Revenue Cycle Management

14 confirmed failures

Funding Burned

$721.7M

Median Lifespan

7 years

Dominant Failure

CAC Payback

50% of cases

Period

2012 — 2025

Failure Pattern Distribution

Customer acquisition costs too high7 (50%)

Outspent by bigger competitors3 (21%)

Regulation moved faster than the company2 (14%)

Ran out of pivots before finding fit1 (7%)

Couldn't get paid by insurance1 (7%)

Curator's Note

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This section of the registry contains 14 healthcare Revenue Cycle Management startups that shut down between 2012 and 2025, representing $721.7M in combined funding. The dominant failure pattern is CAC Payback (50% of cases). Competitive Displacement accounts for another 21%. These entries were coded using the Gioia three-level qualitative methodology. Inter-rater reliability: 0.82 (strong agreement). This note is auto-generated and will be replaced by editorial analysis.

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Based on 14 Revenue Cycle Management failures in the corpus. Not your thesis.

KILLEDKill threshold 70%

Customer acquisition costs too high

Your sales cycle is longer than your burn rate can sustain.

Precedents

Friday Health Plans (HC-0026) · 2023
uBiome (HC-0030) · 2019
Medly Health (HC-0042) · 2023

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