CHICAGO—EyeMD EMR Healthcare Systems, Inc., a company known to focus on providing healthcare technology software solutions for ophthalmologists and eye care specialists, has announced receiving a significant majority growth investment. The investment comes from Performant Capital, a private equity firm with headquarters in Chicago that works with growing software and technology-driven businesses.
This particular investment serves as a major turning point in EyeMD EMR’s trajectory and is clearly intended to fuel the company’s continued growth journey. The funding is earmarked to enhance the company’s platform, tightening its focus to further expand meeting the needs of ophthalmologists. Additionally, EyeMD EMR’s experienced leadership will remain in place, allowing eye care professionals to continue focusing on geared innovations and solutions for eye care professionals.
Leadership Perspectives on the Partnership
EyeMD EMR, founded by Abdiel Marin, has partnered with Performant to enhance its EMR software. The company’s CEO, Gus Savloff, believes the partnership will change the company’s offerings, including EMR, PM, Axon patient engagement, and RCM services. Savloff also emphasizes the importance of innovation in the challenging subspecialty of ophthalmology. The company’s revenue cycle management (RCM) and billing division, Abillifeye, is headed by Jessica Marin, who is excited about the future and looks forward to further collaboration with Performant to enhance their technical platforms. The collaboration aims to minimize administrative burdens and maximize reimbursement, allowing ophthalmologists to focus on patient care.
Investor Confidence in Tech Specialization
“From Performant Capital’s perspective, investing in EyeMD EMR has been a strategic move under their centers of focus.” Performant Capital Partner Michael Ciaglia shared his excitement regarding the cooperation. “We couldn’t be more excited to join forces with EyeMD EMR.” “This investment highlights our strategy of collaborating with highly active, critical market players, at which Performant’s unique combination of operational, technological, and investment expertise will facilitate tremendous growth. As the leading EMR built exclusively for ophthalmologists, their unwavering commitment to the specialty and the strength of their purpose-built platform make them a truly special company, and we’re excited to work together and support the next chapter of growth and success.”
This was also the view of Performant Capital’s Vice President James Won, who spoke about the attention given to tailored solutions for EyeMD EMR.
At Performant, we focus on supporting teams that tackle critical issues. In this case, EyeMD EMR is focused on solving a specific problem—the thorough and complete care of eye doctors and eye surgery professionals,” Won said. “We are very excited to partner with the team, and we are eager to invest even further into product innovation, user experience, and workflow automation so that we will continue to enable our customers to provide exceptional outcomes for their patients.”
EyeMD EMR’s foundation and award recognition
EyeMD EMR was founded in 2009 as the byproduct of intense collaboration with board-certified practicing ophthalmologists. They made sure that every part of the platform was practical, taking into consideration real-world workflow as well as the clinical expectations of the ophthalmology specialty. As a company in this area, eye care providers have come to trust this business because of its core offering of integrated solutions that include practice management, patient engagement software, imaging, comprehensive revenue cycle management and billing services. This has earned the company notable recognition, such as the KLAS award for Ophthalmology EMR in 2024.
Establishing New Norms in Eye Care Technology
The leadership of EyeMD EMR, now in collaboration with Performant Capital, aligns with us in striving to enhance the quality mark in the ophthalmology industry and is proactively concerned with the further development of the services offered to eye care practitioners and their patients.
About EyeMD EMR
EyeMD EMR specializes in designing and providing electronic medical record (EMR) systems for ophthalmologists and related subspecialties like retina, cornea, pediatric ophthalmology, and glaucoma. They seek to optimize clinical documentation and efficiency workflows within ophthalmology practices. Additional details about EyeMD EMR are available at www.eyemdemr.com.
