After discharge, there are 72 hours with no clinical safety net.
MamaBear closes that gap — a shovel-ready, USDA-developed pediatric telehealth platform for rural EDs, FQHCs, and Critical Access Hospitals. Deployable in 2–3 weeks. RHTP grant eligible.
Families go home into a void
- ✕Parents turn to Google, WebMD, or ChatGPT for clinical guidance
- ✕No structured way to report worsening symptoms to a clinician
- ✕4% return to the ED — most never needed to
- ✕Below-cost, underreimbursed return encounters consume staff with no revenue
- ✕Early asthma risk goes undetected — no longitudinal breathing data
- ✕Well-visit gaps widen — no reminder, no follow-up pathway
Clinicians stay connected at home
- ✓Structured eCheck connects families directly to your on-shift clinician
- ✓Parent-captured breathing video provides clinical insight without a visit
- ✓Avoidable returns prevented — families with a channel don’t drive back
- ✓Documented, billable follow-up — no manual transcription required
- ✓Automated alert after 4 noisy breathing episodes — asthma risk flagged early
- ✓Condition-specific education and well-visit reminders delivered automatically
Five steps. No new infrastructure.
MamaBear is asynchronous, store-and-forward telemedicine. No live appointments. No new portals. No IT build required.
What your team gains
Clinical visibility at home
See the child against the ED baseline — 15-second breathing video tells more than any discharge conversation.
Care continuum activated
One secure weblink travels from ED → PCP → Specialist. No information lost in translation.
Quality metric support
Structured, reportable follow-up data supports positive quality metric reporting and value-based care performance.
Early asthma identification
Longitudinal noisy breathing tracking with automated alert after 4 episodes — Modified Asthma Predictive Index data collection built in.
Zero IT lift
No EHR integration required. Works via secure email without any EHR infrastructure. HIPAA-compliant from day one.
Parent satisfaction
Families discharged with a clinical channel come back — and recommend you. In rural markets, every patient relationship matters.
MamaBear reduces subjectivity and recall bias. It supports earlier treatment decisions and helps prevent unnecessary testing and hospitalizations.
The break-even math is straightforward
For children under 2 with RSV on Medicaid, hospitals deliver $1,100–$1,200 in care and receive $463–$482 in reimbursement. A 72-hour return that ends in discharge generates a second below-cost encounter — unreimbursed staff time with no additional revenue.
| Annual episodes | Low-acuity returns | Year 1 cost | Break-even |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2,500 | ~83 | $9,500 | 1 in 4 returns prevented |
| 2,500 | ~83 | $4,500 (yr 2+) | 1 in 12 returns prevented |
Billing codes available
No new billing infrastructure required. No manual transcription. Over 37 state Medicaid programs reimburse for store-and-forward services.
Built for RHTP from the ground up
MamaBear aligns directly with CMS RHTP priorities across consumer technology, telehealth capability, innovative care delivery, and maternal and child health outcomes.
Consumer-facing technology
HIPAA-compliant mobile app enabling structured symptom data capture and clinician-reviewed parent education.
Telehealth capability development
Asynchronous post-discharge follow-up. No travel, no appointment, no live telehealth infrastructure required.
Innovative care delivery
Reduces ED high utilization — stable children to PCP, deteriorating children back earlier, all documented in one link.
Maternal, infant & child health
Closes the 72-hour discharge gap for publicly insured infants and toddlers in rural and Tribal communities.
All-in year 1 — covers implementation and platform access (up to 300 eChecks). RHTP grant eligible.
$4,500/year thereafter.
Ready to close the discharge gap?
Interested state program officers, hospital systems, and FQHCs can request our full implementation plan and pricing.