health benefits investments.
• HUB InternationalmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorHUB International, a major benefits brokerage firm, features HealthNEXT as a strategic partner. Executive VP Jody Buyalos provides a detailed testimonial endorsing HealthNEXT's evidence-based approach and six-sigma methodology, noting the partnership strengthens broker relationships with enterprise clients seeking transformational culture of health change.
• CDC FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCDC Foundation partnered with HealthNEXT and GPBCH on the Greater Philadelphia Employer Culture of Health Collaborative, bringing public health expertise to bear alongside HealthNEXT's evidence-based methodology and coalition's employer network.
• British-Portuguese Chamber of CommerceminorOthersThe British-Portuguese Chamber of Commerce recognized Dr. Shane Farrelly, HealthNEXT European Clinical Director, with the Fluxx Leadership Award for Workforce Health and Occupational Governance, demonstrating recognition of HealthNEXT's European leadership.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• WellRight: WellRight is a customizable corporate wellness platform that includes health risk assessments, biometric screenings, and wellbeing programs. It competes with HealthNEXT in the mid-market and enterprise employer wellness platform category.
• Limeade: Limeade is an employee experience and wellbeing platform focused on culture, engagement, and inclusion for enterprise employers. It is directly comparable to HealthNEXT in targeting corporate culture of health and wellbeing outcomes, and competes for similar HR and benefits buyer personas.
• Wellsteps: Wellsteps provides corporate wellness programs built on evidence-based frameworks, including a wellness scorecard and benchmarking tools. It is a direct peer to HealthNEXT in offering employers a structured, evidence-based methodology to build cultures of health.
• Wellable: Wellable is a corporate wellness platform that helps employers build wellbeing programs with health risk assessments, challenges, and rewards. It is comparable to HealthNEXT as a direct competitor in the employer wellbeing platform category serving mid-market and enterprise customers.
• Springbuk: Springbuk is an employer-focused health data analytics and population health platform that helps employers measure, benchmark, and act on workforce health risks. It is the most direct peer to HealthNEXT given its similar positioning around employer population health analytics and benchmarking.
• Vitality Group: Vitality Group partners with insurers and employers to drive healthy behavior change through incentive-based wellness programs and population health analytics. It is comparable to HealthNEXT in serving employer-sponsored health improvement initiatives with a structured, data-driven approach.

Broad incumbents

• Personify Health (formerly Virgin Pulse): Personify Health is a large, established corporate wellness and health engagement platform serving enterprise employers globally. It is comparable to HealthNEXT as a broader incumbent offering employee wellbeing programs, health risk assessments, and culture-of-health initiatives at much larger scale.
• Castlight Health: Castlight Health provides healthcare navigation and benefits engagement platforms for enterprise employers. It is comparable to HealthNEXT in targeting employer healthcare cost trends and benefits engagement, although Castlight is a more mature, publicly-traded-scale incumbent.

Emerging players

• Virgin Pulse / Kumanu: Kumanu is a purpose and wellbeing platform spun out of the Virgin Pulse / Personify Health ecosystem, focused on culture and purpose-driven wellbeing for employers. It is comparable to HealthNEXT in targeting enterprise culture of health transformation, representing an emerging specialized player in the space.

Others

• WELCOA (Wellness Councils of America): WELCOA is a workplace wellness industry organization that provides training, certification, and benchmarking resources to employers building wellbeing programs. It is adjacent to HealthNEXT as an enabling body that validates and certifies employer wellness practices, though it does not directly compete as a software platform.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/healthnext

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors1 record

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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