A low-risk opportunity to validate a 20-year-old self-management program for bipolar disorder — using your members and your claims data.
Bipolar disorder costs payers $10,000 – $30,000 per member per year in direct costs. Current treatments focus on symptom suppression but rarely address functioning, quality of life, or the self-management skills that keep people out of crisis. Most payers have no structured program for this population between clinical visits.
Bipolar IN Order is a digital psychoeducation platform built on 20 years of continuous development. It teaches graduated steps for expanding comfort zones during bipolar states rather than just avoiding them. The program works alongside existing treatment, not instead of it.
Structured, self-paced video lessons on managing bipolar states
Mood, sleep, tools, comfort zone, and environment monitoring
Personalized guidance based on each participant's tracked data
Ghaemi Pilot Study (Tufts University, Dr. Nassir Ghaemi) — 19 participants, 8-week program, WHO Quality of Life scale:
| Domain | Before | After | Improvement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical Health | 56.6 | 66.4 | +9.8 points |
| Social Relationships | 50.8 | 55.9 | +5.1 points |
| Psychological Health | 57.0 | 59.4 | +2.4 points |
"A symptomatic benefit comparable with established treatment modalities."
— Ghaemi et al.
PCORI Review: We submitted a $2M federal grant proposal. Reviewers called it "innovative" with "potential impact" but said the workshop format was not reproducible. They were right. So we rebuilt it as a fully digital, standardized platform where every interaction is logged and every outcome is measurable.
Academic Interest: Researchers at Yale, Maastricht/Utrecht, Barcelona, and Cambridge have expressed interest in collaboration. Blue Cross Blue Shield medical directors provided letters of support in 2014.
Market Validation: Consumers have paid $240/year out of pocket since 2007. Over 150,000 Facebook followers. Incorporated for 18 years.
| Duration | 12 months |
| Members | 100 – 200 bipolar-diagnosed members |
| Cost | $100/member/year (retail price: $240) |
| Your Investment | $10,000 – $20,000 total for 12 months of validated data |
| Workflow Impact | None. Works alongside existing care. No staff training required. |
| Measurement | WHO-QOL, comfort zone expansion, crisis utilization. Claims matching optional. |
| What You Get | Validated outcomes data for a population that costs you the most and has the fewest tools. |
We have been doing this for 20 years. We have sold it to hundreds of people at full price. We have researchers from Yale to Barcelona interested. What we do not have is claims data. You do.
This is not a sales pitch. It is a research partnership proposal. You contribute members and claims data. We contribute the platform at pilot pricing. We both get validation data. If it works, we talk about a real deal.
20 minutes is all we're asking for. Let us show you the platform and discuss whether there's a fit.