Fundação Faculdade Regional de Medicina Funfarme

What Fundação Faculdade Regional de Medicina Funfarme does

Fundação Faculdade Regional de Medicina Funfarme (Funfarme) is a private non-profit healthcare foundation headquartered in São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil. The organization operates as a Social Organization (Organização Social) under Brazil's public health system (Sistema Único de Saúde, SUS), combining medical assistance, teaching, and research under one institutional umbrella. Funfarme operates a complex of seven healthcare units serving more than 1.7 million inhabitants of northwestern São Paulo state, with the institution also attracting patients from other regions of Brazil and Latin America for medium- and high-complexity services.

The foundation's operational footprint comprises Hospital de Base (a major tertiary referral center), Hospital da Criança e Maternidade (pediatric and maternity services), CardioPedBrasil® (pediatric cardiology), Hemocentro (blood center), Hospital Municipal Dr. Domingo Marcolino Braile (elective medium-complexity surgery), AME Fernandópolis (outpatient specialty diagnostics), and two Lucy Montoro rehabilitation units in Rio Preto and Fernandópolis. Specific proprietary technology platforms are not disclosed in the available materials, though the institution maintains ONA (Organização Nacional de Acreditação) hospital accreditation and a public transparency portal with financial reports covering fiscal years 2020–2025. The complex employs more than 8,800 staff across all units.

Funfarme's revenue is generated exclusively through public funding. Services are delivered free at the point of use, with payments flowing from municipal, state, and federal agreements — including Convênio 154-2022 (Hospital de Base) and Convênio 155-2022 (Hemocentro) — and patients are referred through the CROSS (Central de Regulação e Ofertas de Serviços de Saúde) regulatory network. The Hospital Municipal is operated in partnership with the São José do Rio Preto Municipal Health Secretariat, while the Lucy Montoro and AME units are operated under state government agreements. The institution does not operate commercial sales channels, pricing models, or proprietary product lines beyond publicly funded healthcare delivery.

Name

Fundação Faculdade Regional de Medicina Funfarme

Legal name

Fundação Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto

Website

https://funfarme.com.br

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Fundação Faculdade Regional de Medicina Funfarme is a Brazilian non-profit healthcare foundation operating seven medical units in São José do Rio Preto and Fernandópolis, delivering medium-to-high complexity hospital, maternal, pediatric, rehabilitation, and blood bank services to 1.7+ million people via the SUS public health system.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Hospital Network

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (6221), Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals (622310), Ambulatory Health Care Services (621)

SIC

Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Hospitals (8060)

akta.pro primary industry

Community & Regional General Hospitals (HLAFAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Subacute Care Facilities (HLAFAFAE), Children’s Hospitals (Acute Care) (HLAFAAAI)

Keywords

• Public hospital services
• Medical education training
• Healthcare facility management
• Blood banking services
• Rehabilitation care services

Headquarters

HQ city

São José do Rio Preto

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. SUS Public Health System Funding: Funfarme is a social organization (Organização Social) that provides healthcare services primarily funded by Brazil's public health system (SUS). The majority of services are rendered at no cost to patients, with funding coming from municipal, state, and federal government agreements. Funfarme also attracts patients from different parts of Brazil and Latin America for medium and high-complexity care.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Funfarme operates a public hospital complex providing tertiary and secondary healthcare services to SUS users across northwestern São Paulo. Its portfolio includes general acute care, maternal and pediatric services, blood and hematology services, specialized rehabilitation, ambulatory specialty care, and municipal hospital management, supported by more than 8,800 staff and roughly 1,000 inpatient beds.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CardioPedBrasil®: Pediatric cardiology services offered within the Funfarme complex.

Products and services

• Hospital de Base de São José do Rio Preto

Quantifiable outcome

• Serves more than 1.7 million inhabitants of northwestern São Paulo state, primarily through the public SUS system
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators5 records

Broad incumbents

• Hospital das Clínicas da FMUSP: Public academic hospital complex affiliated with the University of São Paulo medical school. Comparable as a teaching hospital complex delivering medium-to-high complexity SUS-funded care with research and education missions, similar to Funfarme's three-pillar model.
• Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz: Large São Paulo-based hospital system with strong specialty and complex care capabilities. Comparable to Funfarme as a São Paulo-state hospital complex delivering tertiary services, though Oswaldo Cruz operates a more diversified SUS/private mix.
• Hospital Sírio-Libanês: Major São Paulo-based hospital system recognized for high-complexity care and teaching. Comparable as a tertiary referral center with academic affiliations and integrated multi-specialty service lines, operating at larger absolute scale than Funfarme.
• Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein: One of Brazil's leading hospital systems based in São Paulo. Comparable as a multi-specialty hospital complex with strong accreditation standards and integrated care delivery, though Einstein operates a mixed SUS/private model rather than Funfarme's pure SUS model.

Direct peers

• Hospital Moinhos de Vento: Brazilian non-profit hospital fundação in Porto Alegre with multi-specialty operations under SUS. Comparable to Funfarme as a fundação-model hospital organization operating in a different geographic region of Brazil with similar teaching/research orientation.
• Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo: Historic Brazilian non-profit hospital complex in São Paulo. Comparable to Funfarme as a multi-unit fundação running high-complexity SUS-funded services with a long-standing referral role in its region.
• BP - A Beneficência Portuguesa de São Paulo: Large Brazilian non-profit hospital complexo with multi-unit operations. Comparable to Funfarme as a fundação/beneficência-style institution running hospital services under both SUS and private arrangements, with similar scale and São Paulo footprint.
• Hospital Pequeno Príncipe: Brazilian non-profit pediatric hospital complex in Curitiba. Comparable to Funfarme's Hospital da Criança e Maternidade unit as a high-complexity pediatric referral center operating under SUS with a fundação-style governance model.
• Hospital de Amor (Fundação Pio XII): Large Brazilian non-profit hospital foundation with multiple units focused on cancer care. Comparable to Funfarme as a non-profit fundação operating as a Social Organization under SUS contracts, with multi-unit operations and government-funded revenue model.

Regional players

• Hospital de Clínicas da Unicamp: Public academic hospital complex in Campinas affiliated with UNICAMP medical school. Comparable as a tertiary SUS-funded teaching hospital with research capabilities, though it serves a different São Paulo state macro-region than Funfarme.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Subsidiaries8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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