Rural primary care company Hopscotch clinches $53M to expand beyond NC
As rural healthcare faces access challenges, Hopscotch focuses on a smooth and attentive patient experience while augmenting clinicians with technology.
Rural-focused primary care company Hopscotch Primary Care has secured $53 million in Series D funding to expand its operations beyond Western North Carolina. The investment, led by 8VC and Townhall Ventures, comes from a diverse group of investors including Citi Impact Fund, Alumni Ventures, K2 HealthVentures, and the Autism Impact Fund.
Hopscotch aims to address the challenges faced by rural healthcare, such as aging doctors, hospital closures, and long travel distances for routine care. The company's CEO, Tim Gronniger, highlighted the company's patient-centric approach, offering longer primary care appointments and using technology, such as ambient scribes and AI-driven clinical decision support tools, to assist clinicians in managing complex patients.
Hopscotch also emphasizes the importance of a smooth and attentive patient experience while providing access to telehealth services and in-person care. The company prioritizes hiring clinicians from the regions it serves, which aids in recruiting and retaining talent. Hopscotch may also explore public resources like loan forgiveness and government subsidies for its providers.
The company's team-based model enables healthcare professionals to avoid constant on-call duties, making it an attractive place to work for motivated physicians and practitioners. Hopscotch serves complex seniors, providing advanced primary care and accepts various insurance plans, including Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial options.
The company's mission is to combine clinical teams with technology, ensuring that patients receive credible, credentialed care from a long-term relationship with their primary care provider. Founded in 2021, Hopscotch has already served over 15,000 patients and has demonstrated reductions in inpatient utilization, total cost of care, and improved Medicare Quality Payment Program (MLR) scores by over 25 percentage points.
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