In 2014, our founders recognized a critical gap in healthcare: independent primary care physicians were struggling to survive in a system designed against them. Fee-for-service models rewarded volume over value, leaving doctors with impossible choices between their patients' wellbeing and their practice's financial health. Farzad Mostashari, MD, and Mat Kendall founded Aledade with a simple but radical premise - what if we could empower independent practices with the data, technology, and support usually reserved for large health systems, while letting them maintain their autonomy and independence?
Today, Aledade has grown into the largest network of independent primary care in the country, partnering with more than 3,000 primary care organizations across 46 states and D.C. We've built a comprehensive platform combining actionable analytics, expert coaching, and hands-on practice support to help independent physicians thrive in value-based care. Our accountable care organizations (ACOs) have delivered measurable results: in 2023 alone, our partners conducted 50% more Annual Wellness Visits than average practices and earned over $205,000 each in shared savings payments. But the real impact goes beyond numbers - we've helped physicians stay independent, reduce preventable hospitalizations, and most importantly, deliver the kind of patient-centered care that drew them to medicine in the first place. As a public benefit corporation, we remain relentlessly focused on our mission to do what's good for patients, practices, and society.