Ember works with organizations across the healthcare ecosystem to build solutions that work in the real world.
Our clients sit on every side of the table: companies building new tools, the providers and payers who use them, the agencies that regulate and fund them, and the coalitions pushing for change. That range is the point. We know how each side sees the problem, so we can help you work across them.
Health tech companies & startups
What you're facing: You've built something good. Now it has to connect to EHRs and data networks, meet the rules in every market you enter, and land the partners who can get it in front of customers.
What you hire us for:
Interoperability and TEFCA readiness strategy
Go-to-market and partnership development with EHR vendors, networks, and channel partners
Regulatory readiness when entering a new state or market segment
Thought leadership that builds credibility with health system and payer buyers
Related practices: Health Data & Interoperability Strategy · Health Policy & Regulatory Strategy
Government & public health agencies
What you're facing: Programs have to work for the communities they serve, earn support from partners with different priorities, and keep pace with shifting policy and funding.
What you hire us for:
Plain-language policy analysis and legislative tracking
Stakeholder and community engagement, including listening sessions and focus groups
Convenings that align agencies, providers, and community partners around a plan
Related practices: Health Policy & Regulatory Strategy · Convening, Coalitions & Advocacy
Providers, payers, and health systems
What you're facing: New federal rules on prior authorization, data exchange, and billing keep changing what your operations and technology have to do, often on tight deadlines.
What you hire us for:
Prior authorization and payer API readiness
Workflow mapping and process redesign for new requirements
Data exchange and network participation strategy
Related practices: Health Policy & Regulatory Strategy · Health Data & Interoperability Strategy
Foundations, nonprofits, & coalitions
What you're facing: You're working on problems no single organization can solve. Progress depends on getting the right people in the room, agreeing on what to push for, and telling the story well enough to move funders and lawmakers.
What you hire us for:
Coalition formation, facilitation, and shared policy agendas
Advocacy campaigns, including legislator outreach and fly-ins
Issue briefs, white papers, and comment letters
Program design and feasibility work
Newsletters, op-eds, and thought leadership
Related practices: Convening, Coalitions & Advocacy · Strategic Communications & Thought Leadership · Health Policy & Regulatory Strategy
We're a good fit when
The problem crosses policy, technology, and people, and no single expert covers all three.
You need senior thinking and hands-on work from the same team.
Several organizations have to agree before anything moves.
You want a clear deliverable and a plan to act on it, not a report that sits on a shelf.
See yourself here?
Tell us what you're working on. We'll tell you straight whether we're the right team, and if not, who might be.