Wheel

Wheel

Connects clinicians with telehealth opportunities

About Wheel

Simplify's Rating
Why Wheel is rated
A-
Rated B on Competitive Edge
Rated A on Growth Potential
Rated A on Rating Differentiation

Industries

Healthcare

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

Series C

Total Funding

$211.7M

Headquarters

Austin, Texas

Founded

2018

Overview

Wheel connects healthcare professionals, specifically physicians and nurse practitioners, with telemedicine job opportunities, allowing them to work remotely and achieve a better work-life balance. The platform serves both individual clinicians seeking flexible work and healthcare organizations needing reliable virtual care providers. Wheel ensures quality by thoroughly vetting its clinicians to meet high clinical, legal, and regulatory standards. Unlike many competitors, Wheel focuses on the well-being of healthcare providers, which in turn enhances patient care. The company's goal is to empower clinicians to design their work around their lives, improving job satisfaction and the quality of care delivered.

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • AI-driven predictive analytics enhance patient care with proactive interventions.
  • Partnership with Owlet expands Wheel's capabilities in pediatric and infant care.
  • Growing telehealth market post-COVID-19 boosts demand for Wheel's services.

What critics are saying

  • Increased competition from established telehealth companies like Teladoc and Amwell.
  • Potential data privacy challenges with AI-driven platforms like Horizon.
  • Dependence on partnerships with companies like Owlet and Talkspace.

What makes Wheel unique

  • Wheel's AI-driven Horizon platform sets a new standard in virtual care delivery.
  • Wheel empowers clinicians with flexible work arrangements, enhancing their work-life balance.
  • Wheel's robust vetting process ensures high clinical, legal, and regulatory standards.

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Funding

Total Funding

$211.7M

Above

Industry Average

Funded Over

4 Rounds

Series C funding is usually for startups that are doing well and are looking for more money to fuel major growth, such as acquiring other companies, expanding into global markets, or launching new product lines. Investors typically include larger venture capital firms and private equity.
Series C Funding Comparison
Above Average

Industry standards

$50M
$50M
Medium
$62M
SeatGeek
$100M
Oura
$150M
Wheel

Benefits

Medical, vision, and dental insurance

Flexible PTO policy

$500 personal growth stipend

$500 home office stipend

Flexible WFH policy

Paid parental leave

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

1%

1 year growth

2%

2 year growth

-5%
Hit Consultant
Jun 12th, 2024
Wheel Launches Ai-Powered Platform For Virtual Care, Horizon

What You Should Know:–              Wheel, a leading provider of telehealth and virtual care solutions, announces the launch of its AI-driven Horizon™ platform.–              Horizon sets a new standard in care delivery by using AI to provide health plans, digital health solution providers, and life sciences companies with an ‘easy button’ to instantly scale their new and existing virtual care programs across the U.S. This ensures better patient experiences, improved outcomes, and intelligent insights from every program.Introducing Horizon: Wheel’s Cutting-Edge Virtual Care Platform Revolutionizing Healthcare DeliveryHorizon, Wheel’s proprietary virtual care platform, seamlessly combines a data-first EHR, Wheel’s national clinical network, and an open ecosystem of partners. This integration enables leading healthcare providers to deliver exceptional, personalized patient care on a national scale. Horizon is fully configurable to support various patient pathways, from urgent care to population-specific clinical care programs, empowering Wheel’s clients to create next-generation care experiences.Leveraging a vast array of passive and active data from patient profiles, labs, prior case notes, and RPM data, Horizon drives automated, proactive recommendations for clinically appropriate care pathways and programs. The platform’s AI models draw upon billions of data points from millions of virtual care visits, increasing accessibility, efficiency, and personalization for patients and client partners.Horizon is transforming the healthcare experience with several newly available features. Predictive Care Pathways enable the platform to identify trends and patterns through every clinical interaction, lab work, and prescription integration, providing targeted, data-driven holistic interventions throughout the entire patient journey

Hit Consultant
Apr 25th, 2024
Owlet Partners With Wheel To Simplify Access To In-Home Infant Monitoring

Owlet Partners with Wheel to Simplify Access to In-Home Infant Monitoring. by Jasmine Pennic 04/25/2024 Leave a Comment. What You Should Know: – Owlet, a provider of smart infant monitoring technology, announced a strategic partnership with Wheel, a prominent virtual healthcare provider. – The partnership empowers Wheel’s network of clinicians to prescribe Owlet’s BabySat, an FDA-cleared infant pulse oximeter. This innovative device, featuring a comfortable sock design, allows caregivers to effectively monitor their baby’s health vitals at home. This collaboration fosters closer collaboration between parents and healthcare providers, ensuring optimal newborn care.Addressing Critical NeedsEach year, over 450,000 babies transition home from neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) in the US alone. Additionally, congenital heart disease (CHD) affects 40,000 newborns annually, and an estimated 58,000-80,000 children under five require hospitalization due to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).Streamlined Access and ReimbursementThe BabySat virtual telehealth platform, powered by Wheel, simplifies access to this vital monitoring tool

PR Newswire
Apr 25th, 2024
Wheel To Power Owlet'S New Virtual Health And Prescription Service

Wheel expands its virtual clinical capabilities in pediatrics and infant careAUSTIN, Texas, April 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Wheel , the virtual care platform powering the future of care, today announced a strategic partnership with Owlet , Inc. ("Owlet") (NYSE:OWLT), the pioneer of smart infant monitoring. As part of this direct-to-consumer virtual offering, Wheel clinicians will provide caregivers with timely prescriptions for BabySat ™, Owlet's FDA-cleared pulse oximeter, tailored for infants with pre-existing medical conditions. BabySat empowers caregivers to more effectively monitor their baby's health and collaborate with healthcare providers."Wheel is thrilled to partner with Owlet to increase access to critical in-home monitoring for the nearly half a million babies and their caregivers transitioning home from the neonatal intensive care unit each year," said Michelle Davey, CEO of Wheel. "Like many other popular consumer and healthcare brands, Owlet recognizes the value of providing direct access to high quality providers in order to deliver care where, and when, the consumer needs it most."Owlet's virtual care offering powered by Wheel integrates with durable medical equipment (DME) suppliers who accept and can bill many insurance providers, offering up to 100% reimbursement for BabySat through insurance or HSA/FSA."Owlet is proud to partner with Wheel, a like-minded organization, to provide more accessible care to parents and caregivers," said Jim Fidicaro, Owlet Senior Vice President and General Manager of Healthcare. "This partnership will empower parents to easily obtain a prescription for BabySat via Wheel's high quality network of physicians."Owlet joins other prominent consumer brands in recently standing up virtual clinical capabilities as a core component of their innovative health offerings

Business Wire
Apr 25th, 2024
Owlet Forges Groundbreaking Partnership With Wheel To Launch Virtual Telehealth Services Platform

LEHI, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Owlet, Inc. (“Owlet” or the “Company”) (NYSE: OWLT), the pioneer of smart infant monitoring, announces a strategic partnership with Wheel, an industry leader in providing virtual patient-centric care. Through this partnership, Wheel clinicians will provide caregivers of infants with timely prescriptions for BabySat™, Owlet’s FDA-cleared infant pulse oximeter, ushering in a new era of digital healthcare solutions for families. Annually, more than 450,000 babies transition home from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)1. Further, every year in the United States, Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) affects 40,000 babies2 and an estimated 58,000-80,000 children under five with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) require hospitalization3. BabySat, featuring Owlet’s signature wire-free sock design, empowers caregivers to more effectively monitor their baby’s health and collaborate with healthcare providers to ensure optimal care

Bizjournals
Apr 8th, 2024
Industrial space in Wendell sells for millions above assessed value

Hale Trailer Brake and Wheel, a trailer dealer based in New Jersey, bought two industrial buildings in Wendell for $4.53 million combined.

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