How it works
A partner offers the program, an independent clinician handles the medicine, a pharmacy ships, and Local Healthcare handles billing. Here is every step, and every party, named.
- 1
The partner offers the program
A spa, gym, salon or clinic puts its branded program in front of the clients it already sees. The partner is the seller of record and sets its own retail price.
- 2
The client completes intake
On the partner's storefront, the client answers a medical questionnaire. No clinical claims are made to the client on any marketing site; the offer lives on the storefront.
- 3
A clinician evaluates and, if appropriate, prescribes
An independent, licensed clinician at Beluga Health reviews the intake and decides whether treatment is appropriate. Not everyone qualifies.
- 4
A pharmacy ships
Where a prescription is issued, a state-licensed pharmacy dispenses and ships it to the client's door.
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Local Healthcare bills and remits
Local Healthcare collects the client's payment as the partner's billing agent, takes one published wholesale price, and remits the partner's share.
The commercial model, in one sentence
The partner sells the program to their client; Local Healthcare provides the platform and collects payment as the partner's billing agent; the clinician is independent.
The five parties
The partner
The business, a spa, gym, salon or clinic, that offers the program to its own clients and is the seller of record.
The client
The partner's customer, who completes an intake and, where appropriate, is prescribed and treated.
Local Healthcare
The platform, and the partner's billing agent. Operated by Lifted Health LLC. It does not provide medical care.
Beluga Health
An independent, physician-led medical group whose licensed clinicians evaluate clients and prescribe where appropriate.
The pharmacy
A state-licensed pharmacy that dispenses and ships any prescription to the client.
Local Healthcare never provides care and never describes the clinicians as its own. They are independent clinicians at Beluga Health.