In recognition of Thyroid Awareness Month, Paloma Health, backed by $2.5M, reimagines hypothyroid care in California.
Paloma Health, the first telemedicine platform offering end-to-end care for hypothyroidism is now available in California, in addition to Texas, Colorado, Arizona, and Illinois. The company offers online consultations with specialized thyroid providers who can prescribe critical health treatment and medications, dramatically increasing access to high quality care. Paloma accepts major forms of insurance, including Aetna, BCBS, and UnitedHealthcare.
The thyroid gland produces hormones that regulate virtually every system in the body. Not enough production of thyroid hormones, known as hypothyroidism, can cause fatigue, weight gain, depression and other metabolic and fertility problems.
Hypothyroidism affects over 20 million Americans 1 and is one of the most prevalent chronic
conditions in the US and the world. Many patients rely on a single form of treatment for
hypothyroidism, which has made the synthetic hormone levothyroxine (Synthroid and other brands) among the most prescribed medications in the country.
Despite their number, hypothyroid patients feel like they are left alone. Hypothyroidism treatments have one of the worst satisfaction scores in the healthcare industry. A national study of over 12,000 patients found that hypothyroid patients rate their current care at a 5/10.
Since there are only approximately 5.8k endocrinologists in the US, and the average wait for an initial non-urgent consultation with an adult endocrinologist is 37 days 3 , many hypothyroid patients are treated and followed up by their PCPs, receiving suboptimal care. Managing their condition is also a challenge for most hypothyroid patients. Patients have to travel to labs to test their thyroid levels several times a year and try to follow up with their doctors. Needless to say, this experience is not convenient and troublesome.
“Thyroid conditions are a much bigger problem than people realize,” said Marina Tarasova,
cofounder of Paloma Health, “particularly for women who may experience fatigue, unexplained
weight gain or other symptoms and not realize the relation. Technology helps us provide improved and personalized care to frustrated patients.”
Paloma Health is the first online medical practice providing improved care for hypothyroidism. The company offers high quality thyroid doctors, lab tests, nutritional guidance and prescriptions, all accessible from your home.