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Our PLG motion produces thousands of signups. We use the FunnelStory Intelligence Platform to get a complete picture of our funnel and see how users are progressing or getting stuck.”

— Rishi Bhargava

SAN FRANCISCO, UNITED STATES, October 17, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ — FunnelStory, a provider of product analytics for Go-to-Market (GTM) teams, announces the launch of the AI-powered Product Funnel Intelligence Platform for Revenue Teams, transforming how these teams can prioritize leads and deals with the highest probability of winning.

FunnelStory ingests structured and unstructured customer activity data to develop revenue intelligence to:
• Enable sales teams to prioritize PoCs/trials/renewals that matter and introduce predictability in sales forecasts
• Enrich/prioritize leads for sales outreach and marketing retargeting campaigns.

In the last decade, Enterprise B2B sales have been transformed. According to research conducted by Trust Radius, more than 60% of all B2B tech buyers are now millennials, a generation that prefers engaging with sellers after research has been conducted. They have a bias to first-hand experience with products before making any purchase.

Still, revenue intelligence infrastructure in most B2B companies lacks product-based intent data, crucial for revenue teams. In a few cases where it does exist partially, it is often painfully excruciating, time-consuming engineering work that an organization requires to make it a reality.

Consequently, B2B firms struggle with wasted efforts on bad opportunities, incorrect sales forecasts, and missed engagement opportunities on customer activities.

“Most internal systems are designed by engineering teams for their own needs and requirements, rendering them useless from day 1 for sales and marketing teams,” says Alok Shukla, Co-Founder and CEO of FunnelStory. “We started FunnelStory to deliver revenue teams the exact product revenue intelligence they need. In fact, most of our customers are able to set up their data sources and extract value in less than 45 minutes.”

How FunnelStory solves this intent problem

Customer Activity Model: With a powerful data ingestion platform and proprietary data models, a revenue team can connect product data sources and gain sales focused account visibility in less than 45 minutes. Optionally, FunnelStory can directly connect with product databases/data warehouses and conversation apps directly, eliminating the need of expensive plumbing through reverse ETL/CDP tools

Product Funnel Intelligence: FunnelStory enables a sales executive to track how accounts progress through the trial/PoC/adoption funnel, allowing the identification of risks and opportunities in real time. This information is delivered to a company’s CRM for a sales team to focus on these leads.

Data Activation: With FunnelStory, a marketing team can build audiences based on product funnel data. The marketing team can create automated lifecycle nudges, build retargeting campaigns, and enrich the CRM to achieve customer adoption, engagement, and retention.

“Our PLG (Product-Led Growth) motion produces thousands of signups,” shares Rishi Bhargava, Co-founder of Descope. “We use the FunnelStory Intelligence Platform to get a complete picture of our funnel and see how users are progressing or getting stuck. This way we can prioritize the top opportunities and optimize our customer journeys.”

For more information about FunnelStory and its transformative capabilities, please visit www.FunnelStory.ai.

About FunnelStory
FunnelStory is a Funnel Intelligence Platform that empowers go-to-market (GTM) teams to leverage product and conversational data for revenue growth. With a focus on providing revenue visibility and intelligence for sales, success, growth, and marketing teams, FunnelStory simplifies data consumption and makes it accessible and actionable across the entire GTM function.

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Happy Monday, Term Sheeters. Finance reporter Luisa Beltran here.

Private equity’s interest in sports teams has increased rapidly in the past four years.

Since 2019, there have been at least 20 private equity investments in major league sports teams, according to Kyle Walters, associate analyst, private equity at PitchBook. This compares to just six PE sports deals from 2016 to 2019. 

Sixty-two major North American sports teams, valued at $179.7 billion, have “connections” to PE, according to a new Private Equity in Sports Dashboard from PitchBook. (Connections refers to the PE firms investing in the teams or the individual execs.) The PitchBook dashboard, which went live Sept. 7, tracks private equity investments in the four North American men’s pro leagues that allow PE ownership: Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, National Hockey League, and Major League Soccer. 

Booming valuations of sports teams is one of the main reasons for the PE interest. For example, the Dallas Cowboys saw its valuation rise 20% to $9.2 billion in 2023, according to Sportico. 

Sports teams are very unique assets, Walters said. “Other sectors like tech and healthcare can be cyclical. Sports is less prone to a recession,” he said.

Ownership rules of sports teams began softening four years ago. In 2019, MLB became the first of the professional sports leagues to allow private equity funds to buy passive stakes in teams. The NBA, the NHL, and MLS followed, each allowing PE to invest in their teams but only for minority stakes. Only the National Football League, or NFL, still bars private equity and sovereign wealth funds from ownership, Fortune has reported.

The league that has generated the most interest from private equity? That title belongs to the NBA. There are 30 teams in the NBA. Twenty of the NBA teams, valued at an estimated $46.8 billion, have a private equity connection. This includes the Boston Celtics, the Detroit Pistons, and Los Angeles Lakers. NBA teams that don’t have any connection to PE include the Chicago Bulls, the Houston Rockets, and the New York Knicks, PitchBook said.

When it comes to MLB, 18 of 30 teams have connections to private equity. This includes the Chicago Cubs, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the New York Yankees. The NHL has 10 teams with private equity connections, while MLS has 14 teams.

PE firms with funds dedicated to sports teams include Dyal Partners, which is part of Blue Owl Capital; Arctos Partners; and Ares Management, Walters said. In July, I set about to determine how many executives in the alternative space, which includes private equity and hedge funds, had invested in sports teams. I discovered that about 120 execs are investors in sports teams and many own multiple assets. Consider David Blitzer, a Blackstone Group executive, who has invested in the Philadelphia 76ers, the Cleveland Guardians and the Washington Commanders. Blitzer is global head of Blackstone’s tactical opportunities group. You can read the full story here.

See you tomorrow,

Luisa Beltran
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Email: luisa.beltran@fortune.com
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VENTURE DEALS

– Mariana Oncology, a Watertown, Mass.-based biotech startup building radiation treatment machines and softwarefor cancer, raised $175 million in Series B funding. Deep Track Capital and Forbion led the round and were joined by Nextech Invest, Surveyor Capital, Eli Lilly and Company, and others.

– Open Cosmos, a Harwell, U.K.-based startup that designs and makes satellites to gather data from space, raised $50 million in Series B funding from ETF Partners, Trill Impact, and A&G. 

– Spiritus, a White Rock, N.M.-based climate company creating carbon removal technology, raised $11 million in funding. Khosla Ventures led the round and was joined by Page One Ventures and others.

– Mindtrip, a San Francisco-based company employing A.I. to aid in travel planning, raised $7 million in seed funding from Costanoa Ventures.

– Inari, a Barcelona-based tech infrastructure company for insurance and reinsurance firms, raised $5.2 million in seed funding. Caixa Capital Risc led the round and was joined by CDTI and others. 

– SaaSGrid, a San Francisco and New York City-based data and analysis platform for SaaS metrics, raised $3.3 million in seed funding. Craft Ventures led the round and was joined by angel investors.

PRIVATE EQUITY

– Alchemy Copyrights agreed to acquire Round Hill Music Royalty Fund, a Nashville, Tenn.-based private equity firm that invests in music copyright assets, for around $468.8 million, per Reuters.

– Cordental Group, backed by New MainStream Capital, acquired Signature Dental Experience, a Bloomington, Ill.-based dental services provider. Financial terms were not disclosed. 

– Dunes Point Capital acquired Warshaw Supply, a New York City-based data communication and electrical products provider. Financial terms were not disclosed.

– Havencrest Capital Management acquired a majority stake in Tekton Research, an Austin, Tex.-based research center that conducts vaccine and infectious disease clinical trials, among other therapeutics. Financial terms were not disclosed. 

– Heartisan, a portfolio company of Ronin Equity Partners, will acquire North Country Packaging, an Almena, Wisc.-based cheese producer, with $10 million in revolving credit. 

– Legacy Food Group, backed by Quad-C Management, acquired Keck’s Food Service, a Millerton, Penn.-based food products distributor, M&V Provisions, a Ridgewood, N.Y.-based food products manufacturer and distributor, Thomsen Foodservice, a Rumford, R.I.-based food product distributor, and Legacy Foodservice Alliance, a Glen Allen, V.A.-based supply chain company connecting foodservice distributors with suppliers. Financial terms were not disclosed.

– Seacoast Service Partners, backed by White Wolf Capital Group, acquired United Plumbing of Southeast Florida, a Ft. Myers, Fla.-based plumbing service provider.

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The San Francisco 49ers were able to ink star pass rusher and reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year Nick Bosa to a record-breaking extension immediately ahead of Sunday’s opener.

Bosa’s five-year, $175 million extension made him the highest-paid non-quarterback in the NFL. It also came after a lengthy holdout in which rumors popped up that San Francisco could entertain trade offers for the former No. 2 pick.

While head coach Kyle Shanahan shot down those rumors, we have an update on this. Fox Sports NFL insider Jay Glazer reported prior to Sunday’s action that five teams attempted to trade for the star edge rusher. Obviously, nothing came to fruition on that end.

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Whenever a player is holding out for contractual reasons, it makes perfect sense for other teams to at least put in a call. Given Bosa’s status as one of the best players in the NFL, that’s magnified further.

Nick Bosa stats (2022): 51 tackles, 48 QB hits, 19 tackles for loss, 18.5 sacks

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San Francisco likely never seriously entertained the idea of trading one of its best players. The team is in the midst of its Super Bowl window being open. Moving off an important cog immediately ahead of the season never really made sense, regardless of what was offered up by other teams.

As it turns out, Bosa and the 49ers were able to come to terms on an historic contract that pays him $34 million annually. The deal calls for $88 million fully guaranteed at signing with $122.5 million in total guarantees.

As for Sunday’s opener, the expectation is that Bosa will play between 30 and 40 snaps as he works his way back from the aforementioned holdout.

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(Courtesy Mt. San Antonio College Athletics)

Previous Polls l JC Athletic Bureau Release (PDF)

SAN MATEO – With the top nine teams in the preseason state poll winning their opening games, there is little change in this week’s ratings for California Community College Football Coaches Association members, conducted by the JC Athletic Bureau. Reigning 3C2A state champion College of San Mateo continues to lead the rankings, ahead of 2022 runner-up Riverside City College.

Among the coaches, City College of San Francisco made the only significant move, jumping to No. 3 (from seventh) and taking four first place votes, after a statement 58-14 triumph at No. 25 preseason pick Santa Rosa JC. San Mateo held off host Sierra, 37-34, and grabbed the other six first place votes – giving Bay 6 team members all the top coaches association ballots. The California Community College Sports Information Association (CCCSIA), kept its top four teams the same but CCSF made a leap in that ranking as well, going from a tie for seventh into the No. 5 spot.

Moving up successfully to the National (state championship Division) from the American Division were now No. 14 Citrus (in the south), with a 34-28 triumph over College of the Canyons, and No. 23 Feather River (in the north), 32-13 over Chabot. Feather River has a state (and national) leading 22 game winning streak, ahead of Citrus (with 15), those skeins mostly stemming from American Division games. San Mateo leads the “National” with a 7-game streak.

Butte won the lone overtime opener, 23-20 over College of the Sequoias, and jumped two spots to No. 7 this week.

There could be more significant changes next week, with several top matchups this Saturday: San Mateo hosts No. 22 Sequoias. No. 6 Golden West visits Riverside. No. 4 Mt. San Antonio travels to No. 9 Ventura.  No. 8 American River entertains No. 20 Laney. Co-No. 14 San Diego Mesa goes to No. 10 Cerritos.

TOP GAMES Sat., Sept. 9:   #22 Sequoias at #1 San Mateo; #6 Golden West at #2 Riverside; Sacramento at #3 CCSF; #9 Ventura at #4 Mt. SAC; Diablo Valley at #7 Butte;  #20 Laney at #8 American River;  co#14 SD Mesa at #10 Cerritos;  co#18 Sierra at #11 Fresno; Santa Rosa at #12 Modesto;    co#18 Palomar at #13 El Camino; co#14 Citrus at Mt. San Jacinto; #17 East LA at #16 Hancock; #21 Long Beach at Bakersfield; #23 Feather River at Contra Costa; #24 Reedley at Chabot.  AMERICAN DIV.: Foothill at Merced, Pasadena at West LA, LA Pierce at Chaffey, Redwoods at San Jose.

(Fred Baer, JC Athletic Bureau) 

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The Detroit Tigers are 25-26 years old and haven’t gone over .500 a day all season. They are also one game behind first place.

The Chicago Cubs have the worst record in the National League but are only 4 1/2 games away from a playoff berth.

As Memorial Day approaches, some of baseball’s weaker teams are still within striking distance in the postseason race. In fact, FanGraphs lists just five teams in the major leagues that have less than a 5% chance of making the postseason: the Royals, Athletics, Nationals, Reds, and Rockies. And even Cincinnati is just four games clear of first place in the NL Central.

As of May 29 of last year, there were 11 teams with less than a 5% chance of making the playoffs.

There are a handful of factors this year that are helping teams stay competitive, even if they’re not playing as well.

1. The worst teams are REALLY bad. Oakland is 10-45, and the Athletics could well challenge the Mets’ modern record of 1962 of 120 losses. Kansas City isn’t much better at the current 16-38 record.

That means more wins for other teams that could use the help. Seattle, for example, could be in serious trouble right now were it not for a 7-0 record against the A’s.

2. Many of the mediocre teams are grouped in the same divisions. Minnesota leads the AL Central 27-26, and that means the Tigers don’t even have to be at .500 to be close behind. Cleveland (23-29) is 7 1/2 games behind the last wild card but only 3 1/2 behind the division lead, and even the White Sox are only six games behind the Twins despite being 11 games under .500.

Similarly in the NL Central, there are only 5 1/2 games between division leaders Milwaukee (28-25) and the bottom-placed Cubs.

3. While it takes a very good record to secure even the third wild card in the AL, there is real parity in the NL. Currently, the third wildcard in the NL belongs to San Francisco (27-26) and there are nine teams within 4 1/2 games against the Giants.

TRIVIA TIME

One of the most intriguing stats about the A’s is that out of their ten wins, four have come in walk-off style. Only one team has more walkoff wins than Oakland. Who is this?

COMEBACK OF THE WEEK

The Philadelphia Phillies rebounded from a 5-0 deficit in the sixth inning against Arizona on Wednesday. Trea Turner leveled the game with a two-run home run late in the ninth, and then Alec Bohm’s single in the tenth gave Philadelphia a 6-5 win. According to Baseball Savant, the Diamondbacks had a 98.6% chance of winning in the ninth game.

LINE OF THE WEEK

Philadelphia’s Zack Wheeler threw eight innings without a score and had 12 strikeouts in Saturday’s 2-1 win over Atlanta. He allowed three hits.

With Aaron Nola boasting a 4.59 ERA, the Phillies could really use more performances of this type from Wheeler as they try to gain ground in the NL East.

TRIVIA ANSWER

The Yankees lead the majors with five walk-off wins. Last week they had two of them: Anthony Volpe hit a sacrificial flight in the 10th inning on Tuesday night to beat Baltimore and Isiah Kiner-Falefa’s single in the 10th rounded out New York’s win over San Diego on Saturday.

The Padres have lost all five extra innings games and are 3-9 in one run games.

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Though we’re still trying to make sense of many MLB developments from the month of April, the baseball calendar never stops, and the first week of May is loaded with compelling matchups around the league.

There’s a big three-game series in Atlanta with the Baltimore Orioles heading a few hundred miles southwest for the weekend.

Over in Tampa, the Rays will host both the Pirates and the Yankees in an attempt to start May even half as well as they started April.

Out west, the Dodgers will host the Phillies for three games before an already-feels-huge road trip to take on the Padres.

If this is your cup of tea, the Royals will host the A’s with the dubious crown of “worst record in the majors” hanging in the balance.

And we’ve got predicted records for all 30 teams for the next seven days of action on the diamond.

Teams are presented in alphabetical order, followed by our picks for the best pitching matchup on each day of the upcoming week. Fingers crossed that rainouts don’t ruin those pairings, because there is some serious “pitcher’s duel potential” on tap.

Statistics current through the start of play Sunday. Records current through the start of play Monday.

Arizona’s Zac Gallen Chris Coduto/Getty Images

Record: 16-13

Schedule: two games at Texas, three games vs. Washington

Say this much for Arizona: They picked an ideal spot on the calendar to throw in the towel on Madison Bumgarner. The Diamondbacks were idle this past Thursday and will be off on both Monday and Thursday of this week, giving them at least a little bit of wiggle room as they try to figure out which one (or two) of Brandon Pfaadt, Tommy Henry or Drey Jameson is best suited to spend the rest of 2023 in the starting rotation.

For the time being, it looks like they’ll roll with a four-man rotation, giving Pfaadt one more start in Triple-A before he potentially makes his MLB debut next week against Miami. Using Zac Gallen Tuesday against Texas and Sunday against Washington should make for a nice week for the Snakes.

Though the Nationals figure to get both Josiah Gray and MacKenzie Gore on the mound over the weekend in Arizona, the D-Backs almost have to win that series if they want to be taken seriously as a postseason candidate.

Prediction: 4-1

Atlanta’s Ronald Acuña Jr. Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images

Record: 18-9

Schedule: two games at New York Mets, three games at Miami, three games vs. Baltimore

Winning Friday’s five-inning game in New York and then having games rained out Saturday and Sunday was quite the blessing for Atlanta, which is now most of the way through what was supposed to be 17 games in 17 days. If nothing else, it was nice to at least have one game without turning to a bullpen where closer A.J. Minter has been an absolute disaster with three losses in the past 10 days.

But if the Braves are running low on gas, things could get a bit ugly early this week, as they’ve got a doubleheader at New York Monday before facing reigning NL Cy Young winner Sandy Alcantara Tuesday.

However, they should at least take two out of three in Miami, considering it’s the most potent offense in the NL against the least potent offense in the NL. Got to like their chances at home against Baltimore, too, even in spite of the pitching situation we’ll address momentarily.

Prediction: 5-3

Baltimore’s Cedric Mullins Charles Brock/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

Record: 19-9

Schedule: three games at Kansas City, three games at Atlanta

Fun fact: This will be the end of Baltimore’s longest road trip of the season. After winning the four-game set in Detroit, the O’s get a very winnable series in Kansas City before a considerably more challenging trip to Atlanta.

That Atlanta-New York rainout Saturday unfortunately means Baltimore will now need to deal with Spencer Strider on Friday. The O’s were originally scheduled to avoid both Strider AND Max Fried, which would have been quite the silver lining to playing on the road against arguably the best team in the majors. Still, the O’s should be able to steal at least one of those games, and could even win the series against a potentially fatigued Atlanta squad to further solidify their early stance as a legitimate contender.

Prediction: 4-2

Boston’s Masataka Yoshida Maddie Meyer/Getty Images

Record: 15-14

Schedule: four games vs. Toronto, three games at Philadelphia

Despite woeful pitching, Boston held its own through the month of April. Sure, the Red Sox are in last place in the division, but they are easily the best of the last-place teams, entering Sunday just one game back for the third spot in the it-is-way-too-damn-early-to-even-be-looking-at-this wild-card standings.

Here’s where the rubber meets the road, though. Boston has a brutal schedule for the next four weeks, starting with this seven-game stretch against teams who opened the season among the top 10 candidates to win the World Series. And save for maybe Tanner Houck vs. Yusei Kikuchi in the second game of the Toronto series, the Red Sox are on the wrong end of the pitching matchup in all seven games.

We’ll pencil them in for a split with Toronto, but they may well get swept in Philly.

Prediction: 3-4

Chicago’s Cody Bellinger AP Photo/Marta Lavandier

Record: 14-13

Schedule: four games at Washington, three games vs. Miami

Did you know that at the start of play on Saturday, the Cubs had the best run differential in the National League? They only had a 14-11 record to show for it, but their pitching has been way better than expected. (Aside from Michael Fulmer, that is, who appears to be wholly out of the mix for saves after consecutive terrible outings against the Dodgers two weeks ago.)

And for a team that has been pitching well, seven games against the offensively-inept Nationals and Marlins should be quite the windfall. Not feeling bold enough to project a clean sweep for the Cubbies, but this should be a big week.

Prediction: 5-2

Chicago’s Luis Robert Jr. Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images

Record: 8-21

Schedule: three games vs. Minnesota, three games at Cincinnati

The White Sox have yet to win a series and haven’t even broken even in one since going 2-2 in Houston to open the regular season.

Should we really expect that to change?

The Twins are in the middle of shuffling their rotation a bit with Kenta Maeda (triceps) headed to the IL, and the White Sox have had a winning record at home against Minnesota in each of the past three seasons. But over the past three weeks, Chicago has been a mess at the dish and is unlikely to tee off on any of Joe Ryan, Tyler Mahle or Pablo López.

And after scoring a grand total of six runs during a six-game losing streak, Cincinnati has found its mojo on offense against the Rangers and A’s, looking primed to win that home series against the White Sox.

Prediction: 1-5

Cincinnati’s TJ Friedl Joe Sargent/Getty Images

Record: 12-16

Schedule: three games at San Diego, three games vs. Chicago White Sox

Someone break up the Reds!

After getting shutout in consecutive losses to Tampa Bay and then scoring three, two, one and zero runs in getting swept at Pittsburgh, Cincinnati suddenly can’t be stopped. In sweeping the Rangers, they won two games in walk-off fashion, with a six-run eighth inning for a comeback victory sandwiched in the middle. They subsequently put up 11 runs in their opener against the no-good, very-bad Oakland A’s.

The three games in San Diego against Blake Snell, Michael Wacha and Seth Lugo figure to be something of a sobering-up series for a team that entered this season with no realistic postseason aspirations. But with the way they’ve been hitting the ball lately, the Reds could absolutely win that home series against the moribund White Sox.

Prediction: 2-4

Cleveland’s Tanner Bibee Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

Record: 13-15

Schedule: three games at New York Yankees, three games vs. Minnesota Twins

Since opening the season with a 5-2 road trip against Seattle and Oakland, Cleveland’s quest to repeat as AL Central champions hasn’t exactly gone according to plan. And things could really take a turn for the worse this week if the Guardians aren’t careful.

Tanner Bibee’s MLB debut at home against the Rockies went quite well, but start No. 2 in the Bronx against Gerrit Cole could be a much different story. The banged-up Yankees haven’t been as good as anticipated, but winning that series will be a challenge.

The more important series is the one against the first-place Twins. We’ll pencil the Guardians for a Meat Loaf-ish two out of three ain’t bad there, even though they’re just 4-8 at home this season, and even though it figures to fall in between Shane Bieber’s turns through the rotation.

Prediction: 3-3

Colorado’s C.J. Cron Matthew Stockman/Getty Images

Record: 9-20

Schedule: three games vs. Milwaukee, three games at New York Mets

If you could guarantee us that one team and only one team will go winless this week, the Rockies seem like the logical pick. (Normally, the pick would be Kansas City or Oakland, but they’re facing each other, so…)

Offense has been a colossal struggle for the Rockies, who have been held to three runs or fewer in 11 of their last 15 games. And that’s a damn shame, because their pitching has been more respectable than usual, holding nine of those 15 opponents to five runs or fewer.

If those offensive woes continue, getting swept in Queens with Tylor Megill and Max Scherzer scheduled to pitch is almost a given. Maybe they can win a game against Milwaukee—who recently lost two out of three at home against Detroit’s horrific offense. However, there’s a good chance Rowdy Tellez and the 9-4 away from home Brewers will mash enough home runs in Denver to get the sweep.

Prediction: 0-6

Detroit’s Eduardo Rodriguez Patrick Smith/Getty Images

Record: 10-17

Schedule: three games vs. New York Mets, three games at St. Louis

Eduardo Rodriguez is having one heck of a bounce-back year for the Tigers, sporting a 2.21 ERA with quality starts in three of his first six appearances. If he continues to pitch well, it will be interesting to see what happens at the trade deadline. He has three years and $49 million left on his contract, but he can opt out of it after this season in pursuit of a better deal/team.

Aside from Rodriguez, however, Detroit has produced zero quality starts and has, by no small margin, the least productive offense in the big leagues. Maybe the Tigers do enough to win Thursday’s game against New York when they’ll have their ace on the bump against probably David Peterson—who posted an 8.42 ERA in the month of April. And maybe they’ll put together some offense against what has been a dreadful Cardinals starting rotation. But actually winning either series is rather unlikely.

Prediction: 2-4

Houston’s Hunter Brown Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images

Record: 15-13

Schedule: three games vs. San Francisco, three games at Seattle

Houston has rallied nicely from its slow start to the year, doing so against what could have been a painful stretch of the calendar. The Astros took two out of three from each of Toronto and Tampa Bay and swept a three-game set in Atlanta in between.

Incredibly, they’ve done so without much production from most of the “usual suspects.” Jose Altuve (thumb) is likely at least a month away from making his 2023 debut. Yordan Alvarez went nearly three weeks between two-hit performances. José Abreu is still searching for his first home run of the season.

The pitching has been stellar, though, particularly from rookie Hunter Brown. If he can spin another gem Tuesday against the Giants, it’ll put the ‘Stros in position for yet another solid week.

Prediction: 4-2

Kansas City’s Bobby Witt Jr. Christian Petersen/Getty Images

Record: 7-22

Schedule: three games vs. Baltimore, three games vs. Oakland

Kansas City has gone 1-12 at home this season, held to four runs or fewer in each of the losses.

But if ever there was a time for the Royals to give their fans something to cheer about, this is the week.

Well, maybe not the Baltimore portion of the week, as the O’s have won 14 of their last 18 games. But Kansas City simply has to win that three-game home set against the A’s, who have yet to win multiple games in a series, and who are on pace to allow more than 1,300 runs this season.

Prediction: 3-3

Los Angeles’ Shohei Ohtani Meg Oliphant/Getty Images

Record: 15-14

Schedule: three games at St. Louis, three games vs. Texas

The Halos are three games into a 25-game stretch in which coming to grips with trading away Shohei Ohtani could become inevitable. They already lost the series in Milwaukee, and after this week, they have to consecutively deal with Houston, Cleveland, Baltimore, Minnesota and Boston.

On the Ohtani front, he’s lined up to pitch against the Cardinals on Wednesday. Los Angeles has won each of his last five starts, and the Cards haven’t exactly been great this season. Got to at least project a win in that one.

Almost have to also give the Angels a W for Friday’s game against the Rangers, who presently have a great big unknown for that spot in their rotation, after Jacob deGrom landed on the IL after yet another early exit from his Friday night start against the Yankees. But we’ll see if they can find another win.

Prediction: 2-4

Los Angeles’ Mookie Betts Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images

Record: 16-13

Schedule: three games vs. Philadelphia, three games at San Diego

It’s only Cinco De Mayo, but that series against the Padres already feels like a massive one. Neither NL West squad has come anywhere close to living up to the preseason hype, and the loser could be sitting at 17-18 (or worse) and facing way more questions than answers.

The pitching matchups—Kershaw-Musgrove, Syndergaard-Darvish and Gonsolin-Snell—should be all sorts of great, but maybe getting Will Smith back from the IL and Max Muncy back from paternity leave will provide the difference. Mookie Betts snapping out of the funk he has been in since April 11 sure would help, too.

Can’t look past the Phillies, though, who took three out of four in Los Angeles around this time last season. Pitching was a major struggle for Philadelphia for the first two-plus months of the season, but they’ve held 13 consecutive opponents to five runs or fewer.

Prediction: 3-3

Miami’s Sandy Alcantara Todd Kirkland/Getty Images

Record: 15-13

Schedule: three games vs. Atlanta, three games at Chicago Cubs

How long will Miami’s good luck in one-run games last? After back-to-back ninth-inning victories this past week, the Marlins are sitting at 9-0 in one-run games, inexplicably boasting a winning record in spite of a minus-36 run differential.

With Jazz Chisholm Jr. starting to heat up, though, perhaps they can continue their somewhat winning ways. From Tuesday-Saturday, JCJ hit .429 with two home runs and four stolen bases.

Getting a two-start week from Sandy Alcantara certainly doesn’t hurt, either. He got shelled for nine earned runs on April 10 in Philadelphia, but he has a 2.73 ERA in his other four starts and should be able to keep Miami from unraveling during this potentially difficult week in the schedule.

Prediction: 2-4

Milwaukee’s Corbin Burnes Stacy Revere/Getty Images

Record: 18-10

Schedule: three games at Colorado, three games at San Francisco

Milwaukee’s first western road trip of the season went quite well, going 7-3 during its time in Arizona, San Diego and Seattle. And round No. 2 might go even better against the sub-.500 Rockies and Giants—though, the Giants have been relatively hot, putting together a recent five-game winning streak against the Mets and Cardinals.

Though the Brew Crew’s bats haven’t been anything special as of late, sweeping the Rockies is more than doable. And getting Corbin Burnes on the hill Friday against Sean Manaea should bode well for Milwaukee. We’ll see how those Saturday and Sunday games go, though.

Prediction: 4-2

Minnesota’s Joe Ryan David Berding/Getty Images

Record: 17-12

Schedule: three games at Chicago White Sox, three games at Cleveland

Big opportunity for Minnesota to create some early separation atop the AL Central standings, as the White Sox have been an unmitigated disaster and the Guardians haven’t exactly been cooking with gas over the past two weeks.

The Twins will need to figure out how to take their show on the road for a change, where they have gone just 3-6 in their last nine games. They do get to benefit from a pair of Joe Ryan starts, though. He has been a road warrior, going 3-0 with a combined line of 19.0 IP, 12 H, 5 ER, 3 BB, 19 K against the Royals, Yankees and Red Sox. If he keeps doing his thing, Minnesota might mess around and go 6-0 to enter next week at least five games up in the Central.

Prediction: 4-2

New York’s Max Scherzer Ric Tapia/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

Record: 15-12

Schedule: two games vs. Atlanta, three games at Detroit, three games vs. Colorado

It’s time for the Mets to get back to their winning ways from the middle of April, back when they won 11 out of 14 games.

Not only do they get to play six of their eight games against two of the worst teams in the majors, but they’ll get Max Scherzer back from his 10-game suspension for the sticky stuff debacle—and he’s lined up for a two-start week against Detroit and Colorado.

They’ll probably let one game slip away, because they have been good for at least one colossal dud on offense per week, shutout five times already this season. But Steve Cohen is paying an awful lot of money to ensure the Mets capitalize on weeks like these.

Prediction: 6-2

New York’s Anthony Rizzo AP Photo/Abbie Parr

Record: 15-14

Schedule: three games vs. Cleveland, three games at Tampa Bay

It took a month, but the Yankees finally get their first shot at the team running away with what was supposed to be their division to win.

Can the Bronx Bombers win that series in Tampa Bay?

Heck, with Aaron Judge (hip) banged up, Gerrit Cole not lined up to pitch in Florida and Carlos Rodón and Luis Severino continuing to collect paychecks from the IL, will the Yanks even win a game against the unstoppable Rays?

Considering they shouldn’t need to deal with either Shane McClanahan or Zach Eflin, they should be able to win one game in Tampa. (Though, goodness only knows what to expect from the projected Friday matchup between TB opener Yonny Chirinos and NYY rookie Jhony Brito.)

Prediction: 3-3

Oakland’s Tony Kemp Sam Hodde/Getty Images

Record: 6-23

Schedule: three games vs. Seattle, three games at Kansas City

From April 22-28, Oakland went 1-6, allowing 9.7 runs per game.

And it didn’t even stand out as a particularly rough stretch for the downtrodden A’s.

Just, you know, business as usual, getting pummeled on a nightly basis by three teams (Rangers, Angels and Reds) who might all miss the postseason.

While most teams would figure to thrive in a week at home against sub-.500 Seattle and on the road against sub-.300 Kansas City, projecting Oakland to even win one of those six games might be overly optimistic.

Prediction: 1-5

Philadelphia’s Nick Castellanos Mitchell Leff/Getty Images

Record: 15-14

Schedule: three games at Los Angeles Dodgers, three games vs. Boston

Since punctuating a 5-10 start to the season with a 13-0 loss at Cincinnati, Philadelphia has looked much more like the team that went to the World Series six months ago, winning series against each of the White Sox, Rockies, Mariners and Astros, largely on the strength of its pitching.

Can the Phils keep it rolling in what figures to be a high-scoring three-game set against the Dodgers?

And will this be where they finally win a home series against the Red Sox, after either splitting or losing eight in a row dating back to 2012?

Depends on whether Nick Castellanos stays hot and if Taijuan Walker can bounce back from a rough, short start against Seattle for a strong two-start week.

Prediction: 3-3

Pittsburgh’s Andrew McCutchen Justin K. Aller/Getty Images

Record: 20-9

Schedule: three games at Tampa Bay, three games vs. Toronto

Just like we all predicted on Opening Day, the biggest showdown in the first few days of May will be the first-place-in-the-NL Pirates against the first-place-in-the-AL Rays.

That’s sarcasm, just so we’re all clear. No one saw Pittsburgh’s hot start coming, nor did anyone expect Tampa Bay to be this darn good.

The Pirates had one of the worst pitching staffs in all of baseball last season, but, lo and behold, they’ve allowed 41 total runs in their last 16 games, even shutting down the Dodgers offense in winning that three-game series.

Time to find out just how legitimate Pittsburgh is. In addition to the three games in Tampa, the Pirates then need to deal with smokin’ hot Toronto. if they manage to break even for the week, it’ll feel like a big win.

Prediction: 3-3

San Diego’s Fernando Tatis Jr. Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images

Record: 15-14

Schedule: three games vs. Cincinnati, three games vs. Los Angeles Dodgers

Slowly but surely, the Padres have begun to turn the proverbial corner. After starting out 8-11 and often looking downright hapless on offense, getting Fernando Tatis Jr. back in the mix has sparked some offense.

It hasn’t even been Tatis’ doing. He’s batting .243 with two home runs since his suspension ended. But after averaging 3.45 runs per game without him in the lineup, the Padres have scored at least five runs in every win since his return.

That bodes well for a possible home sweep of Cincinnati, whose pitching staff has left much to be desired as a whole. Carrying that momentum into the subsequent big showdown with the Dodgers would be huge.

Prediction: 5-1

San Francisco’s Mitch Haniger Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images

Record: 11-16

Schedule: three games at Houston, three games vs. Milwaukee

At long last, both Mitch Haniger and Austin Slater made their 2023 debuts for San Francisco this past week, adding even more options to what has been one of the better home run-hitting rosters.

Unfortunately, most of those home runs have been hit with the bases empty, as the G-Men are hitting just .230 with runners in scoring position—hence the losing record, even with Alex Cobb and Anthony DeSclafani pitching quite well out of the gates.

The good news is there should be plenty of “bases empty opportunities” against the strong pitching staffs of Houston and Milwaukee. We’ll see if San Francisco can do enough this week to stay within shouting distance in a surprisingly wide-open NL West race.

Prediction: 3-3

Seattle’s Jarred Kelenic Mitchell Leff/Getty Images

Record: 12-16

Schedule: three games at Oakland, three games vs. Houston

The way things have been going as of late for Seattle, it is always a reasonable assumption that the M’s will lose a bunch of games in excruciating fashion.

They have lost four consecutive contests by a one-run margin, including a pair of 1-0 shutouts in which they went a combined 0-for-14 with runners in scoring position. Saturday’s loss to Toronto was especially painful, as Easton McGee carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning, only for the Mariners to whiff 19 times in a 10-inning loss, falling to five games below .500 for the year.

They certainly should get back on the right track this week against the A’s, but it speaks volumes to the current state of this team that we’re not fully convinced they’ll be able to win a series against the worst team in the majors.

Prediction: 3-3

St. Louis’ Paul Goldschmidt Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images

Record: 10-19

Schedule: three games vs. Los Angeles Angels, three games vs. Detroit

A month ago, Cardinals fans might have been circling this week on the calendar as an opportunity to get out to Busch Stadium to watch their beloved Redbirds increase their lead atop the NL Central.

Instead, this has turned into a desperation week for a team hoping to avoid falling into last place in the entire National League.

With a year-to-date run differential of minus-10, though, this team is nowhere near as bad as its record suggests. Perhaps this week at home against the Angels and Tigers will be where they earnestly start their climb back into this season.

Prediction: 4-2

Tampa Bay’s Wander Franco Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

Record: 23-6

Schedule: three games vs. Pittsburgh, three games vs. New York Yankees

For a minute there, it looked like the Rays might be coming back to earth. They were shut out in consecutive losses to Houston, needed a run in the ninth inning to avoid a disappointing loss against the White Sox and then trailed 3-0 with no hits into the seventh inning of the next game in Chicago.

But a 10-run inning in the seventh on Saturday quickly erased any concerns we may have had about this team becoming mortal.

The upcoming homestand against the Pirates and Yankees could be a tough one, particularly with part-time starter Josh Fleming tabbed to get the start in two of those six games. But Tampa Bay hasn’t had a losing week yet this season, and we’re not about to project that to change.

Prediction: 4-2

Texas’ Nathan Eovaldi Tom Pennington/Getty Images

Record: 17-11

Schedule: two games vs. Arizona, three games at Los Angeles Angels

With Houston starting to come alive and with Jacob deGrom joining Corey Seager on the IL, Texas’ grip on the AL West lead is tenuous, at best.

Such is life when you get swept in a three-game series at Cincinnati like Texas did a few days ago.

At least Nathan Eovaldi gave the Rangers a complete-game shutout of the Yankees Saturday. That may have been the jolt they needed to get back on track and post a winning record for the first week of May.

They probably won’t win the Tuesday game against Zac Gallen, though, and we’ll see how they decide to handle what should have been deGrom’s turn through the rotation in LA.

Prediction: 3-2

Toronto’s Jose Berrios Richard Lautens/Toronto Star via Getty Images

Record: 18-10

Schedule: Four games at Boston, three games at Pittsburgh

No one had a hotter week than Toronto, taking care of business at home against the White Sox and Mariners. José Berríos and Yusei Kikuchi were both lights out in shutout victories over Chicago, and both of those guys and now lined up for two-start weeks against the Red Sox and Pirates.

Will this be the road trip where the pitching staff figures things out, though?

Toronto has been rather unhittable at home, entering Sunday’s finale against Seattle at 9-2 with a team-wide ERA of 2.32. But away from home has been another story, allowing at least eight runs six times already this season with a 4.83 ERA. And with both Boston and Pittsburgh ranking among the highest-scoring offenses in the bigs, this could be a rough start to a brutal six-week stretch of games for the Jays.

Prediction: 3-4

Washington’s Jeimer Candelario David Berding/Getty Images

Record: 10-17

Schedule: four games vs. Chicago Cubs, three games at Arizona Diamondbacks

The Nationals had a little spark there on their recent road trip, taking two out of three in Minnesota and winning the first two games against the Mets—even giving Josiah Gray literally any run support for the first time all season.

But they came crashing back to earth Saturday against the Pirates, getting swept in a doubleheader by scores of 6-3 and 16-1 to remain in dead last in the NL East by a mile. (That latter game was just the second time in the past decade that they lost by at least 15 runs, the other coming in a 24-8 run-fest two summers ago.)

Maybe they bounce back to some extent at home against the Cubs, however, a 2-11 record at Nationals Park suggests otherwise.

Prediction: 1-6

Arizona’s Zac Gallen Megan Briggs/Getty Images

All of these are subject to change, but based on current projections/rotations, these are our picks for the best pitching matchups for each day of the upcoming week. Set your viewing schedules accordingly. (All times ET.)

Monday: Atlanta Braves (Charlie Morton) at New York Mets (Tylor Megill) [4:10 p.m.]

Tuesday: Cleveland Guardians (Tanner Bibee) at New York Yankees (Gerrit Cole) [7:05 p.m.]

Wednesday: Philadelphia Phillies (Aaron Nola) at Los Angeles Dodgers (Dustin May) [4:10 p.m.]

Thursday: Minnesota Twins (Pablo López) at Chicago White Sox (Lucas Giolito) [2:10 p.m.]

Friday: Los Angeles Dodgers (Clayton Kershaw) at San Diego Padres (Joe Musgrove) [9:40 p.m.]

Saturday: New York Yankees (Nestor Cortes) at Tampa Bay Rays (Drew Rasmussen) [4:10 p.m.]

Sunday: Washington Nationals (MacKenzie Gore) at Arizona Diamondbacks (Zac Gallen) [4:10 p.m.]

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The Detroit Lions want to make sure no one else gets into the same quarterback situation that the San Francisco 49ers faced in the NFC Championship Game.

You may remember — unless you’re a 49ers fan who blocked it like childhood trauma — but the 49ers were effectively running out of functioning quarterbacks in the game.

Starter Brock Purdy injured his throwing arm early in the game and was replaced by backup Josh Johnson. However, Johnson was knocked out of the game with a concussion. That meant Purdy was pushed back into action despite being unable to throw the ball.

That must have spooked the Lions because they were the ones who submitted the bylaws proposal and not the 49ers.

The Lions submitted a bylaw proposal that provides for an emergency QB. Each team could nominate a 3rd QB from either the inactive or the practice team that can be activated mid-game if the 2 active QBs have been locked out for the rest of the game.

— Jonathan Jones (@jjones9) March 13, 2023

Seems like a solid idea. Given how things have gone for San Francisco, it’s hard to believe any team would fight it. Eventually someone will find a loophole and exploit it, but for now it seems like a solid idea.

However, the NFL misses an opportunity to make headlines in a way that the NHL has mastered. Soccer needs its version of Ice Hockey Emergency Goalie or EBUG.

In this case, they must implement emergency backup quarterbacks or an EBUQ.

The San Francisco 49ers’ brutal QB carousel — particularly in the NFC Championship — could be grounds for a slight rule adjustment. (Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images)

The Lions’ proposal is fine, but the NFL needs EBUQs.

You should strictly follow the template of the NHL. In short, the home team would secure the services of a backup quarterback in case of an emergency. He can be used by either team if needed. It could be anyone. Someone who was playing QB at a D-II school back then, or maybe a plumber who plays semi-pro football on the weekends.

For most games, the EBUQ just sat in the press box and ate nachos. However, if a team has both QBs out, he can put down the nachos and spring into action.

If you know how it works in the NHL, it’s exciting to see a “normal guy” dress and play in the big leagues.

The only thing that would be more fun from a fan point of view would be some kind of sweepstakes system. At the stadium on game day, washed up high school and junior college QBs who want to show they still have it can throw their name in a bucket. Then, if necessary, we grab the bucket and select a fan to jump into the game.

There’s a higher chance that the chosen person’s football career hasn’t passed Pop Warner — or that they’re completely hammered — but at least the randomness would make things fair.

Whatever the league decides, this year’s NFC Championship was likely enough for most teams to want a safety net.

Just in case you find yourself in a similar situation.

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SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Tia, the modern medical home for women, announced today the grand opening of its first Bay Area clinic at Mission & Van Ness in San Francisco. Transforming the historic 1500 Mission building, the flagship Tia Clinic will provide Bay Area women with a first-of-its-kind medical home designed to make every woman feel seen, heard and cared for.

Tia’s “Whole Woman, Whole Life” model includes virtual and in-person services, fusing primary care, mental health, and gynecological care with wellness services like acupuncture and pelvic floor physical therapy in one integrated experience. The new brick-and-mortar clinic represents the first of 10 sites that Tia plans to open in the Bay Area that will serve 40,000 women.

Additionally, united by a shared vision to end fragmentation in women’s healthcare, Tia and UCSF Health plan to develop a new network of clinically integrated clinics together, forming a cornerstone of a Bay Area women’s healthcare network that increases access to high-quality care with an exceptional experience. By connecting Tia’s retail-style clinics with UCSF Health’s specialty and inpatient facilities, the two aim to fill a critical gap in primary care with connected, whole-person care that integrates physical, mental and reproductive health for women and their families.

“Women deserve comprehensive primary care that centers on our experiences — clinically, psychosocially and experientially. Sadly, a ‘one-size-fits-most’ healthcare system leaves 50% of women without a primary care provider — depriving women of essential, preventive care and forcing them instead to bounce from specialist to specialist searching for answers, which drives up costs and worsens outcomes,” said Carolyn Witte, co-founder and CEO of Tia. “Tia wants to change that by working with UCSF to create a women-centered healthcare system that spans outpatient to inpatient with an anchoring on prevention. The UCSF Health team are not only champions and trailblazers of clinically excellent care, but inclusive and equitable healthcare designed to affirm women’s choices. We are honored to collaborate with a health system whose values ​​are uniquely aligned with our own.”

Tia and UCSF Health aim to create a seamless and closely integrated program between the two independent healthcare organizations, which includes:

• Shared clinical leadership between UCSF Health & Tia, with UCSF Health medical directors and high-quality specialists working hand-in-hand with Tia medical directors and providers at all clinical locations;

• shared clinical protocols and care coordination to ensure consistency between primary and specialty care and seamless baton passes for providers and patients;

• Coordinated measurement of and improvement on critical quality metrics that enable UCSF and Tia to work together to improve patient outcomes and women’s healthcare standards across UCSF and Tia locations;

• Deep technical integration that enables shared clinical notes, medical records, care coordination, and quality data reporting to drive better outcomes and experience for both patients and providers.

“Women nationwide struggle to find primary care that fully integrates their health care needs throughout their lives,” said Amy Murtha, MD, Professor and Chair of the UCSF Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences. “UCSF Health is a leader in women’s health and renowned for its integrated specialty care, but we can’t reach every woman in the Bay Area. This collaboration aims to help address that fragmentation by increasing women’s access to primary care services, with seamless access to UCSF’s specialty care when they need it.”

The clinics will provide Tia’s signature “Whole-Woman, Whole Life” care model, rooted in a deep understanding of sex-specific difference, culturally tailored and trauma-informed care. With their shared commitment to diversity, inclusion and health equity, Tia and UCSF Health will work to ensure diverse representation in their patient and provider populations. Tia also will continue to integrate robust training for all clinicians and clinical support staff on racial justice in healthcare and culturally competent care that’s tailored to the lived experience of women of color.

In the Bay Area, more than 40 percent of women have delayed preventive health services during the pandemic, according to a recent survey of 500 women. The study, which was commissioned by Tia, also found that 80 percent of women in the Bay Area say that worry or stress about the pandemic has impacted their mental health.

One of the worst fragmentation points is the transition between primary care and specialty care where breakdowns at critical points in a woman’s care journey can have devastating effects, most notably in maternity care.

Tia, which focuses on prevention and engages women early on, will provide UCSF Health with new outpatient access points that reach more women for its high-quality network of specialty providers and inpatient services, including its award-winning pregnancy, labor and delivery program. The tight clinic integration between the organizations also enables Tia’s Care Coordination team to transition care between the two organizations smoothly.

Tia has grown rapidly over the last year and is on a path to serving 100,000 women nationwide by the end of 2023. UCSF Health is the second major health system collaboration for Tia and follows the company’s expansion in New York, Los Angeles, and Phoenix. Tia also recently closed a $100 million Series B funding round to further expand its footprint in new and existing markets over the next few years.

Tia plans to open its clinically integrated locations with UCSF Health throughout the Bay Area in the coming years. For more details on the Tia Clinic in San Francisco, visit www.asktia.com/location/tia-san-francisco

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SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–May 2, 2022–

Tia, the modern medical home for women, announced today the grand opening of its first Bay Area clinic at Mission & Van Ness in San Francisco. Transforming the historic 1500 Mission building, the flagship Tia Clinic will provide Bay Area women with a first-of-its-kind medical home designed to make every woman feel seen, heard and cared for.

Tia’s “Whole Woman, Whole Life” model includes virtual and in-person services, fusing primary care, mental health, and gynecological care with wellness services like acupuncture and pelvic floor physical therapy in one integrated experience. The new brick-and-mortar clinic represents the first of 10 sites that Tia plans to open in the Bay Area that will serve 40,000 women.

Additionally, united by a shared vision to end fragmentation in women’s healthcare, Tia and UCSF Health plan to develop a new network of clinically integrated clinics together, forming a cornerstone of a Bay Area women’s healthcare network that increases access to high-quality care with an exceptional experience. By connecting Tia’s retail-style clinics with UCSF Health’s specialty and inpatient facilities, the two aim to fill a critical gap in primary care with connected, whole-person care that integrates physical, mental and reproductive health for women and their families.

“Women deserve comprehensive primary care that centers on our experiences — clinically, psychosocially and experientially. Sadly, a ‘one-size-fits-most’ healthcare system leaves 50% of women without a primary care provider — depriving women of essential, preventive care and forcing them instead to bounce from specialist to specialist searching for answers, which drives up costs and worsens outcomes,” said Carolyn Witte, co-founder and CEO of Tia. “Tia wants to change that by working with UCSF to create a women-centered healthcare system that spans outpatient to inpatient with an anchoring on prevention. The UCSF Health team are not only champions and trailblazers of clinically excellent care, but inclusive and equitable healthcare designed to affirm women’s choices. We are honored to collaborate with a health system whose values ​​are uniquely aligned with our own.”

Tia and UCSF Health aim to create a seamless and closely integrated program between the two independent healthcare organizations, which includes:

• Shared clinical leadership between UCSF Health & Tia, with UCSF Health medical directors and high-quality specialists working hand-in-hand with Tia medical directors and providers at all clinical locations;
• shared clinical protocols and care coordination to ensure consistency between primary and specialty care and seamless baton passes for providers and patients;
• Coordinated measurement of and improvement on critical quality metrics that enable UCSF and Tia to work together to improve patient outcomes and women’s healthcare standards across UCSF and Tia locations;
• Deep technical integration that enables shared clinical notes, medical records, care coordination, and quality data reporting to drive better outcomes and experience for both patients and providers.

“Women nationwide struggle to find primary care that fully integrates their health care needs throughout their lives,” said Amy Murtha, MD, Professor and Chair of the UCSF Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences. “UCSF Health is a leader in women’s health and renowned for its integrated specialty care, but we can’t reach every woman in the Bay Area. This collaboration aims to help address that fragmentation by increasing women’s access to primary care services, with seamless access to UCSF’s specialty care when they need it.”

The clinics will provide Tia’s signature “Whole-Woman, Whole Life” care model, rooted in a deep understanding of sex-specific difference, culturally tailored and trauma-informed care. With their shared commitment to diversity, inclusion and health equity, Tia and UCSF Health will work to ensure diverse representation in their patient and provider populations. Tia also will continue to integrate robust training for all clinicians and clinical support staff on racial justice in healthcare and culturally competent care that’s tailored to the lived experience of women of color.

In the Bay Area, more than 40 percent of women have delayed preventive health services during the pandemic, according to a recent survey of 500 women. The study, which was commissioned by Tia, also found that 80 percent of women in the Bay Area say that worry or stress about the pandemic has impacted their mental health.

One of the worst fragmentation points is the transition between primary care and specialty care where breakdowns at critical points in a woman’s care journey can have devastating effects, most notably in maternity care.

Tia, which focuses on prevention and engages women early on, will provide UCSF Health with new outpatient access points that reach more women for its high-quality network of specialty providers and inpatient services, including its award-winning pregnancy, labor and delivery program. The tight clinic integration between the organizations also enables Tia’s Care Coordination team to transition care between the two organizations smoothly.

Tia has grown rapidly over the last year and is on a path to serving 100,000 women nationwide by the end of 2023. UCSF Health is the second major health system collaboration for Tia and follows the company’s expansion in New York, Los Angeles, and Phoenix. Tia also recently closed a $100 million Series B funding round to further expand its footprint in new and existing markets over the next few years.

Tia plans to open its clinically integrated locations with UCSF Health throughout the Bay Area in the coming years. For more details on the Tia Clinic in San Francisco, visit www.asktia.com/location/tia-san-francisco

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