Flax Health

AI for nursing paperwork

January 19th, 2026

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Flax Health is an AI-powered platform for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). It can process complex clinical documents (like intake forms and clinical notes) and uses machine learning to extract structured insights and populate paperwork. The system’s three integrated modules address patient admission, intake automation, and billing/claims preparation. By automating these often error-prone tasks, Flax hopes to help facilities improve documentation accuracy and accelerate their workflows.

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Flax sells a B2B SaaS platform to SNF operators. Customers subscribe to Flax’s cloud service, which integrates with their existing electronic health records and patient admission and intake systems.

  • Raised $3.5 million pre-seed led by Sorenson Capital and Pear VC

  • Currently rolling out its first product to customers

Flax Health CEO Trent Hazy and CTO David Kartchner joined forces around a shared belief that healthcare operations should support clinicians in caring for patients rather than weigh them down with paperwork. Hazy, who had been teaching innovation at Stanford, believed post-acute healthcare was desperately underserved by tech. Meanwhile, Kartchner was directly addressing nursing documentation issues by extracting insights from clinical notes with his doctoral work. Together, they launched Flax in 2025 to apply generative AI and NLP in nursing homes.

Flax Health is tackling a large, underserved niche: skilled nursing facilities. Facility operators face mountains of paperwork and labor shortages, making admin automation a compelling need. Early data suggest Flax’s solution delivers tangible ROI. Investors report early adopters saving about 11 hours a week and individual facilities gaining tens of thousands of dollars in additional revenue by speeding up workflows.

A look into Flax’s admissions software

However, the market is competitive: Flax is entering a crowded space of startups addressing healthcare workflows optimized using AI. Its focus on end-to-end clinical data (from patient admission to billing) and its early traction could be differentiators. Founders Trent Hazy and David Kartchner bring a mix of healthcare AI expertise and enterprise know-how to the table, adding credibility. If Flax can continue to demonstrate cost savings at scale and expand beyond its first referral product, it may validate its vision.

Overall, we see Flax’s specialized approach and strong user metrics as positive indicators, but its ability to scale sales and product integration in a fragmented industry will determine its lasting impact.

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