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Pivotal Health featured on The Morning Blend TMJ4

Blake Sabatke — Fri, 07 Oct 2022 19:04:32 +0000

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With partnerships, Middleton startup moves to tackle gaps in access to mental health care

Tom Carmona — Fri, 13 May 2022 20:57:00 +0000

A Middleton health care startup that sends clinicians to patients’ homes is moving to increase access to mental health treatment options as the state ranks low in available providers.

Fast-growing Pivotal Health, founded in 2020, announced this month it partnered with two companies that offer mental health resources online and in person across the country — Madison’s own startup DotCom Therapy and Arizona-based LifeStance Health.

Pivotal’s doctors are being trained with the help of a psychiatric expert to assess patients’ mental health concerns during in-home visits, and can refer people to one of the two companies based on therapy and medication needs.

Patients of Pivotal Health living in Dane, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington and Waukesha counties with varying types of health insurance, including Medicare and Medicaid, can take advantage of the partnerships. Out-of-pocket costs apply if a patient is not covered by a carrier, CEO Sal Braico said.

Pivotal Health Featured on Madison’s Local CBS Station

Blake Sabatke — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 16:38:00 +0000

“A physician who makes house calls evokes memories of the past, of a kindly, experienced doctor carrying a black bag. Middleton-based health care company Pivotal Health is bringing the house call into the 21st century.”

Middleton’s Pivotal Health snags $1.3M investment, seeks another $10M

Tom Carmona — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 20:32:00 +0000

With Madison bracing for its second pandemic winter, there’s a growing number of people wishing to bypass the waiting room — and avoid coronavirus exposure — when seeking urgent care.

That’s where Middleton-based company Pivotal Health, founded in 2020, comes in as it expands into Milwaukee and closes on a $1.3 million investment round. The company is seeking another $10 million that it hopes to amass in 2022, said Pivotal Health CEO Sal Braico, who has 20 years of experience as a health care entrepreneur.

If you’re a patient seeking urgent care, but you don’t want to leave home, Braico said, Pivotal Health can send over a licensed clinician if you’re located in the greater Madison area, as well as the city of Milwaukee. The doctors address all the same ailments regular urgent care clinic would, like minor injuries, allergic reactions and influenza.

Pivotal Health Among Pressure Chamber Finalists

Tom Carmona — Wed, 04 Aug 2021 16:26:00 +0000

Health care companies make up the bulk of this year’s finalists for an annual contest designed for emerging businesses in the Madison area while one is focused on better transportation methods and another on finance.

The five businesses are part of the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce Pressure Chamber that will be held Aug. 18 during Forward Festival, Wisconsin’s largest technology and entrepreneurship gathering. The five finalists will make pitches to national investors, business executives and a live audience with the winning company invited to the Chamber’s startup meetings this fall with top Silicon Valley investment firms.

Three of the five finalists involve health care solutions.

Advocate MD, founded by Dr. Nicole Hemkes, has two health care clinics and neither accept insurance. Instead the doctor has an arrangement directly with the patient to supply primary care services for a monthly membership fee. Monthly rates range from $44 per person to $111 per person based on age.

“Our priority is putting our patients first. We believe that insurance companies and healthcare administrators interfere with the patient-doctor relationship, undervalue quality of care, and increase costs,” according to the company’s website. “We take out these barriers to care of insurance and administration which allows us to spend quality time with our patients.”

The other two companies in the Pressure Chamber with a focus on health care are Nano RED, a Madison company developing platforms in parallel to prevent and treat SARS-CoV-2, and to revolutionize cancer immunotherapy, while Pivotal Health of Middleton is developing healthcare services that include urgent care home visits, transparent pricing and affordable cash options for those uninsured or with high deductibles.

Pivotal Health Brings the House Call Into the 21st Century

Tom Carmona — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 16:37:00 +0000

The new Madison-based health care startup is taking urgent care directly to the home to provide better outcomes for patients and providers.

One bad health care experience in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic was all it took for Sal Braico and some friends to realize they could do better.

The result of that subpar urgent care visit and follow-up health scare is Pivotal Health, an update on the old doctor house call model that aims to brings health care providers directly to the patient, allowing health care workers more time to treat patients and provide personalized care, while also addressing the burnout the providers have experienced over the past decade.