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.

Applications are open now through September 27


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The ADAPT program will be held virtually.


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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


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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?