In a powerful move to bring transparency and fairness to the U.S. healthcare system, Angel Onuoha and the team at Avelis Health have secured $500,000 in funding from Y Combinator.
With medical debt crippling over 100 million Americans, Avelis is harnessing AI to audit bills, eliminate costly errors, and negotiate better outcomes for patients and self-insured employers. Their latest tool, Payment Integrity, promises to save companies millions—while protecting employees from the hidden costs of flawed healthcare billing.
Says Onuoha:
Over 100m Americans have medical debt, and it’s the leading cause of personal bankruptcy.
These are devastating outcomes for both patients and their employers who self-insure.
For decades, the healthcare industry has avoided scrutiny because nobody had the resources to push back.
And if they did, the process was painstaking.
This is why we built Avelis Health. AI agents that audit your medical bills, identify errors, and negotiate fair prices with providers.
In the past few months, we’ve helped patients save $100s of thousands of dollars and avoid bankruptcy.
Avelis Health has now launched 𝐏𝐚𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲, a payment platform built for employers to:
• Catch billing errors before you pay (we audit 100% of claims in real-time)
• Save 8-10% on your annual health plan spend with zero impact to employee benefits
• Track where every health dollar goes with detailed analytics
Onuoha adds:
Employers waste $100s of millions each year paying for erroneous medical claims, and this cost always gets passed down to employees in the form of higher premiums and worse coverage.
There’s no better partner than Y Combinator for tackling such an ambitious mission.
Onwards 🚀
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