What The France Foundation does

The France Foundation is a private continuing medical education (CME) provider founded in 1999 and headquartered in Old Lyme, Connecticut. The company delivers free accredited continuing education to physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, physician assistants, and pharmacists across more than 40 disease areas spanning pulmonology, oncology, neurology, rheumatology, rare diseases, and primary care. Education is delivered through a web-based learning management system supporting multiple content formats including adaptive learning modules, interactive case studies, webinars, microlearning, whiteboard animations, and live or virtual Grand Rounds presentations. The company holds ACCME Accredited Provider status and Joint Accreditation covering CME, ACPE, ANCC, AANP, and AAPA credit types, with select activities approved for ABIM Maintenance of Certification (MOC) points.

The company's flagship product is PILOTforPulmonary.org, a pulmonary-focused subdomain hosting over 220 educational activities covering interstitial lung disease, bronchiectasis, nontuberculous mycobacteria, pulmonary arterial hypertension, and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. The portfolio also includes CaseCoach, described as an AI-powered medical education platform delivering interactive case-based learning, and EXPLORE Learning Experience modules that combine multiple content formats. The company employs 11-50 people and operates a multi-channel distribution model combining self-serve web enrollment, institutional Grand Rounds delivery to hospitals nationwide, and content distribution through professional medical societies and conference coverage.

The France Foundation operates a freemium revenue model: healthcare professionals access courses at no cost, while the company is funded by commercial support from pharmaceutical and medical device companies who sponsor specific educational activities, supplemented by government and foundation grants. The organization has no disclosed parent company, private equity backing, or institutional investment structure.

Name

The France Foundation

Legal name

The France Foundation, Inc.

Website

https://francefoundation.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The France Foundation is a privately held, ACCME-accredited continuing medical education provider offering free CME/CE courses to physicians, nurse practitioners, and other healthcare professionals across 40+ disease areas, funded by pharmaceutical sponsorships and grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Continuing Medical Education

NAICS

Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare & Clinical Professional Development (CME/CE) (EDAGANAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Healthcare Clinical Professions (CME/CE for Nurses, Allied Health, Pharmacy) (EDAAALAC), Medical & Clinical Reference (Physicians, Nursing, Allied Health) (EDAGAGAA), KOL Engagement & Medical Education (Advisory Boards/CME Support) (HLAGALAM)

Keywords

• Continuing medical education
• Medical education platform
• CME accredited provider
• Healthcare professional education
• Pulmonary medical education

Headquarters

HQ city

Old Lyme

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Free CME/CE Education: All continuing education courses are provided free of charge to healthcare professionals. The company generates revenue through commercial support from pharmaceutical and medical device companies who sponsor specific educational activities, and through government and foundation grants.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The France Foundation provides free, ACCME-accredited continuing medical education (CME/CE) to healthcare professionals across 40+ therapeutic areas including pulmonology, oncology, neurology, and rheumatology. It operates a learning management system hosting adaptive learning modules, interactive case studies, webinars, microlearning, and AI-powered case-based learning through CaseCoach. The company also delivers nationwide live and virtual Grand Rounds programs at healthcare facilities and generates revenue through pharmaceutical/medical device sponsorships and government/foundation grants.

Product overview

The France Foundation operates as a continuing medical education (CME) provider offering a unified platform of educational products and services for healthcare professionals. The portfolio includes the PILOTforPulmonary.org educational platform hosting over 220 pulmonary-focused activities, the AI-powered CaseCoach platform for interactive case-based learning, EXPLORE Learning Experience modules combining multiple content formats, Grand Rounds live/virtual presentations across 8 medical specialties, adaptive learning modules that adjust to learner performance, and microlearning libraries. All content is delivered through the company's website platform and is ACCME accredited, with select activities offering ABIM MOC credit.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• PILOTforPulmonary.org: A comprehensive pulmonary education program providing CME for healthcare providers on various pulmonary diseases including bronchiectasis, interstitial lung disease, and nontuberculous mycobacteria.

Products and services

• PILOTforPulmonary.org Specialized pulmonary continuing medical education platform hosting over 220 educational activities covering ILD, bronchiectasis, NTM lung disease, PAH, and IPF, designed for healthcare providers diagnosing and managing patients with various pulmonary diseases.
• CaseCoach AI-powered medical education platform providing interactive case-based learning experiences for healthcare professionals to enhance clinical decision-making skills.
• Grand Rounds Program Nationwide live and virtual Grand Rounds presentations covering specialties including Cardiology, Dermatology, Endocrinology, Neurology, Oncology, Pulmonology, Radiology, and Rheumatology with accredited CME content delivered at healthcare facilities.
• EXPLORE Learning Experience Modules Interactive learning modules combining multiple content types covering topics including COVID-19 and Monoclonal Antibodies, NTM-Lung Disease, BTK Inhibitors in CLL, and Hemophilia Gene Therapy education.
• ILD Patient Case Library Interactive case library covering IPF, PF-ILD, SSc-ILD, and Post COVID-19 interstitial lung disease patient cases for clinician education.
• Adaptive Learning Modules Self-adjusting educational content that modifies presentation based on learner performance, measuring weak and strong areas to focus attention on new material and remediate gaps.
• Microlearning Library Short-form educational content modules designed for healthcare professionals with limited time, covering topics like DMD, BTK Inhibitors, and various therapeutic areas.

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

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App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Medscape Education: Medscape Education (part of WebMD Health Network) is the largest free ACCME-accredited CME/CE provider for US healthcare professionals, spanning hundreds of specialty areas and millions of registered clinicians. It is the most directly comparable competitor because both organizations monetize free HCP education through pharma commercial support and offer Joint Accreditation across multiple credit types.
• Global Education Group: Global Education Group is an ACCME-accredited joint-accredited provider offering free CME/CPE/CE activities for physicians, pharmacists, and nurses funded by commercial support. It mirrors France Foundation's freemium, sponsor-funded, multi-credit model and competes for similar HCP audience contracts across specialties.
• Vindico Medical Education: Vindico Medical Education is an ACCME-accredited joint-accredited CME provider producing free activities for physicians, NPs, PAs, and pharmacists funded by pharma grants. It is a comparable independent accredited CME/CE competitor with a similar therapeutic-area breadth and freemium sponsor-supported model.
• Clinical Care Options: Clinical Care Options is an ACCME-accredited, pharma-supported medical education company that delivers free CME/CE across HIV, oncology, hepatitis, and other specialty therapeutic areas through web-based platforms. It competes head-to-head with The France Foundation for the same type of specialty pharma grant and similar pulmonology, oncology, and rare-disease audiences.
• Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM): PIM is a long-established ACCME-accredited continuing medical education provider that, like France Foundation, delivers free accredited activities for physicians and other HCPs funded through commercial support. It is a comparable long-standing independent accredited CME competitor with overlapping grant-funded multi-specialty programming.
• Pri-Med: Pri-Med is a long-running ACCME-accredited CME provider focused on primary care, offering free online activities and large in-person conferences for physicians, NPs, and PAs through pharma support. It shares the same freemium, pharma-sponsored, multi-credit model as France Foundation and competes for similar HCP audiences across overlapping disease areas.
• Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning (ACHL): ACHL is an ACCME-accredited independent medical education company providing free CME/CE activities across diverse therapeutic areas for physicians, pharmacists, and nurses, funded by pharma grants. Like France Foundation it is a mid-sized independent accredited CME/CE provider fighting for the same commercial-support grant budgets.
• Haymarket Medical Education: Haymarket Medical Education is the accredited CME/CE arm of Haymarket Media and produces free, pharma-supported continuing education for HCPs across multiple specialties. It is a comparable ACCME-accredited competitor with overlapping multi-specialty pharma-funded CME activities and similar self-serve web delivery.
• CME Outfitters: CME Outfitters is an ACCME-accredited independent CME provider delivering free activities for physicians, NPs, PAs, pharmacists, and nurses across multiple therapeutic specialties with commercial support. It operates the same freemium, sponsor-funded, multi-credit HCP education model as The France Foundation and is a comparable accredited competitor.

Broad incumbents

• WebMD: WebMD owns Medscape and operates a broader consumer and professional health information platform that goes well beyond CME, including reference content, payer tools, and consumer health. It is relevant as the parent of France Foundation's largest direct competitor and as a broader incumbent whose scale and data assets shape the competitive landscape for accredited medical education.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-france-foundation

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