Goldfinch Health is a surgery navigation company transforming surgical recovery and preventing post-surgical opioid misuse.
Surgery accounts for 42% of annual employer health plan costs and is a major gateway to long-term opioid dependence. Complications, readmissions, and extended disability drive additional costs.
We work with self-insured employers, Taft-Hartley funds, regional health systems, and TPAs seeking better recovery and lower surgical spending.
Key Offerings: Dedicated Nurse Navigators provide ~11 touchpoints per case, guiding members from pre-op through 30 days post-op in 100+ languages. Our Prepared for Surgery Toolkit provides evidence-based preparation and recovery resources, while Enhanced Recovery (ERAS) protocols emphasize multimodal, opioid-sparing pain management.
Key Outcomes: 92% fewer post-surgical opioid refills, return to work 35 days sooner (validated by the Validation Institute), 63% engagement rate, and +84 Net Promoter Score with an ROI of 2.54x. Clinical research has been published in the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons.
No PMPM/PEPM fees; sponsors pay only when members use the service. Goldfinch integrates with existing health plans, TPAs, and provider networks without narrow-network restrictions.
State-Level Impact: Goldfinch also powers the Billion Pill Pledge which partners with nearly a dozen state-level programs using opioid settlement funds to help hospitals and surgeons implement evidence-based surgical care. We are not just trying to be transactional but transformational.
Recognition includes Nebraska DHHS’s Excellence in Prevention Award for the Billion Pill Pledge and Tennessee’s 10x expansion to 20,000 lives following a successful two-year pilot.
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