Cedar Gate

What Cedar Gate does

Cedar Gate Technologies is a value-based care performance management platform that enables payers, providers, and self-insured employers to design, contract, manage, and administer prospective bundled payment programs for high-frequency, high-cost episodes of care. The platform's flagship applications cover cardiovascular, orthopedics, musculoskeletal, neurosurgery, and women's health episodes, with operational capabilities spanning delegated credentialing, claims processing, enrollment, customer service, and quality measurement aligned to standards such as the ACC's Heart/Stroke Recognition Program and Society of Thoracic Surgeons scoring.

The company is tightly integrated with CardioVascular Care Providers, Inc. (CVCP), a 2,816-physician cardiovascular network founded by Dr. Denton A. Cooley in 1984 and affiliated with Texas Heart Institute, CHI St. Luke's Health, and Houston Methodist Hospital. This integration allows Cedar Gate to power Centers of Excellence programs for large self-insured employers, including Shell Oil Company (Shell Center of Excellence) and Motiva (Cancer and Cardiac Experts in Care program). Reported outcomes include 96.42% of patients managed in outpatient settings, 75% of eligible CVCP cardiologists attaining HSRP recognition, and 100% of eligible CVCP surgeons exceeding STS target scores.

Cedar Gate operated as a private company until it was acquired by IQVIA in 2026 for approximately $140 million in revenue, with IQVIA citing the deal as a means to enhance its real-world evidence analytics capabilities and to advance its AI and data strategy in the life sciences sector. Following the acquisition, Cedar Gate's platform is distributed through IQVIA's global healthcare technology ecosystem, extending reach beyond its prior US-focused enterprise sales motion.

Name

Cedar Gate

Legal name

Cedar Gate Technologies

Website

https://cvcpdocs.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cedar Gate Technologies is a value-based care performance management platform that enables payers, providers, and self-insured employers to design and administer prospective bundled payment programs, anchored by the 2,816-physician CVCP cardiovascular network and now owned by IQVIA.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Houston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Platform and Administrative Services: Revenue generated from providing payers, providers and employers with a full suite of operational and administrative capabilities to create, operate and optimize bundled payment programs. The company was acquired by IQVIA for approximately $140 million in revenue.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Cedar Gate Technologies provides a value-based care performance management platform that enables government and commercial payers, providers, and self-insured employers to design, contract, manage, and administer prospective bundled payment programs for high-frequency, high-cost episodes of care. Its platform supports operational and administrative capabilities across cardiovascular, orthopedic, musculoskeletal, neurosurgery, and women's health episodes, including delegated credentialing, claims processing, and quality measurement.

Product overview

Cedar Gate Technologies is a leading provider of high-performance technologies for value-based care. The company offers a unified value-based care performance management platform along with prospective bundled payment programs. The platform provides payers, providers, and employers with a full suite of operational and administrative capabilities to create, operate, and optimize the performance of bundled payment programs across multiple clinical areas including cardiovascular disease, orthopedics, musculoskeletal, neurosurgery, and women's health.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Value-Based Care Performance Management Platform Comprehensive platform that enables payers, providers, and employers to design, contract, manage, and administer value-based care payment models including prospective bundled payment programs for high-frequency, high-cost episodes of care, with delegated credentialing, claims processing, and quality measurement capabilities.
• Prospective Bundled Payment Programs Programs that allow healthcare organizations to create Centers of Excellence to manage cost and quality of care for episodes of care including cardiovascular disease, orthopedics, musculoskeletal, neurosurgery, and women's health.

Quantifiable outcome

• 96.42% of patients managed in high-quality, cost-effective outpatient settings (far exceeding industry trends)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 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

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• IQVIAcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 March 2026IQVIA acquired Cedar Gate for approximately $140 million in revenue to enhance its real-world evidence analytics capabilities. The acquisition positions Cedar Gate's value-based care technology platform as part of IQVIA's broader AI and data strategy in the life sciences sector.
• CVCP (CardioVascular Care Providers, Inc.)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCedar Gate Technologies provides its value-based care performance management platform for CVCP's prospective bundled payment programs. CVCP has been a pioneer in bundled cardiovascular services since 1984, with a network of 2,816 physicians.
• Texas Heart InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTexas Heart Institute, founded by Dr. Denton A. Cooley in 1962, is affiliated with CVCP and provides research and education in heart disease. The institute supports the cardiovascular care network using Cedar Gate's technology.
• CHI St. Luke's HealthmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCHI St. Luke's Health system including Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center at Texas Medical Center serves as the contracted facility network for CVCP's Centers of Excellence programs powered by Cedar Gate's bundled payment technology.
• Houston Methodist HospitalmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHouston Methodist Hospital system is affiliated with CVCP and serves as a key hospital partner for cardiovascular care services under the bundled payment programs administered through Cedar Gate's platform.
• Shell Oil CompanymajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorShell Oil Company partners with CVCP and Cedar Gate through the Shell Center of Excellence program, offering cardiovascular care benefits to Shell employees, dependents and retirees via United Healthcare Choice Plus plans.
• MotivamajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMotiva partnered with CVCP to provide the Cancer and Cardiac Experts in Care program, covering cardiovascular services at 100% for eligible Motiva employees and dependents through the CVCP physician network.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Archway Health: Direct peer that builds, operates, and manages bundled payment programs (BPCI, commercial bundles) for providers and payers. Closest analog to Cedar Gate's value-based care performance management platform and prospective bundled payment focus.
• Remedy Partners (Signify Health / CVS): Pioneer in bundled payment program design and administration for CMS BPCI models; acquired by Signify Health (now part of CVS Health). Direct comparable to Cedar Gate's bundle design, network management, and analytics capabilities.

Broad incumbents

• naviHealth (Optum): Optum-owned value-based/post-acute care platform operating prospective bundles and care management for payers and providers. Comparable as a broader incumbent in the same bundled payment value-based care category.
• Evolent Health: Public value-based care services and specialty care enablement platform serving payers and providers across multiple specialties. Comparable in operating value-based arrangements, specialty network management, and risk-bearing capabilities.
• Signify Health (CVS Health): In-home health, bundled payment, and value-based care services company acquired by CVS Health. Comparable to Cedar Gate in prospective bundle administration and employer/payer value-based offerings.
• Health Catalyst: Healthcare analytics and data platform used by health systems and payers, including for value-based care performance measurement. Comparable on the data/analytics layer that underpins Cedar Gate's platform.
• Premier Inc. Healthcare performance improvement company serving providers and payers with analytics, supply chain, and value-based care services. Comparable as a broader incumbent that competes in value-based care enablement for hospitals.

Emerging players

• Aledade: Value-based care platform built around primary-care physician networks and risk-bearing arrangements with payers. Comparable in operating a network-enabled value-based care stack, though anchored in PCP rather than specialty COEs.
• Agilon Health: Value-based primary care platform for senior populations that partners with providers to take global/partial risk. Comparable as another risk-bearing, network-anchored value-based care operator.
• Clarify Health: Value-based care analytics and provider intelligence platform using claims and clinical data to support bundled payment and population health programs. Comparable on the analytics/saaS layer adjacent to bundled payment administration.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cardiovascular-care-providers

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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