Name

ReachMD

Legal name

ReachMD

Website

https://reachmd.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Fort Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Sponsored Educational Programs: Pharmaceutical companies (e.g., Bayer AG, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Pfizer, etc.) fund accredited CME/CE programs on ReachMD as sponsors. These programs are produced by medical education companies (e.g., Medcon International, PACE-CME) and distributed on the ReachMD platform. The sponsor brand is integrated into the educational content, creating a dual-revenue stream from both the pharma sponsor and the CME provider.
2. Freemium / Registered User Model: ReachMD offers free registration for healthcare professionals to access the full content library, personalized newsletters, and CME/CE programming. Registration captures profession and specialty data, enabling targeted content delivery and advertising/sponsorship segmentation. Premium features such as CME credit tracking, certificates, and post-test completion are available to registered users.
3. Medical Education Grants and Unrestricted Educational Grants: Pharmaceutical companies provide unrestricted educational grants to fund the development and distribution of accredited CME programs. ReachMD/PACE-CME/Medcon serve as the educational provider, with Bayer AG funding programs like the Cardio-Kidney-Metabolic Health Learning Center. These grants fund curriculum development, faculty honoraria, and platform distribution.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

ReachMD is an on-demand medical education platform that delivers accredited CME/CE programming (10,000+ podcasts and clinical programs) to licensed healthcare professionals across 30+ specialties via a web platform and a native iOS app with CarPlay integration. Its portfolio includes disease-specific Learning Centers (CKM, MASLD/MASH, ATTR, NeuroFrontiers, HCM, Global Heart Failure Academy), Spotlight series (Schizophrenia, Psoriasis, Multiple Sclerosis, mCRPC), and specialty series (MinuteCE, AudioAbstracts, Clinician's Roundtable, Grand Rounds Nation). The business is sustained primarily through pharmaceutical company sponsorships and unrestricted educational grants, with content provided free of charge to registered clinician users.

Product overview

ReachMD is a medical education platform offering a comprehensive portfolio of CME/CE programs delivered primarily via podcast and audio formats. The core product consists of disease-specific learning centers (CKM Health Learning Center, NeuroFrontiers, DermConsult, Project Oncology, Heart Matters, Global Heart Failure Academy), disease spotlight programs (Schizophrenia, Psoriasis, Multiple Sclerosis, Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer), and specialty programs (MinuteCE, AudioAbstracts, Clinician's Roundtable, Grand Rounds Nation). Content is accessible through the iOS mobile app with CarPlay integration, web platform, and specialty radio stations, featuring over 10,000 podcasts. The platform targets healthcare professionals across multiple medical specialties including cardiology, neurology, dermatology, oncology, and primary care.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cardio-Kidney-Metabolic (CKM) Health Learning Center A comprehensive educational hub dedicated to advancing care across patients with heart failure, chronic kidney disease, and diabetes, featuring expert interviews, case discussions, expert panels, and patient perspectives for cardiologists, nephrologists, endocrinologists, and primary care clinicians.
• CME Learning Centers Disease-specific learning centers offering CME/CE education including Advances in CKM, Advances in MASLD/MASH, Advances in Obesity Management, ATTR Learning Center, Global Heart Failure Academy, HCM Learning Center, Myasthenia Matters, and NeuroFrontiers CME, for healthcare professionals managing patients in these therapeutic areas.
• MinuteCE Brief continuing medical education programs delivering focused clinical insights in short segments for busy clinicians seeking quick CME credit and clinical updates.
• NeuroFrontiers Medical education series focusing on neurology and neurosurgery, featuring expert insights on conditions including schizophrenia, multiple sclerosis, and related neuroinflammatory topics for neurologists, psychiatrists, and neurosurgeons.
• DermConsult Dermatology-focused educational program featuring expert interviews and clinical insights on skin conditions including psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, and teledermatology for dermatologists and primary care clinicians.
• Project Oncology Oncology education series covering cancer treatment advancements, clinical trials, and management strategies including metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (EMBARK, Lutetium-177, Radium-223) and breast cancer content for oncologists and urologists.
• Heart Matters Cardiology-focused educational program featuring expert discussions on heart failure, cardiovascular outcomes, and related therapies for cardiologists and cardiovascular care teams.
• Global Heart Failure Academy Comprehensive heart failure education program with resources including CARE HK and related heart failure management content, targeting cardiologists and heart failure specialists globally.
• Spotlight on Schizophrenia Disease spotlight program showcasing latest diagnostic techniques and therapeutic approaches for healthcare professionals committed to mental health care, including psychiatrists and mental health clinicians.
• Spotlight on Psoriasis Disease spotlight program covering latest news and clinical breakthroughs in dermatology care and psoriasis treatment for dermatologists and primary care clinicians managing psoriatic patients.
• Spotlight on Multiple Sclerosis Disease spotlight program featuring latest research updates and clinical insights on multiple sclerosis management for neurologists and MS care specialists.
• Spotlight on Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Disease spotlight program covering complexities of managing advanced prostate cancer with insights on clinical trials and treatment advancements (PSMA scans, Lutetium-177, Radium-223) for oncologists and urologists.
• ReachMD iOS Mobile App Mobile application providing access to 10,000+ medical podcasts and clinical insights for individual healthcare professionals, featuring CarPlay integration for in-car specialty radio stations, custom playlists, and saved programs library.
• AudioAbstracts Audio-based educational content providing concise summaries of medical research and clinical developments for clinicians who prefer brief, audio-first learning formats.
• Clinician's Roundtable

Quantifiable outcome

• Healthcare professionals complete CME/CE activities and earn credits (e.g., 0.25, 0.50, 1.00 credits per program) through pre-test, post-test, evaluation, and certificate workflows.
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Bayer AGcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerBayer AG provides unrestricted educational grants to fund accredited CME/CE programs on ReachMD, including the Cardio-Kidney-Metabolic Health Learning Center and related CKM syndrome educational programming. ReachMD (via PACE-CME/Medcon) serves as the educational provider, integrating Bayer-funded curriculum with expert faculty and clinical trial data. Bayer's brand is acknowledged in program materials as the grant funder.
• Medcon International, Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMedcon International is a medical education company that co-provides CME/CE activities with ReachMD and PACE-CME. Medcon's role includes curriculum development, accreditation management, and production of educational programs (e.g., CKM Health Learning Center, HF programs). Funding for Medcon's programs on ReachMD is provided by pharma sponsors through unrestricted educational grants.
• PACE-CMEcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPACE-CME is a joint provider of accredited CME/CE activities distributed on the ReachMD platform. Programs (e.g., CKM Health Learning Center) are accessible on both reachmd.com and pace-cme.org. PACE-CME manages accreditation, credit tracking, and certificate issuance for programs co-provided with ReachMD. The organization has been delivering medical education since 2000.
• Expert Faculty Network (Individual Academic Clinicians)coreOthersReachMD collaborates with individual academic clinicians and opinion leaders as faculty for CME/CE programs. Notable faculty include Dr. Carolyn Lam (National Heart Centre Singapore), Dr. Scott Solomon (Harvard Medical School), Dr. Mikhail Kosiborod (Saint Luke's Hospital, Kansas City), Dr. Jürgen Floege (RWTH Aachen), Dr. Muthiah Vaduganathan (Boston), Dr. Akshay Desai, Dr. Pardeep Jhund, Dr. John McMurray, Dr. Hiddo Heerspink, Dr. Orly Vardeny, Dr. Csaba Kovesdy, and others. Faculty disclose relevant financial relationships and contribute to program development and delivery.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• ClinicalKey (Elsevier): Elsevier's clinical reference and CME platform serving hospitals and clinicians globally. Competes with ReachMD on integrated clinical learning and CME, though broader in scope and tied to Elsevier's medical publishing franchise.
• UpToDate: Wolters Kluwer-owned clinical decision support and CME platform used by most US hospitals. Overlaps with ReachMD on CME credit-claiming and clinician learning, though UpToDate's core is point-of-care reference rather than audio/podcast education.

Direct peers

• Doximity: Publicly traded HCP network with CME-eligible content, medical news, and audio learning. Competes directly for HCP attention and CME participation; meaningfully larger scale and stronger mobile presence than ReachMD.
• AudioDigest: Audio-first CME platform serving physicians with recorded lectures across specialties. Closely comparable to ReachMD's podcast/audio model and CarPlay distribution thesis.
• Medscape: WebMD-owned CME/CE platform offering free accredited continuing education, medical news, and specialty learning centers to physicians globally. Direct competitor to ReachMD across specialty breadth, pharma-sponsored programming, and free HCP access model.
• NEJM Knowledge+: Massachusetts Medical Society's adaptive learning and CME platform built on NEJM content. Competes with ReachMD on specialty education, though differentiated by paid subscription model and adaptive testing focus.
• Pri-Med: Multi-channel CME provider combining live conferences, online activities, and primary care-focused accredited education. Competes with ReachMD for primary care clinician audience and pharma-sponsored CME budgets.
• MedPage Today: Medical news and CME platform covering clinical research and policy for practicing clinicians. Overlaps with ReachMD on medical news aggregation, specialty coverage, and CME credit offerings.

Emerging players

• BoardVitals: Specialty board prep and CME platform used by physicians across multiple specialties. Comparable on CME catalog depth and specialty segmentation, though focused more on assessment than audio/video education.
• Hippo Education: Audio-podcast CME platform targeting primary care and emergency medicine clinicians. Niche overlap with ReachMD on podcast-first HCP education, particularly among primary care subscribers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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