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Understood Care

Understood Care

Summer 2024

Healthcare personal assistants for Medicare patients.

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About Company

The American healthcare system is complicated. 88% of US adults cite difficulties navigating the healthcare system. The good news is patient advocacy became a covered benefit by Medicare in 2024. Understood Care matches Medicare patients with a healthcare personal assistant (known as a Patient Advocate) at little to no cost to the patient. Patient Advocates help patients patients access care - finding resources, helping fill out paperwork, and much more. Understood Care uses AI and healthcare expertise to deliver the highest quality patient advocacy to the 68 million Medicare patients in the US.

Active Founders

Samantha Wu

Samantha Wu

Founder

Understood Care (fka Ply Health) Co-founder. Previous Head of Bizops @ Finni (W23). Previously @ Cedar, SiteRx, Carlyle, Evercore.

Company Facts

LocationNew York, NY, USA
Team Size7
Founded2024
StatusActive