Mili and Sachin Patel started with three operatories in Dade City. Two decades, 60 practices and one Heartland Dental deal later, their most useful invention may be the operating system behind the drills.
The Los Angeles fintech approves about nine of ten shoppers for the purchases nobody plans for - car repairs, root canals, new glasses, the dog's surgery - and charges no fees of any kind. Here is how a rejected loan application became a billion-dollar company.
PatientFi is a healthcare fintech that lets patients pay for elective medical treatments over time through simple monthly payment plans. Its point-of-sale platform partners with medical practices - across plastic surgery, dermatology, dentistry, ophthalmology, fertility and medical spas - to offer instant, soft-credit-check financing so patients can afford care without upfront strain, while practices grow revenue. Headquartered in Irvine, California, the company markets itself as 'The Friendly Way to Pay.'