FOR ENTREPRENEURS
Launch a national telehealth brand without a medical license
Many states let only licensed clinicians own a medical practice. The MSO and friendly-PC structure is the legal route for a founder: your company owns the brand and the business, a physician-owned practice employs the providers, and Tessic runs both sides with patients in all 50 states from launch day.
0
Medical licenses you need to hold
50
States open on launch day
$8,000
One-time setup on Launch
0%
Of your revenue kept by Tessic
WHERE YOU START
What you start with, and what Tessic fills in
A founder without clinical training usually arrives with a brand plan, launch capital and marketing skill. Everything that needs a license, a pharmacy contract or a legal filing is already running on Tessic.
What a founder brings
- A brand idea and a treatment category you believe in
- Budget for launch and paid acquisition
- Marketing, content or e-commerce experience
- A company, or a plan to form one
What Tessic runs from day one
- Licensed providers in all 50 states, credentialed under your brand
- An MSO and friendly-PC structure drafted for your ownership
- Wholesale pharmacy at 0% markup with cold-chain delivery
- eRx and EPCS prescribing, labs and patient follow-up
- Your storefront, patient portal and subscription billing
HOW IT WORKS
From company to first patient
The order of work for a founder starting with no clinical setup at all.
01
Pick a category
Choose one of eight treatment categories, such as weight care or hair restoration. All of them are included on every plan, so starting narrow costs nothing later.
02
Sign the structure
Tessic drafts the MSO and friendly-PC documents with your company as the owner. Your lawyer reviews them, and you sign.
03
Open the storefront
Your storefront and patient portal go live under your brand. Providers are already credentialed in every state, so there is no state-by-state rollout.
04
Start selling
You run marketing and set prices. Tessic's providers see patients, the pharmacy ships treatment and subscriptions renew on their own.
YOUR CONCERNS
What founders worry about before they sign
The questions that stop most first-time telehealth founders, answered with Tessic's published terms.
01
“Can someone who isn't a doctor legally own a telehealth company?”
Yes, through an MSO and friendly-PC structure. Your company is the management services organization: it owns the brand, the technology, the marketing and the revenue. A professional corporation owned by licensed physicians, the friendly PC, employs the providers and makes every clinical decision. Tessic drafts both sides with your company written in as owner from the first document.
02
“I'd be building on someone else's platform. What do I actually own?”
The brand, the legal entity, the patient relationships, the records and the data. Providers are credentialed under your brand's name. After setup Tessic bills month to month, and if you leave, your patients and records leave with you.
03
“Won't the platform start taking a cut once the brand works?”
Typical white-label platforms take 30 to 50 percent of what a clinic bills, and that share grows as you do. Tessic charges a flat monthly fee, $25 per completed consult and wholesale cost on medication, with no revenue share on any plan. Each new patient adds margin to your company instead of to the platform's.
04
“I don't know the first thing about pharmacies or shipping cold medication.”
You won't need to. Prescriptions go from the provider to Tessic's contracted pharmacy and ship to the patient's door, cold-chain where the drug needs it. Your team never handles a chart or a shipment.
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“What does it cost before the first dollar comes in?”
On the Launch program, an $8,000 one-time setup and $1,000 a month. From there, each completed consult is $25 and medication is billed at wholesale; you build both into what patients pay. Qualified applicants can finance the setup fee.
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“What if I pick the wrong treatment category?”
Add another. All eight categories are included on every plan, with providers and pharmacy already behind each one, so a second line runs on the same platform fee instead of a new contract.
PROOF
The numbers a founder can check
Every figure here is a published Tessic term or a result from a client running on it.
30–50%
What typical platforms take
Tessic's share of your revenue is zero on every plan. On a clinic billing $1 million a year, that difference is $300,000 to $500,000.
See pricingDays
From signing to a live storefront
The providers, pharmacy and legal structure are already operating, so a new brand plugs in instead of waiting on state medical boards.
See the platform$1,000
Monthly fee on Launch
It stays flat as patient volume grows, so the clinic costs less as a share of revenue every month the brand gets bigger.
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Treatment categories included
Weight care, hormone therapy, sexual health, skin, hair, mental health, longevity and peptides, and primary care. Start in one and open the rest on the same account.
“A patient in Montana gets the same visit as one in Manhattan — same providers, same pharmacy, same portal with our name on it. That is what let us buy national media.”
WHICH PROGRAM
The program built for a first brand
Launch is the full clinic at the lowest fixed cost. It covers everything a new brand needs to take patients in every state, and it upgrades in place once the brand has patients to keep.
- Licensed providers in all 50 states, every treatment category included
- MSO and friendly-PC structure drafted with your company as owner
- Storefront, patient portal and subscription billing under your brand
- Month-to-month after setup, with financing on the setup fee
Recommended program
Launch Program
Your clinic, run for you
$1,000/mo
+ $8,000 one-time setup
Also consider
Grow Program
$2,000/mo
Move to Grow once there is a patient base to hold on to. It adds email, SMS and iMessage sequences, failed-payment recovery, and retention and LTV reporting.
FAQ
Founder questions
No. Tessic's licensed providers and the physician-owned friendly PC cover the clinical side. A clinical advisor can help a brand's credibility, but the clinic doesn't depend on one.
Days after the build is signed off. Providers are already credentialed and the pharmacy is already contracted, so launch comes down to branding the storefront and switching it on.
Providers cover all 50 states from the first day. Where you advertise is up to you, and a patient in any state who finds your storefront can book a visit.
Licensed providers in the friendly PC, credentialed under your brand. They review each patient, decide whether treatment is appropriate and prescribe through Tessic's eRx and EPCS system. Your company never makes a clinical decision.
After it earns LegitScript certification. Google, Meta and the major card processors check for it before they accept a telehealth brand's ads or payments. Tessic prepares and files the application during setup; LegitScript sets its own review timeline and never guarantees approval.
Cancel. There's no long-term contract after setup, and the patients, records and data stay with your company.
The brand, the company, the patients and the records belong to your entity. Your lawyer will structure any sale. On Tessic's side there's no multi-year term to buy out, and the data moves with its owner.
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