Pediatric Healthcare Associates

What Pediatric Healthcare Associates does

Pediatric Healthcare Associates (DBA: Pediatric Health Associates / PHA) is an independent, physician-owned private pediatric medical practice headquartered in Connecticut and operating four office locations across Fairfield County: Fairfield (50 Unquowa Place), Stratford (99 Hawley Lane), Shelton (4 Corporate Drive), and Trumbull (6600 Main Street, relocated March 2026). The practice delivers comprehensive pediatric care from birth through adolescence, including well-child and sick visits, immunizations, specialty services (adolescent medicine, asthma, concussion management, developmental and behavioral care, hematology, infectious disease, mental health, neonatology, sports medicine), lactation consulting, telehealth/virtual visits, a travel clinic, fluoride treatment, and ear piercing. Ancillary offerings include parent education classes (Ready, Set, BABY; CPR; breastfeeding; babysitter safety; potty training; New Parent Connection groups) and an extensive online Medical Library and PHA Library organized by developmental stage.

The technology footprint is conventional for an independent medical practice: a Kentico CMS-based website, Phreesia-integrated self-scheduling, a patient portal, virtual visit infrastructure, and a mobile app. The visual symptom checker and medical dosage tools are interactive but do not represent AI/ML capabilities. The practice holds NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home recognition and has been listed in Castle Connolly Top Doctors and Connecticut Magazine Top Docs; brand reputation is supported by a 4.59/5 average across 1,098 website ratings.

The business model is fee-for-service professional services, with revenue generated through insurance-based billing for office visits, specialty consultations, virtual visits, and ancillary services. The practice targets a single segment — families with children from newborn through adolescence — and serves it through direct-to-consumer marketing via website, Facebook, Instagram, community classes, and word-of-mouth referrals. Patient acquisition is supported by accepting new patients, offering prenatal consultations, and providing self-scheduling. Ownership appears to rest with the founding physicians or practice group; no external investment, parent company, or M&A activity was identified in the available data.

Name

Pediatric Healthcare Associates

Legal name

Pediatric Health Associates

Website

https://pha4kids.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Pediatric Healthcare Associates (PHA) is an independent, physician-owned Connecticut pediatric practice operating four Fairfield County offices, delivering general and specialty pediatric care, virtual visits, lactation services, and parent education to families with children from newborn through adolescence on a fee-for-service insurance billing model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pediatric Primary and Specialty Healthcare Services

NAICS

Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) (621111)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011)

akta.pro primary industry

Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine Practices (HLAFAJAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Pediatric Specialty Care Centers (e.g., cardiology, oncology, neurology) (HLAFAJAH), Pediatric Primary Care Telehealth (well-child, minor illness, developmental screening) (HLALAHAF)

Keywords

• Pediatric primary care
• Pediatric specialty care
• Well-child visits
• Lactation consulting
• Pediatric telehealth

Headquarters

HQ city

Fairfield

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Patient Care Services: Fee-for-service pediatric healthcare delivery including well-child visits, sick visits, specialty care, virtual visits, and ancillary services such as lactation consulting, travel clinic, and classes. The practice accepts insurance and offers billing through their patient portal.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Pediatric Healthcare Associates is a multi-location pediatric medical practice that delivers comprehensive primary and specialty care for children from newborn through adolescence, including well-child visits, sick visits, specialty services (asthma, concussion management, developmental and behavioral care, mental health, neonatology, sports medicine, and others), lactation consulting, travel clinic, prenatal consultations, and virtual visits. Care is delivered through four Connecticut offices in Fairfield, Stratford, Shelton, and Trumbull, supported by online self-scheduling, telehealth, a mobile app, and an extensive patient education library.

Product overview

Pediatric Health Associates (PHA) is a multi-location pediatric practice in Connecticut offering comprehensive pediatric healthcare services through four offices in Fairfield, Stratford, Shelton, and Trumbull. The practice operates as a unified service offering rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. Core services include General Pediatrics (well-child visits, sick visits, preventive care), Specialty Care (Adolescent Medicine, Asthma, Concussion Management, Developmental and Behavioral Care, Hematology, Infectious Disease, Mental Health, Neonatology, Sports Medicine), Virtual Visits (telehealth), Lactation Services, and Concussion Testing & Treatment. Additional services include Travel Clinic, Fluoride Treatment, Ear Piercing, and Prenatal & Newborn Services with Ready, Set, BABY classes. The practice provides extensive patient education through its Medical Library and PHA Library resources, along with Classes & Events programming for parents. Patients can access care through self-scheduling via Phreesia integration and a mobile app.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• General Pediatrics
• Specialty Care
• Virtual Visits
• Lactation Services
• Concussion Testing & Treatment Comprehensive concussion management including testing protocols and treatment for pediatric patients.
• Travel Clinic Pre-travel consultations and immunizations for children traveling internationally.
• Prenatal & Newborn Services Prenatal care consultations, Ready, Set, BABY classes, and newborn visits supporting families from pregnancy through early infancy.
• Classes & Events Parent education classes and events including Potty Training, Jump Start, Breastfeeding 101, Babysitter's Safety Class, Ready, Set, BABY, New Parent Connection networking, CPR Training, and Read Aloud Adventures.
• Fluoride Treatment Preventive dental health service providing fluoride treatments for children.
• Ear Piercing Ear piercing service offered to pediatric patients at the practice.
• Mobile App Mobile application enabling patients to access practice services, scheduling, and information on mobile devices.
• Self-Scheduling Online self-service appointment scheduling for sick visits, powered by Phreesia integration.

Named customers5 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Children's Healthcare of Atlanta: Large pediatric health system offering primary care pediatric practices plus full specialty/hospital services. Comparable as a vertically integrated pediatric provider with both community office locations and specialty hubs, though at a much larger scale than PHA.
• Yale New Haven Children's Hospital: Pediatric hospital within the Yale New Haven Health system, serving the same Connecticut market. PHA physicians' hospital affiliations likely include this system. Comparable in pediatric specialty breadth but operates as a hospital-based academic practice rather than an independent group.
• Pediatric Associates: One of the largest independent pediatric practice groups in the US, with multiple locations across Florida and other states. Comparable to PHA as a multi-location, multi-specialty pediatric office practice offering well-child visits, sick visits, and specialty care — though at a far larger scale.
• Hartford HealthCare Pediatrics: Regional health system operating pediatric primary care and specialty sites across Connecticut. Competes with PHA for the same patient population and employs a similar hub-and-spoke model with multiple regional offices.
• ProHealth Physicians (Optum): Large multi-specialty physician group in Connecticut and New York, now part of Optum. Operates pediatric primary care locations in overlapping Connecticut geographies and represents the consolidator/PE-backed model that PHA competes against.

Regional players

• Connecticut Children's Medical Center: Connecticut's only dedicated children's hospital system, based in Hartford. Direct regional peer with overlapping pediatric specialty services (asthma, hematology, sports medicine, mental health) and a comparable Connecticut patient base, though operating as a hospital rather than a community office practice.
• Boston Children's Health Physicians: Multi-location pediatric and specialty group affiliated with Boston Children's Hospital, serving Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York border regions. Comparable multi-specialty pediatric group structure with similar service mix (general pediatrics, specialties, lactation, mental health).

Emerging players

• NightLight Pediatric Urgent Care: Pediatric-focused after-hours and urgent care provider. Comparable to PHA's walk-in sick visit and virtual visit capabilities in addressing acute pediatric needs outside of standard office hours.

Direct peers

• PM Pediatrics: National pediatric urgent care chain with multiple locations across the Northeast, including Connecticut. Directly competes with PHA's walk-in sick visit model and virtual visit offering; serves the same families seeking after-hours or acute pediatric care.

Others

• 斯坦福儿童健康 / Stanford Children's Health: Pediatric academic health system with network pediatric practices. While not geographically competitive, it represents a comparable model of pediatric primary care + specialty + virtual visits + lactation/newborn services that larger systems use to anchor pediatric market share.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/pha4kids
• Instagraminstagram.com/pha4kids
• Xx.com/pha4kids
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/pediatric-healthcare-associates

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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