Local Healthcare

How it works

A partner offers the program, an independent clinician handles the medicine, a pharmacy ships, and Local Healthcare handles billing. Here is every step, and every party, named.

  1. 1

    The partner offers the program

    A spa, gym, salon or clinic puts its branded program in front of the clients it already sees. The partner is the seller of record and sets its own retail price.

  2. 2

    The client completes intake

    On the partner's storefront, the client answers a medical questionnaire. No clinical claims are made to the client on any marketing site; the offer lives on the storefront.

  3. 3

    A clinician evaluates and, if appropriate, prescribes

    An independent, licensed clinician at Beluga Health reviews the intake and decides whether treatment is appropriate. Not everyone qualifies.

  4. 4

    A pharmacy ships

    Where a prescription is issued, a state-licensed pharmacy dispenses and ships it to the client's door.

  5. 5

    Local Healthcare bills and remits

    Local Healthcare collects the client's payment as the partner's billing agent, takes one published wholesale price, and remits the partner's share.

The commercial model, in one sentence

The partner sells the program to their client; Local Healthcare provides the platform and collects payment as the partner's billing agent; the clinician is independent.

The five parties

The partner

The business, a spa, gym, salon or clinic, that offers the program to its own clients and is the seller of record.

The client

The partner's customer, who completes an intake and, where appropriate, is prescribed and treated.

Local Healthcare

The platform, and the partner's billing agent. Operated by Lifted Health LLC. It does not provide medical care.

Beluga Health

An independent, physician-led medical group whose licensed clinicians evaluate clients and prescribe where appropriate.

The pharmacy

A state-licensed pharmacy that dispenses and ships any prescription to the client.

Local Healthcare never provides care and never describes the clinicians as its own. They are independent clinicians at Beluga Health.

Clients see your brand, not ours

The branded client journey

Your brand is front and center. Clients see your name on your own storefront at yourname.spa.healthcare, or gym, salon or clinic, with your pricing and your contract. The full telehealth operation runs quietly behind it: the independent physician group, pharmacy fulfillment, client support, billing and follow-up care, all operated by Local Healthcare.

Branded marketing website
Branded marketing website
Medical intake and fulfillment
Medical intake and fulfillment
Promote your store
Promote your store

Example: Lotus, a live branded storefront on the spa program.

Steps to launch

From first call to a live storefront, usually inside two weeks.

  1. 1

    Day 1: Intro call

    We look at your business, your clients and which program fits. You see the wholesale price sheet in full.

  2. 2

    Week 1: Agreement and setup

    You sign the partnership agreement, choose your retail pricing, and send us your logo and colors.

  3. 3

    Week 2: Storefront live

    Your branded storefront goes live on your own subdomain, with intake, checkout and the clinician handoff already wired.

  4. 4

    Ongoing: You sell, we run it

    Your team introduces the program. Clinicians, pharmacy, support and billing are ours. You keep the margin on every client, every month.

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