Dietitian‑led precision nutrition for chronic pain

Structured care between visits, addressing inflammation, blood sugar, gut health, and weight. Delivered by dietitians, built into your care plan, designed to improve outcomes and unlock reimbursement.

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The problem

Nutrition is the gap in chronic pain care

Your patient outcomes

What happens at home shows up in your clinic

Inflammation, blood sugar, gut health and weight affect pain, sleep, function and mood outcomes.

Your provider time

No time to discuss diet or GLP-1s

Nutrition and lifestyle come up, and the questions land on your providers. You don’t have the time or staff for it.

Your margins

No new revenue without new staff time

Growth usually requires more visits, more procedures, or more people.

The evidence

The nutrition science is settled. Delivery is missing.

Over 4,000 studies on nutrition and chronic pain are indexed in PubMed, and the number grows every year.

75%Reduction in walking knee pain in knee osteoarthritis on a low-fat diet.Sadeghi et al., 2022 (RCT, 129 patients)
44%Reduction in rheumatoid arthritis severity on a low-fat, plant-based elimination diet with phased food reintroduction.Barnard et al., 2022 (RCT, 44 patients)
2.1hrsReduction of headache hours per day of migraine on a diet with high omega-3 fatty acids and low omega-6 fatty acids.Ramsden et al., 2021 (RCT, 182 patients)
10%Improvement in fibromyalgia symptom severity on a personalized anti-inflammatory diet.Casini et al., 2024 (RCT, 100 patients)
~20%Of total weight reduction on GLP-1s is muscle loss. Higher protein intake and strength training can help preserve lean mass.Mozaffarian et al., 2025 (joint advisory)
$7.4kReduction in 90-day joint replacement charges per patient with nutrition-based prehabilitation.Schroer et al., 2019 (4,733 patients)
Our patients

Our program works, and patients feel it

Over a 12-week program, 58% of patients improved their sleep and 55% improved their movement. Hear their stories below.

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The platform

One system for clinicians and patients

Protocols and meal plans tailored to chronic pain and related conditions like type 2 diabetes, IBS and obesity.

Healthnix clinician dashboard showing a sample patient's symptoms, biomarkers and flagged patterns

Personalized plans prescribed by clinicians, billed to insurance

60+ lab resultsProtocols and meal plansEHR integratedScience-basedBiomarker-drivenBudget-consciousFor pain patients
Healthnix app body map for logging symptomsHealthnix app food photo loggingHealthnix app insights linking food and pain

Always-on AI companion tailored to each plan

Food and symptom trackingTrigger identificationBehavioral skills trainingMedical records accessAI assistantDietitian chat
How it works

You refer, we do the rest

Identify and refer

Your team captures consent and refers the patient in your EHR.

We onboard

Blood work at a nearby Quest, app intake and a dietitian telehealth kickoff with an initial plan.

We deliver the care

Patients track food and symptoms, and their dietitian adjusts the protocol and meal plan at monthly consultations.

You review and bill

Monthly outcome and billing data, billed under your NPI.

Reimbursement

Revenue your patients already qualify for

Care management and remote monitoring codes billed under your NPI using clinical staff under general supervision. Up to $960 per patient over 6 months.

Chronic Care Management (CCM)

For patients with 2+ chronic conditions.

99490
Clinical staff, first 20 min
99439
Clinical staff, each additional 20 min

Principal Care Management (PCM)

For patients with 1 serious chronic condition.

99426
Clinical staff, first 30 min
99427
Clinical staff, each additional 30 min

Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM)

Symptom tracking in our app, alongside CCM or PCM.

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Set-up and education, one-time
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Device supply and data
98979–98981
Treatment management

Patients typically pay 20% coinsurance, subject to their insurer's terms. Revenue estimate based on 2026 national non-facility Medicare rates and 6 months of CCM and RTM billing per patient.

Team

Builders who are also patients, doctors and scientists

Maja Mazur

Maja Mazur

Co-Founder & CEO. Former Goldman Sachs attorney, and chronic pain patient.

Karol Waluszewski

Karol Waluszewski

Co-Founder & COO. Former Amazon engineer, and Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree.

Mikhail Bulgakov

Mikhail Bulgakov

Head of Engineering. Former engineering leader at Bumble.

Dr. Qiling Chen, PhD

Dr. Qiling Chen, PhD

Lead scientist. Metabolomics & nutrition science expert.

Dr. Sara Davin, PsyD, MPH

Dr. Sara Davin, PsyD, MPH

Advisor. Director of Comprehensive Pain Recovery Program at Cleveland Clinic.

Prof. Janusz Jankowski, MD, PhD

Prof. Janusz Jankowski, MD, PhD

Advisor. Precision gastroenterology expert.

Daniel Trencher

Daniel Trencher

Advisor. Former Chief Strategy Officer at Teladoc.

Dr. Adel Baluch, MD

Dr. Adel Baluch, MD

Advisor. VP of health system partnerships at Ada Health.

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Dietitians

Integrative and functional nutrition experts

Kalyn Starkey, RDN

Kalyn Starkey, RDN

Integrative and Functional Nutrition Certified Practitioner.

Dr. Mariela Fierro, PhD, LDN

Dr. Mariela Fierro, PhD, LDN

PhD in Integrative and Functional Nutrition, Saybrook University.

Dr. Althea Joseph, PhD, RDN

Dr. Althea Joseph, PhD, RDN

PhD in Integrative and Functional Nutrition, Saybrook University.

Brittany Adelman, RD

Brittany Adelman, RD

Dietitian in Integrative and Functional Medicine, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

Privacy and security

Serious about health, privacy & data security

Healthnix is HIPAA and DTAC compliant meeting rigorous U.S. and U.K. requirements.

HIPAA-compliant

Health data is encrypted and handled in compliance with HIPAA regulations.

DTAC-compliant

We meet the Digital Technology Assessment Criteria required by the National Health Service.

Regular security reviews

Our platform undergoes regular security reviews to stay ahead of evolving threats.

Eligibility

Are my patients eligible?

Healthnix is built for patients with chronic pain and related conditions like type 2 diabetes, obesity or IBS, whose inflammation, blood sugar, gut health or weight can affect their pain and overall health.

OsteoarthritisRheumatoid arthritisBack and neck painFibromyalgiaMigrainePost-surgical recovery

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