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To provide regionally informed, humanistic coverage and care to a rapidly expanding community of need.
56% employee growth in 12 months
One of the major drawbacks of the Medicare and Medicaid landscape is that it’s dominated by a small group of national insurance providers. While this hampers the growth potential of smaller, regional providers, it also causes a big issue for patients who require more personal, holistic care.
Belong Health is aiming to tackle this problem head on. It partners with local and regional health plans, equipping them with coverage solutions to deliver more personalized care, especially for cases like behavioral health, special needs, addiction, and substance abuse.
The company was only launched in 2021 and is focusing on steadily forging partnerships with insurance providers and hospital systems across the US. It’s been strongly backed by New Enterprise Associates (NEA) however, who have no doubt been impressed by Belong’s six-person strong founding team.
A glance at their background spotlights an expertise in the industry, with previous companies include the likes of Foundry Health, Stanford Health Care, Cigna HealthSpring, and population health management company Lumeris.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Dec 2021
$40m
SERIES A
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J. Patrick Foley
(Co-founder & CEO)Served in a number of senior roles at Cigna-HealthSpring before becoming Senior Vice President, Operations and Delivery at Lumeris. Became President of ELAP Services, a provider of healthcare cost solutions, in 2016, then worked as an Advisor to CareATC until 2021.
Tahasin Alam
(Co-founder & CTO)Co-founded and is an Advisor to the Commons Project Foundation. Co-founded and was CTO of health plan Centivo, and was a founding member and EVP of Operations & technology at Envera Health. Before this they were VP of Technology Client Strategy & Implementation at Evolent Health.
Gen Gillespie
(Co-founder & CRO)Spent just under ten years at population health solution Lumeris before co-founding Belong Health. During this time they served in a number of senior and executive positions including Senior Vice President of Health Systems, National Vice President of Market Operations, and Head of Corporate Development.
Lewis Biggers
(Co-Founder & Chief Provider and Population Health Officer)Was at Cigna HealthSpring from 2011 - 2020, working in a number of roles including COO and General Manager. Before joining the founding team at Belong Health, they spent almost two years at Stanford Medicine Health Care, serving as Vice President & General Manager of Accountable Care.
Brian Lovett
(Co-founder)Previously worked in Corporate Development for Apple. Is the co-founder and COO of Foundry Health, the HealthTech platform platform which launched Belong Health. Is also the Co-founder of Gather Health, House Rx, Lightship, and Trellis Rx - all of which operate in the health space.
Alon Krashinsky
(Co-founder)Founder & CEO of Foundry Health, and also a Co-founder at Gather Health, House Rx, Lightship, and Trellis Rx. Is a Board Member & Advisor at Avalon Healthcare Solutions, and Landmark Health. Previously co-founded and helped lead Everspring Inc., an online education solutions company.