Bicycle Health

In this episode, Ankit Gupta, CEO and founder of Bicycle Health, discusses his telehealth treatment program for opioid use disorder. He shares the inspiration behind starting the company and the comprehensive care model they provide. Gupta explains their business model and pricing, highlighting the challenges of affordability and value-based care. He also discusses the importance of retention rates in addiction medicine and how Bicycle Health aligns incentives with patient outcomes. Gupta addresses the involvement of families in the virtual care model and the strategies they use for user acquisition.

We discuss:

• Retention rates, and how they differ between self-pay and insured patients

• How the opposite of treatment for opioid use disorder isn’t full recovery

• The involvement of families and care givers in addition to the patient you’re serving

• How they acquire patients through online channels

Meet the founder

Ankit Gupta, MS, is the Founder and CEO of Bicycle Health. He is passionate about the power of technology to create patient-centered experiences that can deliver high quality outcomes at scale.

Prior to Bicycle Health, Ankit was Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Pulse News. With over 30 million users and a shoutout by ex-Apple CEO Steve Jobs, Pulse was acquired by LinkedIn and now serves as the LinkedIn newsfeed. Ankit graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay with a Bachelor’s in Computer Science, and he earned his Master of Science (MS) in Computer Science from Stanford University, specializing in machine learning.

In his spare time, Ankit volunteers for his non-profit organization, Docs and Hackers, which aims to bridge the gap between the technology and healthcare fields. He also enjoys a good cup of coffee, a hike, and a good brew, ideally in that order.‍