# Koda Health

> Koda Health is a Houston-based digital health company that turns advance care planning into a guided, EMR-integrated digital experience. Its AI-enhanced platform helps health systems, payers, and providers scale goals-of-care conversations while letting patients create legally valid advance directives, DNR orders, and medical power-of-attorney documents at no cost. Founded in 2020 through the Texas Medical Center Biodesign program, Koda now reaches more than one million patients nationwide and pairs software with in-house clinical support to make sure care plans are understood and followed.

- **Founded:** 2020
- **Headquarters:** Houston, Texas, United States
- **Founders:** Tatiana Fofanova (Co-Founder & CEO), Desh Mohan (Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer), Katelin Cherry (Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** ~35 employees
- **Products:** Advance Care Planning (ACP) Platform, Kidney Action Planning (KAP), Koda Cares clinical support
- **Notable:** Oversubscribed $7M Series A closed October 2025, Supports more than one million patients nationwide, Net Promoter Score of 87

## Products & services

- **Advance Care Planning (ACP) Platform** — An AI-enhanced, EMR-integrated platform that digitally guides patients through advance care planning and generates legally valid advance directives, DNR orders, and medical power-of-attorney documents, with virtual notarization at no cost to patients.
- **Kidney Action Planning (KAP)** — A serious-illness planning solution focused on kidney care, helping patients and providers navigate treatment decisions for chronic and end-stage kidney disease.
- **Koda Cares clinical support** — In-house clinical staff who provide virtual serious-illness support to high-risk patients, ensuring completed care plans are understood and followed.

## Achievements

- Oversubscribed $7M Series A closed October 2025
- Supports more than one million patients nationwide
- Net Promoter Score of 87
- 79% reduction in terminal hospitalizations in a Houston Methodist ACO study
- 20% decrease in inpatient length of stay
- 51% increase in hospice utilization
- Average savings of ~$9,000 per patient (about 42% cost reduction)
- Graduated from the Texas Medical Center Biodesign program

## Latest updates

- **2025-10** — Closed an oversubscribed $7M Series A led by Evidenced to scale goal-concordant care nationwide.
- **2025-05** — Launched an advance care planning partnership with Guidehealth.
- **2025-05** — Partnered with Medical Home Network to expand advance care planning across select FQHCs.
- **2023-05** — Announced partnership with Cigna to expand advance care planning for Medicare Advantage beneficiaries.

## Links

- Website: https://www.kodahealthcare.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kodahealth
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/kodahealth

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