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Care.fi aims to to scale to 300 Hospital units and 1 lac monthly discharges to save 10 lakh+ admin hours and deliver a unified, patient-first experience from pre-auth to settlement
Within 10-minute discharge after final bill, enabling faster recovery at home
10+ lakh hours saved, refocusing staff time on care
Unified RCM from pre-auth to settlement with real-time visibility
New Delhi, 21st January 2026: Care.fi, a healthcare-focused fintech founded by Vikrant Agrawal and Sidak Singh, today announced its acquisition of Aldun, a discharge-automation platform known for enabling near-instant, 10-minute patient discharges. Aldun currently supports around 10,000 discharges each month across hospital networks including Aster, Apollo, Manipal, Sir Ganga Ram, Fortis, KIMS, Narayana, and Cloudnine, impacting over 1 lakh lives and saving hospitals more than 10 lakh administrative hours. Care.fi plans to scale the combined solution to 300 hospital units and approximately 1 lac monthly discharges, creating a unified and transparent experience from admission to settlement.
By integrating Aldun’s last-mile orchestration with Care.fi’s revenue-cycle and financing rails, the acquisition addresses a system-wide bottleneck, slow, manual discharge, unlocking measurable capacity and cash flow for providers. Hospitals will benefit from higher bed-turnover, faster claims closure, and reduced denials, while finance teams gain real-time visibility into receivables and working capital. For the broader ecosystem, faster discharges will increase daily effective capacity without new capex, improving access and service levels.
“Discharge is the last mile of care and the first memory a family takes home. By bringing Aldun into the Care.fi fold, we’re turning hours into minutes and queues into capacity. Coupled with our RCM and financing rails, including our single-window claims platform, hospitals get one operating layer for faster discharge, cleaner books and a measurably better patient experience,” said Vikrant Agrawal, Co-founder at Care.fi
Once the final bill is generated, patients typically head home in ~10 minutes, avoiding a full-day wait from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. This reduces non-clinical costs (parking, attendant time off work, extra room charges), lowers anxiety at discharge, and supports earlier recovery at home with clearer, digital instructions and follow-ups. In short: fewer hours in queues, more time in care. The acquisition is a strategic fit that marries convenience, compliance and cashflow with national-level distribution and a consistent patient journey across partner hospitals.
Sidak Singh, Co-founder at Care.fi added “At scale, discharge delays aren’t just an operational issue, they distort cash flows, capacity planning and patient confidence. This acquisition lets us redesign discharge as a predictable, system-level outcome rather than a daily firefight. By unifying financing, claims and settlement into one workflow, we’re helping hospitals release locked capacity, accelerate collections, and deliver a consistent patient experience as they grow across cities and care settings.”
As rapid discharge is an industry wise need across multi-specialty hospitals, particularly as the healthcare network expands into Tier-2 and Tier-3 markets. Standardising a 10-minute discharge unlocks throughout, lowers administrative overheads, and improves operational efficiency without adding beds. Backing from investors such as Peak XV (Care.fi) and 2am VC (Aldun), reflects growing confidence in practical, implementation-ready innovations, solutions that compound both convenience and RCM (revenue cycle management) discipline.
