Pain and Palliative Associates

What Pain and Palliative Associates does

Pain and Palliative Care Associates of Arizona (PPA) is a privately held, Arizona-based clinical healthcare practice that delivers in-facility pain management and palliative care services. The company is organized around four core service lines — Chronic Pain Management, Cancer Pain Management, Holistic Pain Management, and Palliative Care — and operates without any proprietary software or technology platform; patient care is delivered directly by a multidisciplinary team of fellowship-trained physicians, nurse practitioners, and chaplains. PPA serves patients across three facility-based care settings: acute care hospitals, subacute care and rehabilitation centers, and long-term care facilities, with documented presence at 13+ hospital partners (including the Abrazo network, Banner Boswell, St. Joseph Hospital, and Cancer Treatment Centers of America) and 35+ subacute care facilities throughout Arizona.

PPA's business model is professional services revenue: clinicians are deployed on-site at partner healthcare facilities, and services are billable through insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, or direct patient arrangements. The company is led by founder Dr. Jay Patel, MD, MPH, FAAHPM, who transitioned from a 5-year tenure as an academic fellowship program director to build the practice, and maintains a strategic partnership with Creighton University Medical School, which sponsors the palliative care fellowship at St. Joseph Hospital where PPA physicians complete training. The company also operates a Phoenix-based outpatient clinic appointment channel as a separate point of patient access.

The company is independent and founder-owned, with no evidence of venture capital, private equity, institutional investors, parent companies, or subsidiaries. The organization is governed by healthcare privacy compliance frameworks including CCPA and GDPR. The legal entity is "Pain and Palliative Care Associates of Arizona," with an estimated provider team of 18+ clinicians and support staff, and operates exclusively within the Arizona market with no global footprint claimed.

Name

Pain and Palliative Associates

Legal name

Pain and Palliative Care Associates of Arizona

Website

https://ppa-az.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Pain and Palliative Associates is a privately held, Arizona-based clinical practice providing in-facility pain management and palliative care through fellowship-trained physicians, nurse practitioners, and chaplains, serving patients at 13+ hospitals, 35+ subacute care facilities, and long-term care sites across the state.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Palliative Care Services

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Hospital-Based Palliative Care (Inpatient Consult Services) (HLADAHAG)

Keywords

• Palliative care services
• Pain management
• Hospice care
• Chronic pain treatment
• Integrated healthcare

Headquarters

HQ city

Phoenix

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Services Revenue: Revenue generated through provision of pain management, palliative care, and hospice services to patients at partner healthcare facilities. Services are billable through healthcare facilities and insurance.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Pain and Palliative Associates of Arizona (PPA) delivers in-hospital and facility-based pain management and palliative care services through a team of fellowship-trained physicians, advanced practice nurse practitioners, and chaplains. Services are provided across four interconnected areas: chronic pain management, cancer pain management, holistic pain management, and palliative care, delivered directly at partner hospitals, subacute care centers, and long-term care facilities throughout Arizona.

Product overview

Pain and Palliative Associates of Arizona (PPA) is a healthcare practice offering a unified suite of pain management and palliative care services. The company operates four interconnected core service offerings: Chronic Pain Management, Cancer Pain Management, Holistic Pain Management, and Palliative Care. These services are delivered through a multidisciplinary team of fellowship-trained physicians, nurse practitioners, and chaplains across hospital, subacute care, and long-term care settings in Arizona. PPA does not offer a software product or platform; rather, it provides direct patient care services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Chronic Pain Management
• Cancer Pain Management
• Holistic Pain Management Integrative approach combining natural therapies, lifestyle changes, mind-body techniques, and medical treatments to promote healing, balance, and long-term well-being for patients with pain conditions.
• Palliative Care Compassionate, holistic support providing pain relief and symptom management to enhance quality of life for patients and their families facing serious illness, including advanced care planning, family meetings, and goals of care discussions.

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Creighton University Medical SchoolcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCreighton University sponsors the Hospice and Palliative Care Fellowship program at St. Joseph Hospital and Medical Center where PPA physicians complete training. Chaplain Sedona Montelongo serves as faculty for palliative care physician fellows.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Amedisys: Public home health, hospice, and palliative care provider with facility-based palliative services. Comparable to PPA in its focus on palliative care delivery across the care continuum, though much larger and geographically diversified.
• Vitas Healthcare: Largest U.S. hospice and palliative care provider, owned by Chemed. Operates facility-based palliative and hospice programs nationwide, comparable to PPA's hospital and SNF-anchored service delivery model.
• LHC Group: Public home health, hospice, and palliative care operator (now part of Optum). Comparable in delivering post-acute and palliative care services via partnered facilities.
• Gentiva (formerly Kindred at Home): National hospice and palliative care provider operating across the U.S. Comparable to PPA in palliative care service delivery within hospitals and post-acute facilities.
• Compassus: National provider of hospice, palliative, and home health services with a multi-state footprint. Comparable to PPA in scaling physician-led palliative care across partner facilities.

Regional players

• HopeWest: Community-based hospice and palliative care provider in the Mountain West. Comparable to PPA as a regional, multi-disciplinary palliative care organization serving hospitals and LTC facilities.
• Capital Caring Health: Mid-Atlantic non-profit hospice and palliative care provider offering facility-based palliative services. Comparable in mission and care model to PPA, with overlap in palliative medicine physician staffing.
• Center for Hospice and Palliative Care (Center for Hospice Care): Regional hospice and palliative care provider offering inpatient and facility-based palliative consult services. Comparable service mix to PPA's hospital-based palliative model.

Emerging players

• Turn-Key Health (now part of National HealthCare Corporation): Palliative care program for post-acute and long-term care residents, focused on SNF and senior living populations. Comparable to PPA's long-term care and subacute care segment.

Direct peers

• Aspire Health (Anthem/elevance): Tech-enabled palliative care provider serving patients with serious illness; comparable to PPA as a physician-led palliative care group operating across multiple facility partners, though distributed nationally rather than regionally.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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