In the News

Firefly Health Welcomes Former Massachusetts Lt. Governor Karyn Polito to its Advisory Council

Polito brings decades of government service and healthcare expertise to Firefly Health as the company deepens its roots in Massachusetts

Sprinter Health and Firefly Health Partner to Bring a New Model of Hybrid Care to Patients: Delivered in the Home, and Powered by Technology for Scale

The partnership aims to improve access to care and strengthen patient engagement with Firefly primary care providers.

Can Innovation In Primary Care Slay The Healthcare Leviathan?

Who the innovative players in primary care are, how they compete, who is likely to win, the future of the primary care physician, and whether any of this can help to slay the healthcare leviathan.

Firefly Health & Vori Health Partner to Improve Musculoskeletal Specialty Care

Partnership with Vori Health grants Firefly Health patients access to evidence-based, fully integrated clinical care for muscle and joint pain

How Firefly Marries Virtual and In-Person Care

As a health plan and virtual-first care innovator, Firefly Health knows that local in-person care designed with community in mind is the best compliment to readily accessible virtual-first care.

Firefly Health Taps Oshi Health to Add Whole-Person Digestive Care to Its Virtual Specialty Network

Firefly Health today named Oshi Health, the virtual specialty care company transforming gastrointestinal (GI) health outcomes and economics, as its preferred partner for digestive care. 

Firefly Health Selected for Amazon Web Services (AWS) Health Equity Program

Firefly Health will receive support from Amazon Web Services to sustainably scale our virtual-first care and coverage services in order to improve access to healthcare and reduce health disparities.

Fierce Healthcare names Firefly Health as one of its 2022 “Fierce 15” Companies

Firefly Health announces that it has been named by Fierce Healthcare as one of the 2022 Fierce 15 companies, designating it as one of the most promising healthcare companies in the industry.

Firefly Health Launches Health Plan for Employers

Leader in Virtual-First Care Delivery Adds Benefits Coverage to Deliver Against Cost-Saving Mission.

Firefly Health Closes $40M Series B Led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)

Funding will support multi-state launch of new health plan for employees and their families, powered by Firefly's comprehensive care model and proprietary technology platform.

Firefly Health Further Expands Virtual Specialist Network With Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Agreement

Agreement with Dana-Farber Cancer Institute helps Firefly Health’s patients connect virtually to a network of world-renowned cancer experts for convenient, comprehensive care without added costs.

Firefly Health Expands Virtual Specialist Network with Joslin Diabetes Center Agreement

Expansion of Firefly Health’s team of experts addresses diabetes, one of the most common chronic ailments in the U.S., saving patients time and money.

How Firefly Health is creating a better patient experience with dbt

This is the story of how Firefly Health expanded their data stack to fuel product growth, support business operations, and foster a culture of data trust.

Reflections, Evolutions and Our New CEO

Firefly Health CEO, Andy Ellner, to transition into role of Chief Clinical Officer while President, Fay Rotenberg, becomes CEO.

Firefly Health Joins CEO-Led Coalition, A Day for Democracy, to Increase Voter Participation

Firefly Health supports employees’ right to vote through non-partisan initiative, A Day for Democracy.

Firefly Health Named to the 2020 CB Insights Digital Health 150 List of Most Innovative Digital Health Startups

Firefly Health recognized by CB Insights for their achievements in innovative, digital-integrated care delivery.

Tech and the Renaissance of Clinical Practice in a Post-Pandemic World

The increased focus on primary care and the willingness to use telehealth gives us an opportunity to fix a broken healthcare model.

We Need to Build on Telehealth

We rethink how to provide care while avoiding the use of telehealth technology as a Band-Aid. We must move from sick care to true, long-term healthcare.

Firefly Health Launches Return To Work Service To Support The Reopening Plans Of Massachusetts Businesses

New service combines virtual primary and behavioral health care, continuous support and expert guidance for employees as they re-enter the workplace.

Atrius Health and Firefly Health Announce Value-Based Care Affiliation

New affiliation expands Firefly Health's access to specialists from across the Atrius Health system.

Firefly Health and PhysicianOne Urgent Care Partner for Exceptional Patient Care

Firefly Health and PhysicianOne Urgent Care partner to create an enhanced patient experience for Firefly Health patients and expanded primary care access to PhysicianOne Urgent Care patients.

Firefly Health Closes $10.2 Million Series A Funding Round to Expand New Primary Care and Patient Experience Platform

Boston, MA, September 16, 2019 – Firefly Health, a technology-powered concierge medicine service for average Americans, announced today it has closed $10.2 million in a Series A funding round. The financing was led by F-Prime Capital and Oak HC/FT.

Why Firefly Health?

A few years ago I was approaching a major birthday and doing the kind of thinking one does at those moments in life. I’d had success in my role at Harvard and had a clear path to more of it. I loved taking care of patients and felt I’d finally reached the point of being a pretty darn good doctor. Yet I had a gnawing sense that continuing on my current path would leave me feeling that I could have done more to bring about the revolution in health care quality, safety and cost we urgently need in the U.S. and around the world.

Tech and the Renaissance of Clinical Practice

It can be hard to feel sorry for doctors, who are consistently listed among the best-paid professionals in the United States. It’s also true, however, that there’s a genuine crisis of physician burnout. Rates of depression and even suicides among doctors have reached alarming levels and show no signs of abating.

Firefly's Blueprint for Reimagining Technology

One of the most obvious differences between Firefly Health and traditional health care providers is our emphasis on digital technology. People use our app to sign up, schedule visits, send us messages, conduct video visits, and track their health goals. And that list is growing every day. For us, technology is not just a means to an end—it is core to how we care for people.