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Lamar Health
Lamar Health is a San Francisco software company that automates the paperwork behind expensive specialty medications. Its AI-driven platform handles unified intake, insurance verification, clinical and payor requirement checks, and prior authorization submission and tracking for specialty pharmacies, infusion clinics, and home infusion pharmacies - the drugs that average around $70,000 per patient per year. Founded by Ph.D. geneticist Eesha Sharma and backed by Y Combinator (W21), Lamar aims to get patients on therapy in days instead of weeks without forcing providers to add headcount.
SamaCare
SamaCare is a San Francisco-based healthcare technology company that runs the leading medical-benefit prior authorization platform for specialty medications. Its cloud-based, AI-assisted software replaces the fax-and-phone paperwork that delays patients from receiving life-changing biologics, automating submission, tracking, benefit verification, and enrollment across major US payers. The platform serves specialty practices in retina, oncology, neurology, and rheumatology, plus pharmaceutical manufacturers who use SamaCare's real-time data to improve patient access.