“Can a specialty-healthcare EHR become the financial and AI operating system for ophthalmology, plastic surgery, dermatology, orthopedics, and med spa practices?”
Nextech has been a specialty-focused EHR / practice-management vendor since 1997, serving ophthalmology, dermatology, plastic surgery, med spa, and orthopedics. Under successive PE ownership (Francisco Partners → THL → TPG), the company has pushed beyond clinical software into embedded payments (Nextech Payments on Stripe, 2021 → expanded 2026 with Affirm), patient financing (CareCredit), and now vertical AI (Cora Scribe). The current strategic move is to embed intelligence and money movement into the specialty-practice workflow rather than remain a pure records vendor.
Nextech processes payments through Stripe Connect.
Nextech uses Stripe (Connect KYC/onboarding) for KYC and identity verification.
Nextech's lending and capital products are provided by CareCredit (Synchrony) and Affirm.
Nextech integrates with TriZetto Provider Solutions.
The Embedded Finance Index 2026 maps 4 layers in Nextech's stack: Payments / PSP (Stripe Connect); Lending (CareCredit (Synchrony), Affirm, CareCredit patient financing integration and Affirm pay-over-time via Nextech Payments); KYC (Stripe (Connect KYC/onboarding)); Accounting (TriZetto Provider Solutions).
Nextech is founded in 1997 and headquartered in Tampa, Florida, USA.
Nextech has raised $1.4B in total (latest round: Buyout by TPG (2023)).
Nextech's acquisitions include TouchMD.
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