DAC 46

What DAC 46 does

DAC 46 (legal name: Association Dispositif d'Appui à la Coordination du Lot) is a French non-profit association (association loi 1901) founded in 2022 and headquartered in Cahors, France, with a secondary antenna in Lacapelle Marival. Operating under France's national DAC framework and funded by ARS Occitanie, the organization serves as a single point of contact ('guichet unique') for coordinating complex health pathways across the Lot department. Its core mission is to act as an 'orchestrator' between sanitary, social, and medico-social actors, helping professionals manage complex patient cases — including elderly and disabled individuals, palliative care patients, and those with chronic or neurodegenerative diseases — with the goal of maintaining patients at home and preventing avoidable hospitalizations.

The organization's product surface consists of a central coordination service (DAC46), a Mobile Palliative Care Team (Équipe Mobile de Soins Palliatifs / EMSP), a welcome and orientation service (Service d'Accueil et d'Orientation), a territorial animation function, an online professional resource toolbox (Boîte à Outils), a partner-operated Centre de Santé Polyvalent in Cahors (launched July 2023 with Agir pour mieux vivre and integrated into SAS in July 2024), and a temporary post-hospitalization housing service (HTSH). Underlying technology is limited to a content/website platform and standard contact channels (phone, email, interactive PDF forms); the organization's differentiation is built on regulatory mandate, human clinical expertise, and territorial network coverage rather than proprietary software or AI.

DAC 46 operates a public-health funding model: services are free to both professionals and patients, with revenue derived from ARS Occitanie grants under the territorial health organization framework. The association recently introduced a private adhesion and donation channel (2026) offering French tax deduction receipts. In 2025 the organization processed 965 sollicitations, animated 48 partner meetings, and reported an 82% satisfaction rate with 80% of interventions improving patient situations. The team comprises approximately 20 staff including coordinators, nurses, physiotherapists, psychologists, social workers, and general practitioners.

Name

DAC 46

Legal name

Association Dispositif d'Appui à la Coordination du Lot

Website

https://dac46.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

DAC 46 is a French non-profit healthcare coordination association (association loi 1901) that operates a government-mandated single point of contact in the Lot department, orchestrating complex patient pathways across sanitary, social, and medico-social actors for professionals, elderly and disabled patients, palliative care patients, and caregivers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Coordination Services

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412), Health Care and Social Assistance (62), Social Assistance (624)

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090), Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Health Systems Strengthening & Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Partnerships (HLAJAOAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Continuous Home Care (Crisis Hospice) (HSABAFAB), Territorial/Island Health Departments (HLAJAAAE)

Keywords

• Care coordination services
• Complex health pathways
• Palliative care support
• Medico-social coordination
• Territorial health devices

Headquarters

HQ city

Cahors

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Public Health Funding: DAC 46 is a free public service financed within the framework of territorial organization of health services. The organization receives public funding from regional health authorities (ARS Occitanie) to operate as a care coordination device for the Lot department.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

DAC 46 provides a free territorial coordination service for complex health situations in the Lot department of France, acting as a single point of contact ('guichet unique') that connects healthcare, social, and medico-social professionals. Its core offering is the coordination of complex health pathways, supported by a Mobile Palliative Care Team (EMSP), a welcome and orientation service, territorial animation, and a digital resource toolbox for professionals. The service is publicly funded and free for both professionals and patients.

Product overview

DAC 46 is a single territorial coordination support device serving the Lot department in France. It operates as a unified platform connecting healthcare, social, and medico-social professionals to manage complex patient situations. The core offering includes the main DAC46 coordination service, complemented by a Mobile Palliative Care Team (EMSP), a welcome and orientation service, territorial animation functions, an online professional resource toolbox, a partner-run polyvalent health center in Cahors, and temporary post-hospitalization housing services. All services are provided free of charge to professionals and accompanied persons.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Dispositif d'Appui à la Coordination du Lot (DAC46) A territorial coordination support device that assists professionals in managing complex health situations, facilitating coordination between sanitary, social, and medico-social actors to promote smoother health pathways and prevent avoidable hospitalizations. Free public service for professionals, patients, and caregivers in the Lot department.
• Équipe Mobile de Soins Palliatifs (EMSP) Mobile palliative care team providing home-based support for patients with serious illnesses, working in coordination with the treating physician and territorial health professionals to ensure quality end-of-life care. Includes recruitment of kinesiologists, coordinating nurses, general practitioners, and APA (Adapted Physical Activity) professionals.
• Service d'Accueil et d'Orientation A single-window welcome and orientation service for professionals and users of the Lot territory, providing information, advice, and guidance on available healthcare, social, and medico-social resources.
• Animation Territoriale Territorial coordination service that structures health pathways in connection with shared territorial projects, including diagnostic contributions, professional consultation forums, and training organization for territorial health partners.
• Boîte à Outils (Resource Toolbox) Online resource library for professionals containing directories, cartographies, mental maps, administrative forms, newsletters, and guides organized by themes including elderly care, palliative care, disability, and precariousness.
• Centre de Santé Polyvalent A polyvalent medical center opened in collaboration with Association Agir Pour Mieux Vivre in Cahors in July 2023, providing non-programmed consultations and integrated into the Service d'Accès aux Soins (SAS) since July 2024.
• Hébergement Temporaire en Sortie d'Hospitalisation (HTSH) Temporary housing service for patients leaving hospitalization, aimed at facilitating recovery and avoiding premature institutionalization.
• Guide des Proches-Aidants Online guide for family caregivers in the Lot department providing information on rights, administrative procedures, and available territorial resources to support their role in caregiving.

Quantifiable outcome

• 82% satisfaction rate with DAC interventions
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Santé Complexe OccitaniecoreTechnology or IntegrationRegional platform for complex health situations in Occitanie. DAC 46 participates in this platform and contributes to the regional visibility of care coordination services.
• ARS OccitaniecoreOthersRegional Health Agency that oversees and funds healthcare organization in the Occitanie region, including DAC coordination devices.
• Agir pour mieux vivre (APMV)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation supporting the opening of a polyvalent medical center in Cahors (opened July 2023). DAC 46 provides internal resources to promote the project and assist with appointment scheduling. Both associations integrated into SAS (Service d'Accès aux Soins) since July 2024.
• Centre Hospitalier de CahorsmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal hospital in Cahors collaborating with the polyvalent medical center supported by DAC 46 for non-programmed consultations.
• CPTS/MSP (Communautés Professionnelles Territoriales de Santé / Maisons de Santé)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessional health communities and health centers supported by DAC 46 for shared territory projects, protocol development, and coordination.
• Municipalities of Lot DepartmentminorOthersMunicipal leaders in the Lot department (e.g., mayors of Pontcirq, Castelfranc) collaborate with DAC 46 for complex health situations in their communities.
• MSA Lot (Mutualité Sociale Agricole)minorOthersAgricultural social security organization in Lot, whose president (also mayor of Pontcirq and Vice-President of SSIAD) collaborates with DAC 46 on territorial health coordination.
• SSIAD de CazalsminorOthersHome nursing and care service in Cazals, collaborating with DAC 46 for coordinated home care support.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• France Assos Santé: National umbrella of patient and health associations representing users of the French health system; adjacent rather than directly competing, but connected to DAC 46's mission of coordinating care for vulnerable populations.
• Santé Complexe Occitanie: Regional platform aggregating Occitanie's departmental DACs (including DAC 46); operates as the upstream ecosystem partner rather than competitor, channeling complex-situation visibility across the region.

Direct peers

• DAC 31 (Haute-Garonne): Direct peer — departmental Dispositif d'Appui à la Coordination for Haute-Garonne (Toulouse area) under the same national ARS framework. Operates identical coordination, EMSP, and animation territoriale functions as DAC 46 in a different French department.
• DAC 65 (Hautes-Pyrénées): Direct peer — DAC for the Hautes-Pyrénées department, delivering the same national coordination device model with a focus on elderly, disabled, and complex-pathway populations in a comparable rural setting.
• DAC 34 (Hérault): Direct peer — departmental DAC for Hérault (Montpellier area), performing the same sanitary/social/medico-social coordination role across its territory with comparable service modules.
• DAC 12 (Aveyron): Direct peer — departmental DAC for Aveyron, another rural Occitanie department with similar demographic and care-coordination challenges to Lot, providing comparable coordination services.
• DAC 81 (Tarn): Direct peer — DAC for the Tarn department, also in Occitanie, offering equivalent complex-pathway coordination, palliative care teams, and territorial animation for healthcare and social professionals.

Broad incumbents

• Croix-Rouge française: France's largest humanitarian and health-social nonprofit; operates overlapping home care, vulnerable-population support, and territorial coordination services at a national scale that partially overlap DAC 46's mandate.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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