Imagine Pediatrics is a tech-enabled, pediatrician-led medical group that provides 24/7 virtual and in-home integrated medical, behavioral, and social care for children with special health care needs. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Imagine Pediatrics CEO George Boghos to learn more.
George Boghos’ Background
Could you tell me more about your background? Boghos said:
“As a healthcare leader, I’m deeply committed to delivering better outcomes for children and the people who care for them. I’ve spent my career at the intersection of healthcare innovation, access, and impact building scalable systems that create real value for the very deserving underserved and vulnerable population patients, their families, and their communities. At Imagine Pediatrics, I set our strategic direction and manage overall operations, while also leading our growth and impact as we advance our vision to create a world where every child with special health care needs gets the care and support they deserve. I believe that every child deserves a care system that sees them, supports them, and sets them up to thrive and that belief drives everything I do.”
“Before Imagine Pediatrics, I co-founded and led AIM Clinics, a clinic-based and in-home provider of evidence-based Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) services for children with autism, particularly those from underserved communities. In four years, I led the growth from one clinic in Arkansas to more than 25 across five states, and in 2021 merged with Hopebridge Autism Therapy Centers, where I later served as Chief Strategy Officer and now sit on the Clinical Advisory Board.”
“Earlier in my career, I trained in healthcare finance and investing at Primus Capital Funds, Baird Capital, and Citadel, experiences that gave me a deep understanding of how sustainable systems can enable equitable access to care. I earned a B.A. in Economics and Mathematics from Vanderbilt University and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. I currently reside in Chicago, Illinois with my family.”
“As CEO, I’m focused on scaling that vision of integrating medical, behavioral, and social care into a sustainable, value-based model that works for families, providers, and health plans alike. We truly personalize the care we are delivering to the specific family and child’s needs, taking into account their entire care journey and entire family situation to deliver the best care that fits their needs. And, the way we make the business case for investing in better care for children with special health care needs is by focusing on maximizing outcomes, generating the right savings on total cost of care and delivering better care that’s higher quality, higher outcome, and increasing Safe Days at Home for our kids.”
Formation Of The Company
How did the idea for the company come together? Boghos shared:
“Imagine Pediatrics was founded on a simple but powerful idea: every child with special health care needs deserves the chance to have more Safe Days at Home and in their communities. Too many families have to navigate fragmented systems that weren’t built for their lived realities and are not working to meet their unique needs. We saw an opportunity to reimagine pediatric health care for children with special health care needs – to make care more accessible, integrated and personalized, and ultimately more effective.”
Favorite Memory
What has been your favorite memory working for the company so far? Boghos reflected:
“The stories and memories that resonate most with me about our impact are those of our rural families we have the privilege of serving. Since our founding, we often hear from families in rural communities who live hours from the nearest hospital or specialist. It’s those families who have severe lack of access to healthcare. What we’re here to do is make health care accessible, care that is personalized, integrated, high quality and available to them in their homes, and on our mobile app, 24/7. One caregiver told us she finally felt like she had a team that she felt truly knew her child. That trust and sense of being supported instead of alone is what Safe Days at Home are all about. Imagine Pediatrics gives them continuous access to high-quality, integrated care right at home so they can get help day or night without unnecessary ER visits.”
Core Products
What are the company’s core products and features? Boghos explained:
“Imagine Pediatrics delivers 24/7 integrated virtual and in-home medical, behavioral, and social care and support to children with special health care needs. Patients are empaneled to a multidisciplinary team of pediatricians, nurses, therapists, pharmacists, dietitians, and social workers who know them well and deliver personalized care that improves outcomes, reduces costs, and enhances experience. Using advanced technology and a value-based model, we partner with health plans, providers, caregivers, and communities to expand access so children with special health care needs can have more Safe Days at Home.”
Challenges Faced
Have you faced any challenges in your sector of work recently? Boghos acknowledged:
“Yes, what I wish more people understood about caring for children with special health care needs is that a lot of children with special health care needs are thought of as a narrow population of children with very specific medical conditions like genetic disorders or those that need to be institutionalized. Twenty percent of children in America have a special health care need that includes a very wide array of hundreds of medical and behavioral conditions, and often they are comorbid. That’s a huge and highly heterogeneous population of children that have a deep need for personalized and specialized support. What I have often said is that if you have seen one child with special health care needs, you have seen only one child with special health care needs. The truth is that they each have unique needs and require a personalized, holistic approach to their care that integrates their medical, behavioral, and social needs. Pediatrics, particularly for children with special health care needs, has historically been underfunded and under-innovated even though 1 in 5 children have a special health care need and this population makes up about 50% of all pediatric health care spending. One of our biggest challenges has been shifting mindsets so health plans and policymakers see this population of children with special health care needs not as “too small to innovate around,” but as the foundation of population health. We’ve overcome that by proving that integrated pediatric care can be both high-impact and financially sustainable by improving outcomes for families while generating measurable savings for the system.”
Evolution Of The Company’s Technology
How has the company’s technology evolved since launching? Boghos noted:
“At Imagine Pediatrics we leverage technology to improve outcomes, increase patient and care team experience, and achieve operational efficiency, resulting in higher quality of care and reduced cost of care. Our ecosystem of interconnected digital products is fueled by one of the largest provider-managed data sets on children with special health care needs and is purpose-built for our patient population. The result has been an insight-driven and technology-enabled clinical model that is scalable, personalized, integrated, and able to be delivered virtually and in the home, 24/7.”
“As we have learned more about our patients’ needs and those of their families, we have been able to scale our platform and leverage real-time data at the point of care that helps our care teams anticipate what a child may need, when they need it. As our technology enables our integrated medical, behavioral and social care model, we have incorporated behavioral and social determinants of health data to ensure every care plan reflects a complete view of each child’s journey. This helps care teams act faster, communicate better with families, and deliver highly personalized and more effective care.”
Significant Milestones
What have been some of the company’s most significant milestones? Boghos cited:
“We’ve grown from serving a handful of children to now supporting more than 70,000+ children with special health care needs across multiple states. For nearly three years, our teams have delivered more than 300,000 patient encounters, resulting in $65 million in savings for two health plan partners in 2024 alone.”
“Families have experienced 8,350 additional Safe Days at Home and more than 5,000 avoided emergency or urgent care visits, with 80% of those children requiring no acute care within 30 days. Perhaps most telling, our Patient/Caregiver Net Promoter Score above 86 reflects the trust and satisfaction families have in the care we provide.”
“Behind every number is a family finding hope and stability, which is proof that our model is improving outcomes, enhancing confidence, and creating a more sustainable future for pediatric care.”
Customer Success Stories
Can you share any specific customer success stories? Boghos highlighted:
“I appreciate hearing directly from families about how their lives have changed. One story that stays with me is from a mom whose son had been hospitalized more often than he had been home over a ten-year period. Since receiving care from Imagine Pediatrics, he’s now had more than a year of Safe Days at Home – giving the family time to spend laughing, traveling, and making music together. That’s the kind of transformation that reminds me why this work matters.”
Funding/Revenue
Are you able to discuss funding and/or revenue metrics? Boghos revealed:
“We recently completed our Series B funding round of $67 million, enabling us to scale virtual and in-home care, enhance clinical innovation, and support vulnerable pediatric populations as we expand into new states and deepen our partnerships with Medicaid and commercial health plans. This investment is helping us strengthen our technology platform and increase access to care for even more children and families.”
Total Addressable Market (TAM)
What total addressable market (TAM) size is the company pursuing? Boghos assessed:
“In the U.S., 20% of children have a special health care need — about 14.5 million kids who account for almost half of all pediatric healthcare spending. That’s the population we’re serving, and we see a tremendous opportunity to improve outcomes, access, and affordability for these children across both Medicaid and commercial health plans.”
Differentiation From The Competition
What differentiates the company from its competition? Boghos affirmed:
“Imagine Pediatrics is the only company solving the issue of fragmented care by delivering 24/7 integrated in-home and virtual care, through a value-based model for children with special health care needs. Our teams are multidisciplinary, our technology is purpose-built for this population, and our approach is deeply personalized.”
“What truly differentiates us is our focus on outcomes that matter to families – more Safe Days at Home, fewer unnecessary hospitalizations, higher satisfaction, and measurable cost savings for our partners. We don’t just deliver care and support differently; we redefine what pediatric care looks like for children with special health care needs.”
“What we’re solving by reimagining pediatric care for a very special population of children with a full commitment to the most extensive approach to value-based care is really challenging. And I think we’ve cracked the code on bringing together the right clinical model with the right economic and partnership models better than anyone else in this category.”
Future Company Goals
What are some of the company’s future goals? Boghos emphasized:
“We’re focused on expanding access so that every child who needs this model can have it, whether through Medicaid or commercial plans. We’ll continue to enhance the company’s proprietary technology platform, accelerate national expansion, fuel clinical innovation designed to close persistent care gaps and expand access to specialized pediatric care for children with special health care needs together with health plans, providers, community leaders, and caregivers. By strengthening partnerships that help make Safe Days at Home a standard performance metric in pediatric value-based care, we will effectively deliver personalized and integrated care that results in better outcomes, better experience and lower costs of care.”
“Our vision is simple but ambitious: to create a world where every child with special health care needs gets the care and support they deserve.”
Additional Thoughts
Any other topics you would like to discuss? Boghos concluded;
“One area I’m passionate about is redefining how the healthcare system measures success. Instead of counting avoided hospitalizations, we should be counting Safe Days at Home for children. The measure of more Safe Days at Home is meaningful to us because what we care about is not just avoiding unnecessary visits to the hospital or the emergency room, but having kids be healthier and happier in their homes and communities. It’s about adding true, meaningful days to their childhoods with their families, with their loved ones. And doing that in a healthy and positive way is what we really care about.”
“Our model helps families feel secure and supported by being there 24/7. More Safe Days at Home is about clinical stability and family confidence. It means that a child with special health care needs spends more days at home and less unnecessary days in an ER or hospital. By getting the care they need when and where they need it, the experience and outcomes are better, and the caregiver feels supported in meeting their child’s unique needs. It’s a more human, outcome-driven way to measure value, and it’s what motivates our entire team. More Safe Days at Home is a North Star for Imagine Pediatrics because we care about helping kids be better, healthier, happier in their homes and communities, out of the hospital and out of the emergency room when they don’t need to be there.”
