Healthcare Design Specialists

Name

Healthcare Design Specialists

Website

https://hdsinfo.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Healthcare Design Specialists is a privately held, boutique healthcare consulting firm based in Longmont, Colorado, that provides advisory services in nephrology and renal care management to healthcare clients, operating with 11-50 employees.

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Product category

Healthcare Consulting

NAICS

Nursing and Residential Care Facilities (623), General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (62211)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Home Health Care Services (8082)

akta.pro primary industry

Virtual Specialty Care Programs (Payer-Sponsored) (HLALACAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Virtual Specialty Care Platforms (tele-stroke, tele-ICU, tele-derm, tele-cardiology) (HLALABAD), Specialty Pharmacy & Complex Therapy Management Platforms (HLACAKAG)

Keywords

• Nephrology consulting
• Renal care management
• Kidney care advisory
• Healthcare consulting
• Renal program design

Headquarters

HQ city

Longmont

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Core offering

Healthcare Design Specialists is a healthcare consulting firm that provides advisory services to support nephrology and renal care program design, management, and operational improvement. The firm engages with healthcare clients on kidney care-related initiatives, helping them plan, evaluate, and manage renal care delivery for patient populations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Nephrology and Renal Care Management Advisory Advisory and consulting services for healthcare organizations on the design, evaluation, and management of nephrology and renal care programs, addressing kidney care delivery and operational improvement needs.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Emerging players

• Healthmap Solutions: Population health management company focused on kidney disease identification and care management for health plans. Comparable to HDS because it operates in payer-sponsored renal care management, an area where HDS provides advisory services.
• Cricket Health: Tech-enabled kidney care company offering multidisciplinary CKD and ESRD care programs in partnership with nephrologists and payers. Comparable to HDS due to its focus on renal care management program design and nephrologist partnership models.

Direct peers

• Somatus: Value-based kidney care company providing integrated clinical, social, and behavioral support for CKD and ESRD patients. Comparable because it operates in the same nephrology/renal care management space that HDS advises on, with overlapping payer and provider customer segments.
• InterWell Health: Kidney care provider formed by Fresenius, DaVita, and US Renal Care focused on value-based renal care for CKD and ESRD patients. Comparable to HDS as it designs and operates renal care management programs, albeit at significantly larger scale.
• Strive Health: Value-based kidney care platform partnering with payers and providers to manage CKD and ESRD populations. Directly comparable to HDS as a nephrology-focused care delivery and management organization, though operating at much larger scale as a tech-enabled platform rather than an advisory firm.
• Monogram Health: In-home kidney and primary care provider delivering value-based nephrology care to patients with CKD and ESRD. Comparable to HDS because it focuses on nephrology care management with payer-aligned economics in the same target market.

Broad incumbents

• DaVita: Major U.S. dialysis provider and integrated kidney care services company with value-based care initiatives (e.g., DaVita Integrated Kidney Care). Comparable to HDS because it represents a large buyer of renal care management advisory and a benchmark for how scaled players are building nephrology programs in-house.
• U.S. Renal Care: National dialysis provider offering in-center and home dialysis with growing value-based kidney care programs. Comparable to HDS as an established renal care operator whose nephrology program design needs overlap with HDS's advisory scope.
• Fresenius Medical Care: Largest global dialysis services provider and integrated renal care company operating thousands of dialysis centers. Comparable to HDS as a dominant incumbent in renal care that HDS's nephrology clients and advisory work revolve around.

Regional players

• Renal Ventures Management: Regional dialysis and kidney care services operator focused on clinical quality and integrated renal programs. Comparable to HDS as a renal care operator where nephrology program design and management advisory are directly relevant.

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Investors

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