For people seeking care
Getting started with Aster
You can use the Aster app to keep track of your pregnancy, communicate with your care team, book appointments, and receive insights on remote monitoring.
Aster works with your providers, such as midwives and OB/GYN doctors, to provide comprehensive care for your pregnancy and beyond. If you don’t have an existing provider, Aster can connect you with one in the Aster network.
You can use the Aster app to ask general questions with our AI messaging tool, browse a selection of educational content, and attend complimentary weekly midwife-led group sessions. Additionally, you can use Aster to search for in-network providers when you need to receive care.
Paying for care
The Aster app is always free to use. However, your specific providers may have their own policies regarding payments for medical care. Rest assured that all of our connected clinicians are in-network with major insurance companies.
Yes! Providers at Aster are in-network with major insurance companies.
Providers at Aster are also available for out-of-network care and set their own rate for care. Aster works with your providers to generate a superbill at the end of each month for you to file reimbursement claim with your insurance.
Receiving care
Your care team is available to answer your questions throughout the day in the Aster app. The availability of your specific providers may vary. Additionally, Aster offers an AI assistant that can provide you with answers sourced from our medically verified library of content at any time. In case of an emergency, please contact your provider's emergency line or call 911.
In addition to standard, in-person visits throughout your pregnancy, you can also send messages and book telehealth appointments with a midwife from your care team. Aster also offers weekly group sessions, led by a licensed midwife, to answer common questions and provide supplemental support.
Aster empowers providers with world-class technology to provide personalized patient care, such as remote patient monitoring, patient education, and AI-assisted triaging. Aster doesn’t employ medical providers or dictate how they run their practices. Providers also join Aster to get additional support, such as help working with insurance companies, submitting claims, and connecting with new patients like you.
For clinicians joining Aster
Eligibility
Fill out this form to set up a call with our Clinical Team. We will share more information about Aster and answer any questions you might have about membership.
Your practice is unique, and you have complete control over how you choose to run it. As a member, you have access the Aster Clinical Portal to provide care to your clients.
To simplify access to affordable maternal healthcare, all new members are highly recommended to join our insurance program and become credentialed with at least one of our payer partners as part of our mission.
No. At this time, Aster is only available to clinicians who are fully licensed. If you are licensed and require supervision to practice, contact us for more details.
Accepting insurance
To simplify access to affordable maternal healthcare, all new members are highly recommended to join our insurance program and become credentialed with at least one of our payer partners as part of our mission. However, you can use Aster to provide care to cash-pay clients.
Members can submit claims directly through the Aster portal. Aster takes care of invoicing your clients and collecting copays.
You only need to invoice an insurance client directly to collect payment for a cancellation or missed visit, if that is a part of your practice's cancellation policy.
Yes! Telemedicine will continue to be covered under the same reimbursement rates as in-person office visit, subject to state regulations and coverage limits.
Care management
The Aster Clinical Portal is included with your Aster membership. It allows you to connect with your clients, conduct telehealth appointments, manage clinical notes, review remote monitoring results, assign patient education content, generate reports for billing, and more. The Aster Clinical Portal will streamline your day to day clinical operations allowing you more time for direct patient care.
At the moment, we charge a monthly membership fee that gives you access to all of Aster's benefits. Any income from your cash-pay clients remains with you.
