AJMC October 12, 2024
Key Takeaways
- Thyme Care’s model integrates with partner practices, assuming 2-sided risk to improve patient experience and reduce waste.
- The company focuses on working collaboratively with oncologists, to reduce drug waste, improve patient navigation, and increase use of palliative care, addressing major oncology spending areas.
- Thyme Care aims to enhance primary care-oncology referrals, emphasizing value-based care’s benefits, supported by a $95 million funding round.
When it was founded in July 2020, Thyme Care’s early focus in cancer care was patient navigation. By the fall of 2023, the company was serving more than 3000 patients1 and had research to show that its technology-driven navigation and support services brought a $594 cost reduction per patient per month, compared with a...