Forbes · Jun 2026
A detailed founder profile covering the company thesis, outcomes, product model, and competitive positioning.
Doula-led holistic support during and after pregnancy
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Overview
Malama Health is a Medicaid-first maternal health company that provides doula-led, tech-enabled pregnancy and postpartum support through a remote monitoring and care-navigation platform.
Primary product
Doula-led, tech-enabled maternal care platform for pregnancy, postpartum, and Medicaid care navigation.
Founded
2022
Headquarters
Stanford, California, United States
Team size
11-50 employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Sub-industry
Maternal health / doula-led care / remote patient monitoring
Offices
Stanford, CA
Business model
Medicaid-managed-care reimbursement
per-member-per-month care delivery
quality-incentive payments
insurance-covered remote patient monitoring
free patient-facing app
provider/health-system partnerships
Funding
Stage
Seed
Total raised
$11.4M
Latest round
Seed · Mar 2026
Latest amount
$9.2M
People & investors
Founders
Co-Founder / CMO
Work & culture
Mission-driven, birth-equity oriented, and community-rooted; the company emphasizes culturally congruent, trauma-informed care, empathy, and being a bridge for members and care teams.
Compensation
Public job postings show part-time remote roles around $20-$30/hour, with some roles offering a performance bonus, and a Head of Business Development role posted at $130K-$150K plus equity.
Benefits
Flexible work hours
Training and educational opportunities
Doula training sponsorship
Performance bonus for some roles
Remote work for some roles
Equal opportunity employer
Product & market
Pricing
Free to Medicaid-insured patients; reimbursed via payer partnerships, PMPM arrangements, and quality incentives.
Differentiators
- —Medicaid-first positioning
- —Employed doula-care navigators
- —Continuous support between visits and through the postpartum year
- —Integrated remote monitoring and care coordination
- —Epic/FHIR-enabled workflow integration
- —Community-rooted and culturally congruent support
- —Fifth-grade literacy educational content
- —Evidence-backed with NIH grant and clinical outcomes data
Technology
AWS
HL7 FHIR
Epic integration
Xealth
Redox
OAuth2
TLS 1.2
HIPAA-compliant provider dashboard
AES encryption at rest
RBAC
Google Workspace
Slack
Notion
Zoom
PointClickCare
Remote biometric monitoring
Customers
Medicaid managed care plans
Medi-Cal members
Health First Colorado members
OB/MFM practices
FQHCs / community health centers
Clinics and hospitals
Health systems
Pregnant and postpartum women insured by Medicaid
Competitors
Maven Clinic
Oula Health
Pomelo Care
Nadia Care
The Doula Network
Scale & contact
Latest news
San Francisco Business Times / Bizwomen · Apr 2026
Profiles the company, its founder story, and its Medicaid-first maternal-care strategy.
Malama Health · Mar 2026
Announced a $9.2M seed round led by Acumen America, with grant funding and investor participation to expand across Medicaid markets.
Fierce Healthcare · Mar 2026
Explains Malama's Medicaid reimbursement model, care delivery approach, and partner footprint across California, Texas, and Colorado.
Malama Health · Nov 2025
Expansion of the Extra Support program in Colorado for Health First Colorado members, extending culturally congruent doula-led care navigation and postpartum support.
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