Discharge Bridge
AI-assisted discharge orchestration for hospitals — reducing length of stay, eliminating manual workflows, and unlocking millions in recoverable revenue.
Michael Porter · Founder & CEO · Mport Media Group LLC · Portage, Michigan
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Hospitals Cannot Discharge Patients Efficiently
Today, discharge teams operate entirely on manual effort — calling skilled nursing facilities one by one, faxing clinical documents, and confirming availability by phone. There is no real-time visibility into bed status, clinical fit, or payer alignment across the post-acute network. The result is a coordination breakdown that costs hospitals dearly every single day.
The Manual Burden
  • Phone calls to SNFs for bed availability
  • Faxing clinical documents manually
  • No centralized payer verification
  • Zero real-time visibility across facilities
The Financial Impact
  • $3,000–$8,000 lost per delayed discharge day
  • ED boarding worsens as beds remain occupied
  • Staff burnout accelerates across care teams
  • Patients wait unnecessarily — care outcomes suffer
Why the Window Is Open — Right Now
The discharge coordination crisis is not a static problem — it is accelerating. A confluence of systemic pressures is compounding the inefficiency that already costs U.S. hospitals billions annually. Current EHR and referral tools were not built for cross-network coordination, and they are failing at scale.
Medicare Advantage Complexity
Rising MA penetration means more prior authorizations, narrower networks, and more payer-driven placement constraints — all managed manually today.
SNF Staffing Shortages
Post-acute facilities are operating with reduced capacity. Real-time visibility into actual availability has never been more critical — or more absent.
Discharge Volume Growth
An aging population and shorter inpatient stays mean more discharge events — each one requiring coordination that today's workflows simply cannot support at speed.
Regulatory Pressure
CMS scrutiny on length of stay and readmission rates is intensifying. Hospitals need infrastructure that systematically reduces both — not spreadsheets and phone trees.

The core problem: Current systems do not solve coordination across networks. Discharge Bridge does.
The Solution: End-to-End Discharge Automation
Discharge Bridge automates the entire discharge workflow — from clinical data organization to real-time SNF matching, availability verification, and multi-party communication coordination. What once took hours of manual effort now happens in minutes, with precision and consistency that human coordination cannot match.
Structured Clinical Data
Patient clinical information is automatically organized and formatted — ready for matching and transmission without manual intervention.
Real-Time SNF Matching
The system identifies appropriate post-acute facilities based on clinical criteria, payer alignment, and live bed availability — simultaneously.
Coordinated Communication
SNFs respond directly through the platform. Case managers receive ranked, actionable options — eliminating back-and-forth phone and fax loops entirely.
50%
Faster Placement
Reduction in discharge cycle time
↓LOS
Reduced Length of Stay
Fewer excess bed days per patient
↑Staff
Less Manual Work
Case managers focused on patients, not phones
How Discharge Bridge Works
The platform integrates directly with hospital EHR systems via industry-standard HL7/FHIR protocols, requiring minimal IT lift. Every step of the discharge coordination workflow is handled by the system — with deterministic rules ensuring that AI remains advisory and human case managers retain final decision authority. This design makes Discharge Bridge enterprise-safe and compliance-ready from day one.
Deterministic rules govern all final outcomes — AI functions in an advisory capacity only, surfacing recommendations while keeping the case manager in control. This architecture is purpose-built for enterprise healthcare environments where auditability, compliance, and human oversight are non-negotiable.
Clear, Measurable ROI for Health Systems
Discharge Bridge delivers immediate, quantifiable financial impact. By compressing discharge cycle time and eliminating excess bed days, hospitals recover revenue that is currently being lost to process inefficiency every single day. The value is not theoretical — it is a direct function of bed utilization and daily cost structure.
Operational Gains
  • 30–50% reduction in discharge cycle time
  • Significant decrease in excess bed days
  • Measurable increase in patient throughput capacity
  • Substantial improvement in staff efficiency and morale
Revenue Impact — Example
A mid-size hospital system avoiding 5,000 excess bed days annually at a conservative cost of $2,400 per day realizes:
$12M+
In recoverable savings per year. This is direct bottom-line impact — not efficiency theory.
A Massive, Underserved Market Opportunity
Discharge Bridge enters the market with a focused, executable go-to-market strategy — starting in Michigan and expanding systematically into the broader Midwest and national network. The initial addressable market alone represents a substantial revenue opportunity, and the national problem is measured in the billions.
Phase 1 — Michigan Beachhead
160+
Hospitals in Michigan
450+
SNFs in Michigan
Michigan's concentrated health system geography — with major IDNs and dense SNF networks — makes it the ideal proving ground for rapid pilot conversion and network effects.
Expansion Trajectory
Michigan Launch
Pilot health systems, build SNF density
Midwest Expansion
Replicate model across adjacent states
National Scale
Millions of discharge events. Multi-billion dollar TAM.
A Scalable, Recurring Revenue Model
Discharge Bridge is built on a hospital SaaS pricing model designed for fast sales cycles, predictable recurring revenue, and natural expansion into adjacent services. Pilot contracts are structured to convert quickly, and each customer relationship extends into a broader platform footprint over time.
Core SaaS
$5–$32 per bed/month
Typical contracts: $75K–$175K+ annually
Pilot Entry
$30K–$50K pilot fee
Converts to full contract in 60–120 days
Expansion Revenue
Prior authorization automation
Medication routing workflows
Advanced analytics & reporting
The pilot model is deliberately designed to lower adoption barriers for enterprise health systems while establishing measurable outcomes that justify full contract conversion. Expansion modules create significant upsell potential within each existing customer account.
Built, Validated, and Ready to Scale
Discharge Bridge is not a concept deck — it is a fully operational, enterprise-grade platform with live architecture, active partnerships, and recognized market positioning. The foundation has been built to support immediate pilot deployment and rapid network expansion.
GCP-Native Platform
Fully built on Google Cloud Platform — scalable, secure, and designed for healthcare-grade reliability from the ground up.
Live HL7 / FHIR Architecture
Production-ready integration workflows supporting the interoperability standards used by major EHR systems across the country.
InterSystems Partnership
Strategic partnership in place with InterSystems — a leading healthcare interoperability platform — accelerating enterprise integration velocity.
Caelestinus Cohort
Selected for the Caelestinus health innovation cohort — validating Discharge Bridge's market positioning among peer healthcare technology leaders.

Positioning: Discharge Bridge is the infrastructure layer for discharge coordination — not another referral tool. It is the system that makes coordination work.
The Ask: $1M–$2M to Establish the Standard
Discharge Bridge is raising $1M–$2M on a SAFE to execute Michigan market entry, achieve SOC 2 compliance readiness, and convert sponsor-funded pilots into long-term recurring contracts. This raise funds the critical milestones that transform a validated platform into a category-defining business.
Use of Funds
  • Enterprise pilots — Michigan health systems
  • SOC 2 readiness — compliance infrastructure
  • Go-to-market execution — sales and partnerships
  • SNF network expansion — supply-side density
What Success Looks Like
Within 12–18 months of funding, Discharge Bridge will have converted pilots into recurring enterprise contracts and established measurable proof points across Michigan health systems — positioning the company as the definitive infrastructure standard for hospital discharge orchestration nationwide.