Clever Health

What Clever Health does

Clever Health is a private US-based telehealth platform headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, that delivers virtual medical care, prescription savings, and mental health support through a mobile-first application. Its core product, Smart Virtual Care, uses AI-driven asynchronous smart questionnaires to compress the clinical intake-to-diagnosis workflow to an average of 5 minutes 46 seconds, with patients reporting preference for this model over synchronous phone or video telehealth at a ratio of 8 to 1. The platform layers AI decision support for providers, a proprietary Smart RX pricing engine covering 55,000+ medications across 80,000+ pharmacies, and a multi-modal mental health offering (Bella AI chatbot, Clever Connections peer support, licensed therapy). Upcoming products include Virtual Vet, Virtual Dental, Virtual Vitals, and Virtual Cough.

The business model is B2B2C-first, distributing through employer-sponsored health plans, insurance brokers, and benefits consultants who earn per-prescription-saved commissions under a shareability model that extends access to non-network members. Pricing is usage-based per-consult with an explicit promise to never charge PEPM (per employee per month), positioning the platform as 50-80% cheaper than traditional telehealth plans. Direct-to-consumer access is available via iOS and Android apps and a member portal, though the primary revenue mechanism remains enterprise contracts. The company is small (11-50 employees), has no disclosed external funding rounds, and appears to be founder-owned or bootstrapped, which is notable for a healthcare platform competing in a capital-intensive vertical.

Name

Clever Health

Legal name

Clever Health, Inc.

Website

https://cleverhealth.ai

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Clever Health is a Scottsdale-based telehealth platform that delivers AI-driven asynchronous virtual urgent care, primary care, mental health support, and prescription savings to employer health plan members and individual consumers via mobile apps, priced per-consult without PEPM fees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Scottsdale

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Per-Consult Fees: Clever Health charges an industry-low per-consult fee rather than PEPM (per employee per month). Employers pay only for actual utilization, not a flat subscription. The model promises to NEVER charge PEPM, allowing companies to save by paying only for what employees use.
2. Prescription Savings Share: Partners and brokers earn commissions when members use the Clever RX prescription discount card to save money on prescriptions. This creates a win-win-win model where everyone benefits when prescriptions are redirected or money is saved.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Clever Health operates a telehealth platform that delivers asynchronous virtual urgent care, virtual primary care, mental health support, and integrated prescription savings to members of employer-sponsored health plans and individual users. The platform combines AI-driven smart questionnaires, provider decision support, and a proprietary prescription pricing engine, charging employers industry-low per-consult fees rather than per-employee-per-month (PEPM) subscription rates.

Product overview

Clever Health offers a Smart Virtual Care platform combining async telehealth services with integrated prescription savings and mental health support. The core portfolio includes Virtual Urgent Care (async AI-driven questionnaire), Virtual Primary Care (board-certified physicians with care coordination), Integrated RX Savings powered by Clever RX (55,000+ medications at 80,000+ pharmacies), and Mental Health Support (Bella AI chatbot, peer connections, licensed therapy). Upcoming offerings include Virtual Vet, Virtual Dental, and Virtual Vitals. The platform uses an industry-low consult fee model (no per-employee-per-month charges) with real-time reporting via a client portal.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Clever RX: Prescription discount card and pricing engine providing access to 55,000+ FDA-approved medications at 80,000+ pharmacies with savings up to 80%.
• Smart Virtual Care
• Bella
• Clever Connections

Products and services

• Virtual Urgent Care Asynchronous virtual urgent care service that completes intake-to-diagnosis via an AI-driven smart questionnaire, preferred by 8 out of 10 users over traditional phone/video telehealth. Available to members of employer-sponsored health plans and direct individual users.
• Virtual Primary Care Virtual primary care service with board-certified physicians, care coordination teams, appointment scheduling, screenings, labs, chronic disease management, and specialist referrals. Supports common conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and musculoskeletal pain.
• Integrated RX Savings (Clever RX) Prescription discount card and proprietary pricing engine providing access to over 55,000 FDA-approved medications at over 80,000 pharmacies nationwide. Beats average insurance plan pricing 80% of the time with savings up to 80%.
• Mental Health Support Multi-layered mental health platform including Bella 24/7 AI-powered mental health chatbot (specializing in reducing anxiety and depression symptoms), Clever Connections peer-to-peer support program, and scheduled therapy with licensed mental health professionals.

Quantifiable outcome

• 5 min 46 sec average visit completion vs hours for traditional telehealth
• +8 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• OneShare HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLaunch client of Clever Health Smart Virtual Care. OneShare Health is an employer-sponsored health sharing ministry that implemented Clever Health as a differentiator for their stakeholders. Reported dramatic time savings - average consult reduced from 1 hour to 9 minutes.
• Warrior GMR FoundationminorGTM or Marketing PartnerNonprofit foundation supporting military and gamer communities with mental health resources. Partnering with Clever Health to provide AI chatbot mental health support with privacy features particularly valuable for overcoming mental health stigma in military contexts.

Scale indicators17 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Hims & Hers Health: Direct-to-consumer telehealth platform focused on primary care, mental health, and prescription delivery with transparent pricing. Overlaps on async-style intake and integrated prescription fulfillment.

Direct peers

• 98point6: Text-based, AI-augmented virtual primary care platform sold primarily to employers and health plans. Highly comparable async, AI-supported care model and employer-sponsored distribution strategy.
• Doctor On Demand: Virtual primary care and urgent care platform serving employers and health plans via synchronous and async visits. Comparable employer-sponsored virtual care delivery, with similar mental health and chronic condition offerings.
• Lyra Health: Employer-sponsored mental health benefit platform offering therapy, coaching, and digital self-serve tools. Directly comparable as an employer-paid mental health benefit competing for the same benefits budget.
• K Health: AI-driven virtual primary care platform that uses smart questionnaires to deliver async diagnoses and treatment, sold through employers and health plans. Closest direct peer in terms of async AI-led intake model and employer-sponsored go-to-market.
• Sesame: Direct-to-consumer and employer telehealth marketplace offering transparent per-visit pricing across primary, urgent, and specialty care. Closely comparable pay-per-consult philosophy and avoidance of subscription models.

Broad incumbents

• Teladoc Health: Largest publicly traded telehealth platform offering virtual urgent, primary, and chronic care to employers, health plans, and providers. Directly comparable employer-sponsored virtual care model, but with much broader portfolio, scale, and PEPM-style contracts.
• Accolade: Employer-sponsored personalized advocacy and virtual care platform that combines care navigation with primary and behavioral health. Competes for the same employer benefits dollars with a more navigation-centric, broader portfolio.
• Amwell: Enterprise telehealth platform serving health systems, health plans, and employers with virtual urgent, primary, and behavioral care. Competes in the same employer channel with broader clinical integrations.
• Included Health: Employer-sponsored virtual care and care navigation platform combining primary care, behavioral health, and advocacy. Overlaps with Clever Health on employer distribution and bundled care experience, though with a much broader navigation offering.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/clever-health

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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