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Duet Raises $15M to Scale Nurse Practitioner-Owned Clinics, Filling Critical Primary Care Gap
With More than 130 Clinics in 21 States, Duet Helps Nurse Practitioners Open and Grow Their Own Practices in Rural and Underserved Communities to Expand Primary Care
Duet, the largest network of nurse practitioner-owned primary care practices in the U.S., today announced a $15 million Series A funding round, bringing its total raised to date to $22.5 million. The round was led by Kairos, with participation from Lerer Hippeau. Funds will be used to bring more NP-owned clinics into its network, deepen its value-based care partnerships with insurers, and grow its engineering team to expand its automation tools. Duet also announced plans to launch the first-ever NP-led Medicare Accountable Care Organization (ACO) in 2027, putting NP practices at the center of a care model historically led by hospitals and large physician groups.
“Nurse practitioners already deliver a big share of primary care, and their patients trust them,” said Jonathan Goldberg, Founder and CEO at Duet. “But more than 100 million Americans still lack access to primary care, and too many preventable problems go unaddressed. So NPs are launching their own clinics to reach more people who are overlooked by the system. Duet helps them build enduring practices that keep patients first and return care to the community. They’re going from being a workforce to being owners, and we’re proud to support that.”
Nurse practitioners are projected to be one of the fastest-growing professions in the U.S. over the next decade, and more of them are building practices to bring care closer to home. However, NP-owned clinics often face higher compliance costs and lower reimbursements than physicians for the same services, and many NPs find themselves spending more time on paperwork than on patients. Duet is changing this. Its AI-powered tools find patients who have fallen out of care and get them on the schedule, flag the most critical issues before each appointment, and take billing, credentialing, and payer contracting off the NP’s plate. Alternative contracts pay NPs more when they deliver on outcomes, turning better care into revenue they can use to grow.
Early results are strong. Across 400,000 annual visits, patient Net Promoter Score is 92, compared with a typical range of 40 to 70. NP practices that join Duet see preventive screenings for conditions like breast cancer and colon cancer rise by 30% and ER visits fall 20%. Of the patients who have drifted out of care, 25% come back in, and these are the patients who tend to end up worse off. On the financial side, NPs in Duet’s alternative contracts have earned 25% to 50% more revenue by succeeding on quality and cost measures, leaning into their model of preventative care. In New Hampshire, Duet’s anchor market, the NP network outperformed peers on the total cost of care by 19%, which translated into earned savings…
Full release here, originally announced November 12th, 2026.
Vumedi Expands AI-Powered Physician Learning as Medical Innovation Accelerates
Following a $104 Million Investment from Oak HC/FT, Vumedi has Modernized Peer-to-Peer Clinical Education, with Physicians now Spending More than 4.3 Million Minutes a Month Learning on the Platform
Vumedi, the peer-to-peer learning community for physicians, today announced expanded AI-powered learning capabilities that help doctors connect clinical questions with the experience of leading specialists faster. The expansion comes as physicians increasingly turn to AI to keep up with a growing volume of medical information.
Vumedi’s AI turns more than 100,000 physician-led videos and nearly 5,000 podcast episodes across more than 21 specialties into an on-demand clinical resource. Physicians ask a clinical question, and the AI surfaces the most relevant specialist perspectives, including expert-led content not available in the published literature, and synthesizes how multiple experts approach the same problem. Clinicians can then jump to the time-stamped moment in the underlying video or episode to see the full clinical context, from procedural technique to treatment sequencing.
Since launching less than a year ago, Vumedi’s AI tools have been used by more than 150,000 NPI-verified clinicians, generating more than 1 million interactions. Physicians who use the AI tools spend 3.5 times more time on the platform than non-AI users, a sign that faster access to relevant expertise leads to deeper learning rather than a shortened journey.
“AI is making it dramatically easier for physicians to get information. That makes access to real clinical experience more important,” said Roman Giverts, Founder and CEO at Vumedi…
Full release here, originally announced November 10th, 2026.
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