SAN FRANCISCO Oct. 23, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Arbital Health , a healthcare technology company that provides critical infrastructure for providers and payers to successfully manage risk-based contracts, today announced the appointment of Najib Jai, MD, MBA as Chief Operating Officer. With a career shaped by entrepreneurship, leadership, and vision, Dr. Jai brings a distinctive perspective to Arbital's goal of advancing value-based care (VBC) through better management, measurement, and adjudication of risk contracts..  Dr. Jai's path from physician to executive has been shaped by a deliberate pursuit of impact across medicine, business, and innovation. While earning both his MD and MBA at the University of Chicago, he began his career in private equity. There he studied the patterns of successful healthcare organizations and the discipline behind scalable growth. He later joined Oak Street Health, leading initiatives in specialty care strategy within value-based primary care models. Most recently, he co-founded and served as CEO of Conduce Health, where he guided the company from concept to acquisition while building a high-performing team.  "Joining Arbital Health is a natural progression of everything I've worked towards," said Dr. Jai. "My career has always centered on aligning clinical integrity with operational performance. Arbital's platform and culture are built on those same principles. I'm excited to help shape our next chapter, one where data, technology, empathy, and execution work in concert to deliver measurable value for providers, payers, and patients alike."  Brian Overstreet , President and CEO at Arbital Health, shared his enthusiasm for the appointment. "Najib has the ability to bridge the strategic with the human. He understands the operational realities of technology delivery but also the importance of vision, clarity, and communication in driving sustainable change. His leadership will be essential as we scale our contract measurement and adjudication capabilities across risk bearing entities."  Dr. Jai will oversee Arbital Health's operations and implementation strategy, guiding the company's efforts to expand its footprint with payers and providers nationwide. His appointment underscores Arbital's focus on operational precision, team development, and disciplined growth as the company continues to serve a rapidly evolving value-based care landscape.  About Arbital Health  Arbital Health provides the critical infrastructure for providers and payers to successfully manage risk-based contracts. With the industry's leading value-based actuaries and robust AI-powered platform, Arbital Health accelerates contract performance monitoring and decision-making, centralizes fragmented data, and automates contract reconciliation across all major risk models. By reducing complexity and administrative burden, Arbital Health ensures value-based care contracts deliver on their promise of better patient outcomes and sustainable financial performance. Arbital Health is led by a best-in-class team of healthcare actuaries, engineers, and industry veterans, and backed by leading investors Valtruis, Transformation Capital, Shaper Capital, and Healthy Ventures. For more information, visit ArbitalHealth.com  Media Contact  Rachel DiMartino, Arbital Health, 1 6037933482, rachel@arbitalhealth.com https://arbitalhealth.com/  SOURCE Arbital Health

Arbital Health Appoints Najib Jai as Chief Operating Officer

SAN FRANCISCO Oct. 23, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Arbital Health , a healthcare technology company that provides critical infrastructure for providers and payers to successfully manage risk-based contracts, today announced the appointment of Najib Jai, MD, MBA as Chief Operating Officer. With a career shaped by entrepreneurship, leadership, and vision, Dr. Jai brings a distinctive perspective to Arbital's goal of advancing value-based care (VBC) through better management, measurement, and adjudication of risk contracts..  Dr. Jai's path from physician to executive has been shaped by a deliberate pursuit of impact across medicine, business, and innovation. While earning both his MD and MBA at the University of Chicago, he began his career in private equity. There he studied the patterns of successful healthcare organizations and the discipline behind scalable growth. He later joined Oak Street Health, leading initiatives in specialty care strategy within value-based primary care models. Most recently, he co-founded and served as CEO of Conduce Health, where he guided the company from concept to acquisition while building a high-performing team.  "Joining Arbital Health is a natural progression of everything I've worked towards," said Dr. Jai. "My career has always centered on aligning clinical integrity with operational performance. Arbital's platform and culture are built on those same principles. I'm excited to help shape our next chapter, one where data, technology, empathy, and execution work in concert to deliver measurable value for providers, payers, and patients alike."  Brian Overstreet , President and CEO at Arbital Health, shared his enthusiasm for the appointment. "Najib has the ability to bridge the strategic with the human. He understands the operational realities of technology delivery but also the importance of vision, clarity, and communication in driving sustainable change. His leadership will be essential as we scale our contract measurement and adjudication capabilities across risk bearing entities."  Dr. Jai will oversee Arbital Health's operations and implementation strategy, guiding the company's efforts to expand its footprint with payers and providers nationwide. His appointment underscores Arbital's focus on operational precision, team development, and disciplined growth as the company continues to serve a rapidly evolving value-based care landscape.  About Arbital Health  Arbital Health provides the critical infrastructure for providers and payers to successfully manage risk-based contracts. With the industry's leading value-based actuaries and robust AI-powered platform, Arbital Health accelerates contract performance monitoring and decision-making, centralizes fragmented data, and automates contract reconciliation across all major risk models. By reducing complexity and administrative burden, Arbital Health ensures value-based care contracts deliver on their promise of better patient outcomes and sustainable financial performance. Arbital Health is led by a best-in-class team of healthcare actuaries, engineers, and industry veterans, and backed by leading investors Valtruis, Transformation Capital, Shaper Capital, and Healthy Ventures. For more information, visit ArbitalHealth.com  Media Contact  Rachel DiMartino, Arbital Health, 1 6037933482, rachel@arbitalhealth.com https://arbitalhealth.com/  View original content to download multimedia: https://www.prweb.com/releases/arbital-health-appoints-najib-jai-as-chief-operating-officer-302593053.html  SOURCE Arbital Health

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CB Insights has named Arbital Health to its 2025 Digital Health 50 list, recognizing it as one of the world's most promising private digital health startups for transforming value-based care through AI-powered risk management. Since its 2023 launch, Arbital has rapidly scaled—managing over 1 million patient lives, completing 250+ contract adjudications, and raising a $31 million Series B to accelerate innovation, including its Merlin AI VBC contract performance assistant.  SAN FRANCISCO Oct. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- CB Insights today named Arbital Health to its seventh annual Digital Health 50, showcasing the 50 most promising private digital health companies in the world.  "The 2025 Digital Health 50 winners are high-momentum companies poised to define the next era of healthcare," said Ellen Knapp, Principal Analyst at CB Insights. "This year's cohort is advancing the shift from reactive to proactive care, developing AI solutions tailored to healthcare's unique regulatory environment, and addressing critical sector-wide challenges from care access to provider burnout and workforce shortages."  "We're thrilled to be recognized as one of the most innovative digital health companies," said Brian Overstreet , President and CEO of Arbital Health. "Over the past two years, our team has worked tirelessly to build the infrastructure that makes value-based care not just possible, but effective—helping providers, payers, and patients achieve better outcomes at scale."  Since its launch in late 2023, Arbital Health has achieved rapid growth across the value-based care ecosystem. The company has onboarded over 1 million patient lives, performed over 250 contract adjudications, doubled its team of value-based care actuaries, and formed strategic partnerships with provider and payer organizations. Earlier this year, Arbital raised a $31 million Series B to accelerate growth and innovation, including the launch of Merlin AI , the industry's first intelligent value-based care contract performance assistant.  "The Digital Health 50 is an extremely competitive list, with thousands of private digital health companies evaluated each year," Overstreet added. "Being selected among the top 50 highlights the momentum we've built and the impact our platform is having across the healthcare system. This recognition is a testament to the progress we've made in transforming value-based care, and we're excited to continue scaling our platform and ensuring that value-based care contracts align financial incentives with better patient outcomes."  Quick facts on the 2025 Digital Health 50:  The 50 winners span categories such as care delivery, revenue cycle management, drug discovery & development, and diagnostics.  This year's cohort is deploying AI across a wide variety of use cases, with notable adoption of agentic AI, voice AI, and automated provider workflows.  Collectively raised $2B in equity funding in 2025 YTD (as of 10/14/2025).  52% are early-stage companies (seed/angel or Series A funding).  Established 140+ business relationships since 2024 with industry leaders including Cleveland Clinic, IBM, and Novartis.  About CB Insights  CB Insights is the leader in predictive intelligence on private companies. It delivers instant insights that help you source and analyze private companies, focus on the right markets, and stay ahead of competitors. Our AI agents are powerful because they translate signals into the exact outputs your teams need to move first — defensible, sourced, and board-ready. To learn more, please visit www.cbinsights.com  Contact:  Media@cbinsights.com  About Arbital Health  Arbital Health provides the critical infrastructure for providers and payers to successfully manage risk-based contracts. With the industry's leading value-based actuaries and robust AI-powered platform, Arbital Health accelerates contract performance monitoring and decision-making, centralizes fragmented data, and automates contract reconciliation across all major risk models. By reducing complexity and administrative burden, Arbital Health ensures value-based care contracts deliver on their promise of better patient outcomes and sustainable financial performance. Arbital Health is led by a best-in-class team of healthcare actuaries, engineers, and industry veterans, and backed by leading investors Valtruis, Transformation Capital, Shaper Capital, and Healthy Ventures. For more information, visit ArbitalHealth.com  Contact:  Rachel DiMartino | marketing@arbitalhealth.com  Media Contact  Rachel DiMartino, Arbital Health, 1 6037933482, rachel@arbitalhealth.com https://arbitalhealth.com/  SOURCE Arbital Health

Arbital Health Named to the 2025 CB Insights' List of the 50 Most Promising Digital Health Startups

startups for transforming value-based care through AI-powered risk management. Since its 2023 launch, Arbital has rapidly scaled—managing over 1 million patient lives, completing 250+ contract adjudications, and raising a $31 million Series B to accelerate innovation, including its Merlin AI VBC contract performance assistant.  SAN FRANCISCO Oct. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- CB Insights today named Arbital Health to its seventh annual Digital Health 50, showcasing the 50 most promising private digital health companies in the world.  "The 2025 Digital Health 50 winners are high-momentum companies poised to define the next era of healthcare," said Ellen Knapp, Principal Analyst at CB Insights. "This year's cohort is advancing the shift from reactive to proactive care, developing AI solutions tailored to healthcare's unique regulatory environment, and addressing critical sector-wide challenges from care access to provider burnout and workforce shortages."  "We're thrilled to be recognized as one of the most innovative digital health companies," said Brian Overstreet , President and CEO of Arbital Health. "Over the past two years, our team has worked tirelessly to build the infrastructure that makes value-based care not just possible, but effective—helping providers, payers, and patients achieve better outcomes at scale."  Since its launch in late 2023, Arbital Health has achieved rapid growth across the value-based care ecosystem. The company has onboarded over 1 million patient lives, performed over 250 contract adjudications, doubled its team of value-based care actuaries, and formed strategic partnerships with provider and payer organizations. Earlier this year, Arbital raised a $31 million Series B to accelerate growth and innovation, including the launch of Merlin AI , the industry's first intelligent value-based care contract performance assistant.  "The Digital Health 50 is an extremely competitive list, with thousands of private digital health companies evaluated each year," Overstreet added. "Being selected among the top 50 highlights the momentum we've built and the impact our platform is having across the healthcare system. This recognition is a testament to the progress we've made in transforming value-based care, and we're excited to continue scaling our platform and ensuring that value-based care contracts align financial incentives with better patient outcomes."  Quick facts on the 2025 Digital Health 50:  About CB Insights  CB Insights is the leader in predictive intelligence on private companies. It delivers instant insights that help you source and analyze private companies, focus on the right markets, and stay ahead of competitors. Our AI agents are powerful because they translate signals into the exact outputs your teams need to move first — defensible, sourced, and board-ready. To learn more, please visit www.cbinsights.com  Contact:  Media@cbinsights.com  About Arbital Health  Arbital Health provides the critical infrastructure for providers and payers to successfully manage risk-based contracts. With the industry's leading value-based actuaries and robust AI-powered platform, Arbital Health accelerates contract performance monitoring and decision-making, centralizes fragmented data, and automates contract reconciliation across all major risk models. By reducing complexity and administrative burden, Arbital Health ensures value-based care contracts deliver on their promise of better patient outcomes and sustainable financial performance. Arbital Health is led by a best-in-class team of healthcare actuaries, engineers, and industry veterans, and backed by leading investors Valtruis, Transformation Capital, Shaper Capital, and Healthy Ventures. For more information, visit ArbitalHealth.com  Contact:  Rachel DiMartino | marketing@arbitalhealth.com  Media Contact  Rachel DiMartino, Arbital Health, 1 6037933482, rachel@arbitalhealth.com https://arbitalhealth.com/  View original content to download multimedia: https://www.prweb.com/releases/arbital-health-named-to-the-2025-cb-insights-list-of-the-50-most-promising-digital-health-startups-302590389.html  SOURCE Arbital Health

Aligned provides primary care solutions within the healthcare sector. The company offers a network of independent primary care providers to self-insured employers, facilitating access to quality healthcare services with a value-based payment model. Aligned primarily serves the self-insured employer segment, connecting their workforce to personalized primary care options. It was founded in 2023 and is based in New York, New York.

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`` Our partnership with Arbital Health will enable us to better adjudicate our value-based care contracts between employers and primary care groups so we can drive member engagement to high quality , accessible advanced primary care , '' said Patrick Nelli , Founder and CEO , Aligned Marketplace .

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HarmonyCares is a provider of healthcare services. The company offers in-home physician care, lab and x-ray services, nursing and therapy, hospice and palliative care, and health assessments. HarmonyCares primarily serves Medicare recipients and individuals with medical conditions. HarmonyCares was formerly known as U.S. Medical Management. It was founded in 1993 and is based in Troy, Michigan.

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Podimetrics serves healthcare company that provides virtual care solutions in the diabetes management sector. It's offerings include remote monitoring and support to assist individuals with diabetes in managing their condition. The company primarily serves the healthcare industry, focusing on payors, providers, and patients. It was founded in 2011 and is based in Somerville, Massachusetts.

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Arbital Health is a company that provides technology and advisory services for value-based care in the healthcare industry. Its offerings include a platform that centralizes, measures, and adjudicates healthcare contracts, along with actuarial services that support the creation and optimization of risk contracts. Arbital Health serves healthcare providers, payers, value-based care enablers, and employers. It was founded in 2023 and is based in San Francisco, California.

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