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yeah, it's a funny coincidence...www.axlehealth.com

Yes. Did you have a thought on that in particular?

$30/hr is probably closer. Was just comparing with the big differential between LVN and MD on the pay scale.

Thanks for posting. Took me a while to get through it! Here are some thoughts. And first and most importantly IANAL.

We have, unfortunately, spent quite a bit of money to put a legal framework in place. Our operating model is slightly different than Workpath/Iggbo, so a number of the concerns in the piece don't apply. I don't want to give too much away b/c the framework we've developed is a competitive advantage.

Health professional quality, HIPAA adherence and data privacy are part of our core mission. They're first-class citizens both in our legal and product/technology frameworks.

We've checked them out, but have spoken with them yet. We want to help a company like Nice scale that offering b/c that's the hard part.

We don't currently have an integration with doc on demand. We're piloting so we're not releasing our customer list just yet, but will soon.

That's a good point. We've been thinking about how we can have concurrent in-home visit with health professional + doctor video visit (e.g. doctor directing health professional on what to do), but haven't implemented that yet.

Part of our thesis is that healthcare is overpowered. If you go into a doctor's office or clinic, there's rarely a phlebotomist on hand. Your blood is usually drawn by someone whose license allows them to do more than draw blood. We drive efficiency by ensuring that professionals are always operating at the "top-of-license". I know from personal experience: my doctor gave me my flu shot, which can be done by an LVN making $40/hr rather than a doctor making $150/hr.

We also hope demand will drive an increase in the number of people who choose to enter these health professions, which pay decent wages. It takes about 6 months to become a phlebotomist, 12 months to become an MA, and 18 months to become an LVN. These professions are accessible from both a time and monetary standpoint.

Thanks for sharing..this is what we hope to make easier for patients struggling to access care

Currently we use health professional contracting agencies to source our health professionals. Some of these professionals do contracting as a side hustle while their w2 employment is with a hospital or clinic. Others only work part-time to supplement family income, and some do it full-time. Health professionals who work for these contracting agencies on a full-time basis do generally receive health insurance and other benefits through the agency.

Yup, two sides of the same coin. Love the name by the way :) Workpath isn't yet doing in-home nurse visits although it's on their roadmap. There's some additional complexity with the in-home nurse visits - will be interesting to see how they make the transition.

We contract with the health professionals who go in-home (phlebotomists, medical assistants, LVN/LPN, and RN)

I heard phone screen interviews are easier..Is that actually true?