Lightbeam Health Solutions

Lightbeam Health Solutions

Pat Cline launched Lightbeam Health Solutions in 2012, a decade after founding NextGen Health, one of the earliest electronic health record systems. The company operates as a population health platform focused on value-based care, aggregating data from 50 top EHRs and 270 health plans. Lightbeam's platform spans AI-driven risk stratification, remote patient monitoring, quality measures optimization, and risk adjustment. The firm supports Medicare Shared Savings Program ACOs, ACO REACH, and the newer CMS TEAM, ACCESS, and LEAD models. Confirmed client results include a 15% average reduction in admissions and 30% reduction in readmissions. One physician-owned multi-specialty practice cut costs by $1.5 million while growing revenue. Saint Peter's University Hospital reduced ED visits by 7% using Lightbeam's AI to uncover social determinant needs. The platform has delivered over $5 billion in gross savings to customers since 2014. Lightbeam reports serving 45 million patients and processing 100 million rows of data daily. The company has won 'Best in KLAS' for deviceless RPM in 2024 and 2025, and earned a spot on the Inc. 5000 list for seven consecutive years. In 2025, it achieved Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program Healthcare AI Certified Software designation. Key executives include Chief Financial Officer Paul Holt and Chief Technology Officer Mike Hoxter. A structural differentiator is Lightbeam's founder-led architecture: Cline built the company from operating an EHR pioneer to a data analytics firm directly integrated into provider workflows. Rather than selling standalone software, Lightbeam embeds its risk stratification and care management tools within existing EHR systems, reducing clinician documentation burden while enabling real-time intervention.