Forbes March 27, 2025
Khosla-backed Gather Health has signed up more than 2,500 patients, the majority on both Medicare and Medicaid, for its primary-care service. With $17 million in new funding, it’s growing fast—and expects to reach breakeven on its four centers this year.
After more than a decade as an emergency room doctor, Brent Asplin was fed up. He saw too many patients come in needing treatment for chronic diseases that would have been better addressed if they had a primary care physician, who could help with their underlying conditions. But instead, they were in the ER, getting treated at high cost. “It was much easier for me to admit a patient to the ICU for $10,000 a...