Scale Your Solution in Partnership with Leading Healthcare Companies
Disparities in health and access to care remain stubbornly intact, and in many ways, are widening. New solutions are needed that accelerate improvements in health, potentially through new models of care, and improve health outcomes at the population/community-level. To help accelerate these solutions to market, we created the ADAPT program. Through ADAPT, we support and bring together health technology startups and healthcare systems.
ADAPT awardees are selected from a pool of finalists and receive $100,000 non-dilutive funding, executive mentorship, and the opportunity to partner with Blue Shield of California, Cigna Healthcare, Evernorth Health Services, OptumLabs, and UnitedHealth Group, which together have over 200 million members.
All ADAPT finalists are invited to attend exclusive program events featuring leaders from across the healthcare ecosystem, including investors, payers, and employers. ADAPT finalists are also invited to join the UCSF community of Rosenman Founders.
About
How It Works
Who Can Apply
Solutions
Examples of Areas of Interest
Timeline
Applications open
August 2
September 27
Deadline to apply
First selection: startups notified of status
Early November
November 14-15
Semi-finalists pitch judging panel
Finalists pitch judging panel
December 6-7
February-March
ADAPT awardees announced
The ADAPT program will be held virtually.
Have a question? Please see FAQ.
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2022 Program Events
2023 schedule of events will be updated soon!
Offered exclusively to ADAPT finalists, these events provide an opportunity for entrepreneurs to connect with and learn from leaders across the healthcare ecosystem. This series of virtual sessions provides companies with guidance that will help inform their design and integration of technology into the healthcare ecosystem.
All sessions will be held remotely on Zoom. Times below are for Pacific Time zone.
November 29
Introduction & kickoff
Christine Winoto & Carly Grant, UCSF Rosenman Institute
12:00 – 1:00 PM
December 19
Building relationships & working with payers & care providers
Richard Lungen, Leverage Health
12:00 – 1:00 PM
December 21
Payment & reimbursement
Marc Samuels & Michael Beebe, ADVI
Moderated by:
Harsh Vathsangam, Moving Analytics
12:00 – 1:30 PM
January 18
Setting your price & value for payers
Ian Duncan, Santa Barbara Actuaries
12:00 – 1:00 PM
January 20
Approaching & executing pilots with Blue Shield of CA
Michael Ellis, Blue Shield of California
Moderated by:
Larry Leisure, Chicago Pacific Founders
12:00 – 1:00 PM
January 23
Approaching & executing pilots with UHG & OptumLabs
David Cook, MD, UnitedHealth Group
Moderated by:
Lee Shapiro, 7wireVentures
12:00 – 1:00 PM
January 25
Innovation at SF VA Health Care System
Antonia (Oona) Bernhardt, SF VA Health Care System
12:00 – 1:00 PM
January 30
Founders tips on engaging & working with payers
Joe Connolly, Visana Health
Yoni Shtein, Laguna Health
12:00 – 1:30 PM
February 1
Approaching & executing pilots with Evernorth/Cigna
Glen Stettin, MD, Evernorth
Moderated by:
Richard Lungen, Leverage Health
12:00 – 1:00 PM
February 3
Insights on how to work with employers
Robby Peters & Kaleana Quibell, Sequoia
Moderated by:
Joanna Drake, Magnify Ventures
12:00 – 1:30 PM
February 6
Peer-to-peer best practices with payers
ADAPT Cohort
Moderated by:
TBD
12:00 – 1:00 PM
FAQ
Our company is at a later stage with a product on the market. Are we eligible?
I am working on technology without a formalized/incorporated company. Can I apply to ADAPT?
We are not officially formed as a company and have a proposal that would be under proof of concept. In addition, all of us have full-time jobs in different companies. Would this prevent us from being able to work in our roles as well as this concept in the case that our concept is picked?
My company is based outside the United States. Are we eligible to be selected?
Must the area of implementation be in the USA?
If selected, will the small company still own all of the intellectual property rights?