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Turning family engagement into recurring revenue for behavioral health

Pathroot activates, supports, and aligns families from intake through aftercare — improving retention, strengthening outcomes, and turning each admission into a recurring revenue opportunity.

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40+ providers under agreement | Live rollouts underway | 3,600 families expected in 2026

Why Pathroot, Why Now

Family support influences outcomes, retention, and revenue. Pathroot turns it into a structured, scalable system for treatment programs.

Families drive outcomes

Families influence admissions, adherence, early discharge risk, and post-treatment stability.

Programs lack infrastructure

Most programs rely on fragmented touchpoints, manual outreach, and inconsistent support.

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Retention pressure is rising

Early discharge creates empty beds, lost revenue, weaker outcomes, and pressure to replace patients.

Pathroot fills the gap

A fully managed system supports families, keeps them aligned, and measures what matters.

Early discharge is a revenue problem

Unsupported or misaligned families can unintentionally push patients out of care — creating early discharges, empty beds, lost revenue, and pressure to replace patients.

25–40%

Patients leave treatment early

10 Days

Average empty bed after early discharge

$10K+

Average cost to replace a patient

Pathroot improves provider performance

When families are aligned earlier and supported consistently, programs can reduce early exits, protect revenue, improve outcomes visibility, and strengthen future referrals.

Stabilize census and revenue

Fewer avoidable early exits help protect the revenue tied to treatment completion and reduce empty-bed exposure.

Stabilize census and revenue

Fewer avoidable early exits help protect the revenue tied to treatment completion and reduce empty-bed exposure.

Stabilize census and revenue

Fewer avoidable early exits help protect the revenue tied to treatment completion and reduce empty-bed exposure.

Reduce replacement pressure

Keeping more patients engaged in care reduces pressure on admissions teams and expensive acquisition pipelines.

Reduce replacement pressure

Keeping more patients engaged in care reduces pressure on admissions teams and expensive acquisition pipelines.

Reduce replacement pressure

Keeping more patients engaged in care reduces pressure on admissions teams and expensive acquisition pipelines.

Track outcomes that matter

Pathroot gives programs measurable data on family engagement, satisfaction, risk signals, and post-discharge stability.

Track outcomes that matter

Pathroot gives programs measurable data on family engagement, satisfaction, risk signals, and post-discharge stability.

Turn families into advocates

A better family experience can strengthen trust, improve reputation, and create future referral opportunities.

Turn families into advocates

A better family experience can strengthen trust, improve reputation, and create future referral opportunities.

Turn families into advocates

A better family experience can strengthen trust, improve reputation, and create future referral opportunities.

Provider adoption is underway and built to scale

Pathroot is rolling out through a model where referral partners, treatment programs, families,
and Pathroot all benefit from better engagement and outcomes.

Referral partners bring demand

Referral partners send qualified patients to treatment programs and increasingly expect engagement, outcomes visibility, and follow-through.

Referral partners bring demand

Referral partners send qualified patients to treatment programs and increasingly expect engagement, outcomes visibility, and follow-through.

Programs adopt Pathroot to perform better

Programs use Pathroot to align families, reduce avoidable early exits, strengthen outcomes data, and improve the family experience.

Programs adopt Pathroot to perform better

Programs use Pathroot to align families, reduce avoidable early exits, strengthen outcomes data, and improve the family experience.

Pathroot scales with admissions

As families are introduced at intake, Pathroot revenue grows through normal patient flow — not one-time implementation projects.

Pathroot scales with admissions

As families are introduced at intake, Pathroot revenue grows through normal patient flow — not one-time implementation projects.

Starting in addiction treatment. Built for broader care markets.

Starting in addiction treatment. Built for broader care markets.

Pathroot starts in substance use treatment, where family influence is immediate and measurable, then expands into care markets where families and caregivers affect adherence, outcomes, and long-term stability.

Pathroot starts in substance use treatment, where family influence is immediate and measurable, then expands into care markets where families and caregivers affect adherence, outcomes, and long-term stability.

Initial Market:  Addiction Treatment
Pathroot starts with substance use providers, where family influence directly affects retention, outcomes, and revenue.

Initial Market:  Addiction Treatment
Pathroot starts with substance use providers, where family influence directly affects retention, outcomes, and revenue.

Focused Provider Segment
Pathroot targets programs with recurring admissions, commercial reimbursement, and strong incentives to improve retention and outcomes.

Focused Provider Segment
Pathroot targets programs with recurring admissions, commercial reimbursement, and strong incentives to improve retention and outcomes.

Initial Market:  Addiction Treatment
Pathroot starts with substance use providers, where family influence directly affects retention, outcomes, and revenue.

Initial Market:  Addiction Treatment
Pathroot starts with substance use providers, where family influence directly affects retention, outcomes, and revenue.

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Built by operators

Experience across treatment, healthcare, SaaS, and growth.

Our Team

Carolyn Bradfield

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Carolyn Bradfield

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Brent Palmer

CMO

Bruce Ahern

Board Chairman

Mike Guardalabene

CTO

Advisors

Rick Strobridge

Advisor

Dr. Sandy Newes

Advisor

Dr. Mary Flora

Advisor

Gerard Szatvanyi

Advisor

Rick Delgiorno

Advisor

Curt Allen

Advisor

Mike Webb

Advisor

Bob Pollack

Advisor

Proven founders with exits in SaaS and treatment

A team with direct addiction treatment experience, SaaS operating depth,
and multiple successful exits.

Executive Overview

A concise overview of Pathroot’s business and market focus.

Executive Overview

A concise overview of Pathroot’s business and market focus.

Executive Overview

A concise overview of Pathroot’s business and market focus.

Pitch Deck

Full investor presentation covering the problem, platform, market, and strategy.

Pitch Deck

Full investor presentation covering the problem, platform, market, and strategy.

Pitch Deck

Full investor presentation covering the problem, platform, market, and strategy.

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Pathroot Health

Digital family support systems for addiction treatment organizations

© 2026 Pathroot Health Inc. All rights reserved.

Ready to engage families from day one?

See how Pathroot helps treatment programs activate families, keep them aligned, and improve outcomes.

Stylized tree with white trunk and leaves, teal accents as berries/in trunk, against black backdrop.

Pathroot Health

Digital family support systems for addiction treatment organizations

© 2026 Pathroot Health Inc. All rights reserved.

Ready to engage families from day one?

See how Pathroot helps treatment programs activate families, keep them aligned, and improve outcomes.

Stylized tree with white trunk and leaves, teal accents as berries/in trunk, against black backdrop.

Pathroot Health

Digital family support systems for addiction treatment organizations

© 2026 Pathroot Health Inc. All rights reserved.