Kindbody partnership builds on Accolade's
commitment to offer best-in-class women's health, fertility and
family-forming capabilities for customers and members
SEATTLE, Jan. 23,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Accolade, Inc. (Nasdaq:
ACCD) today announced that Kindbody, a technology-driven fertility
clinic network and family-building benefits provider for employers,
will join the company's Trusted Partner Ecosystem to offer Accolade
customers comprehensive, clinically guided support and care
throughout a member's fertility and family-building journey, all
backed by a new cost savings performance guarantee.
Approximately one in six couples are affected by infertility in
the United States. Yet fertility
and family-building services are fragmented and siloed, and
employees often struggle to find support in the workplace when
facing infertility and subsequent treatment, as many employer-based
insurance plans do not cover the high cost of fertility
treatment.
Kindbody addresses these issues by providing affordable
fertility care and delivering a seamless, integrated experience
with best-in-class outcomes. Kindbody's physician-led clinical
model supports the end-to-end fertility and family-building
journey, bringing care to members everywhere by offering virtual
and onsite care, mobile clinics, and at-home testing. Kindbody
delivers this model through a combination of owned and operated
signature clinics and hundreds of partner clinics nationwide.
Kindbody's model is unique in that it is the only family-building
benefits provider for employers that is also in the direct
provision of care.
Kindbody covers the full continuum of reproductive health
through female and male fertility assessments, education, and
services, including genetic testing and IVF, as well as donor,
surrogacy, and adoption services. Members also have access to
integrative holistic health specialists, from therapists to
nutritional health practitioners, through a convenient virtual
telehealth platform. Other services Kindbody offers include
pregnancy support, baby preparation, and maternity support, virtual
doula care, and return to work coaching. Additionally, Kindbody
supports all facets of health related to perimenopause and
menopause with a network of integrated providers and curated
digital tools and resources.
"Fertility care is increasingly expensive and challenging to
access," said Accolade Chief Medical Officer Dr. Connie Hwang. "Partnering with Kindbody offers
Accolade an opportunity to build on our commitment to bridge the
Physician Gap by offering best-in-class women's health, fertility,
and family-building solutions to our customers, through both
in-house programming and strategic collaboration with our Trusted
Partners. Kindbody shares our commitment to provide comprehensive,
affordable, and integrated clinical solutions and together we will
provide our shared customers with better support for fertility and
family-building services."
"Kindbody is on a mission to reinvent the delivery of
reproductive health and fertility care by providing an accessible
network of clinics, tech-enabled services, and integrated health
solutions to members," said Kindbody CEO Annbeth Eschbach. "We are excited about
partnering with Accolade to help increase awareness of Kindbody's
solution across members we jointly serve and ultimately improve
access to an essential healthcare benefit by reaching more
employers."
Joint customers of Accolade and Kindbody will benefit from
integrations designed to promote awareness of Kindbody's services,
at no incremental cost to customers. For example, women's health
concerns are one of the top reasons members seek out Accolade's
expert medical opinion service, which reinforces the value of
Accolade's expert medical opinion integrations with Kindbody and
other Trusted Partners.
Additionally, Kindbody is going a step further for Accolade
customers by offering a performance guarantee in which the average
cost per member who utilizes Kindbody is capped at a substantial
discount to the industry average. Through this guarantee and
Kindbody's proven ability to generate savings while delivering
best-in-class outcomes, employers can be confident their employees
are receiving high quality services at affordable rates.
Launched in 2019, Accolade's Trusted Partner Ecosystem is the
first in the industry to bring together multiple benefits solutions
across valued categories, making them available to employers
through a single front door. Accolade's ecosystem consists of 16
partners across 11 categories, including:
- Behavioral health (Headspace, Lyra, Equip)
- Benefits selection (Jellyvision)
- Centers of excellence (Carrum Health, Employer Direct
Healthcare)
- Diabetes (Virta)
- Fertility (Carrot Fertility, Kindbody)
- Financial health (Brightside)
- Gastrointestinal (Vivante Health)
- Health equity (FOLX)
- Musculoskeletal (Hinge Health, Sword Health)
- Pharmacy (Rx Savings Solutions)
- Wellness (WellRight)
Benefits teams can confidently select from thoroughly vetted
solutions and enjoy streamlined contracting and implementation.
Through our qualified referrals, we drive, measurably, more
engagement with partner solutions, leading to better health
outcomes and better value. Learn more about our Trusted
Partners here.
About Accolade
Accolade (Nasdaq: ACCD) is a
Personalized Healthcare company that provides millions of people
and their families with exceptional healthcare experiences so they
can live their healthiest lives. Accolade's employer, health plan,
and consumer solutions combine virtual primary care and mental
health, expert medical opinion, and best-in-class care navigation.
These offerings are built on a platform that is engineered to care
through predictive engagement of population health needs, proactive
care that improves outcomes and cost savings, and by addressing
barriers to access and continuity of care. Accolade consistently
receives consumer satisfaction ratings of over 90%. For more
information, visit accolade.com. Follow us
on LinkedIn, X, Instagram and Facebook.
About Kindbody
Kindbody is the leading national
fertility clinic network and global family-building benefits
provider for employers offering the full spectrum of reproductive
care from preconception to postpartum through menopause. Kindbody
is the trusted fertility benefits provider for 132 leading
employers, covering almost 2.7 million lives. Many thousands more
receive their fertility care directly from Kindbody throughout the
country at signature clinics, mobile clinics, and partner clinics.
As the fertility benefits provider, technology platform, and direct
provider of care, Kindbody delivers a seamless, integrated
experience with superior health outcomes at lower cost, making
fertility care more affordable and accessible for all. Kindbody has
raised $315 million in debt and
equity funding from leading investors including Perceptive
Advisors, JP Morgan Chase's Morgan Health, GV (formerly Google
Ventures), RRE Ventures, Claritas Health Ventures, Rock Springs
Capital, Distributed Ventures, Whatif Ventures and TQ Ventures.
Visit www.kindbody.com. and follow us on Instagram, X, and
Linkedin.
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