Pomelo Care

Please check out MedCity News's coverage of Pomelo's recent acquisition of The Doula Network.

Pomelo founder & CEO Marta Bralic Kerns recently sat down with the Raising Health podcast to talk about the challenges of building in the Medicaid space, how Pomelo partners with managed care plans, and the opportunity to potentially lower costs by providing care and support to pregnant women.

Pomelo Care is proud to announce that we have acquired The Doula Network, the largest network of credentialed, in-network doulas in the United States and the clear market leader in high-quality, in-person doula care. The Doula Network will be fully integrated into Pomelo’s care model, which means patients can now be partnered with a community-based doula in addition to unlimited, virtual, round-the-clock care delivered by a dedicated team of OBGYNs and pediatricians, midwives, nurses, dietitians, therapists, and lactation experts. This hybrid virtual and in-person care model is a first for maternity care. The unique combination of national scale and on-the-ground, local community support significantly expands access to high-quality maternity care in the United States for millions of women. And it comes as states are rapidly requiring health plans to offer doula care. You can read about the news here: https://lnkd.in/eiwJumrc

We’re thrilled to sponsor the 2024 PBGH Maternal Health and Birth Equity Summit happening tomorrow in Denver. Such an impressive lineup of speakers having important conversations about how private and public sector organizations can confront the drivers of the maternal health crisis in the U.S. #maternalhealth #birthequity

??Curious about Pomelo’s data science team? Meet data scientist Sherry Shenker! Sherry and the data science team build products and tools that enable us to scale a care model to improve care access, reduce disparities, and eliminate healthcare gaps for families nationwide. Learn more about how she works with teams across Pomelo to identify, root cause, and solve problems using data and why she decided to join the team. https://lnkd.in/extdqy79 ? We’re hiring across our tech team! Visit pomelocare.com/careers to learn more and check out some of our open roles below. Data science https://lnkd.in/eDwcm2z3 Product https://lnkd.in/ekWj59yb Product design https://lnkd.in/eFtmgKSJ Security https://lnkd.in/eWJvix7b

“Pomelo is one among a small set of health tech companies that have earned true scale. This scale is evident in our partnerships… which create the opportunity to collaborate with OB providers, labor and delivery wards, and NICUs nationwide.” – Vineeta Agarwala, MD PhD Read more about how our care model scales data-backed interventions and whole person care that we know improves outcomes for moms and babies. Fierce Healthcare Anastassia Gliadkovskaya

Virtual maternity care provider Pomelo Care clinches $46M to scale

"We know what interventions work for various high-risk populations — such as low-dose aspirin to prevent preeclampsia — but the traditional health care system is often stretched beyond its capacity to provide them, especially to those most in need.” – Marta Bralic Kerns Thanks Erin Brodwin for sharing our story in Axios and highlighting how Pomelo flips the traditional maternal care model to prevent complications before they happen.

We’re thrilled to announce our $46M Series B funding and new data proving the impact of our care model. We’ve long known what interventions and care work to address the maternal health crisis. The question has always been, can you make high-quality, evidence-based care scalable and accessible, especially to the highest-risk populations? With this data, we proved that we can. Read more from our founder and CEO, Marta Bralic Kerns, about our recent funding, growth, and data showing that Pomelo’s care model addresses the key drivers of maternal mortality and morbidity. https://lnkd.in/ecEinMgs First Round Capital, a16z Bio + Health, Stripes , Operator Partners, BoxGroup, SV Angel, Josh Kopelman, Vineeta Agarwala, MD PhD, Daisy Wolf, Ron Shah, Aliza Reisner, Nat Turner, Zach Weinberg, Gil Shklarski, Zach Goldstein, Olivia Benjamin, Beth Turner, Adam Boehler, Puneet Singh, Thomas W., Bryan Sivak, Kristina Saffran

Pomelo Care?is thrilled to be featured as one of?Fierce Healthcare's Fierce 15 of 2024, alongside a group of innovative companies building and scaling solutions to transform healthcare access and outcomes. Congrats to all of this year's honorees! Check out the special report to learn more about our virtual value-based maternity care model, how we reduce barriers to equitable, evidence-based care, and our growth plans for 2024. Plus, get some advice from our CEO,?Marta Bralic Kerns. https://lnkd.in/eqDJqFBi