BD in a Box for U.S. MCOs | Akros Advisory

From Pitch to Payer:
We’ll Get You to Yes

BD-in-a-Box is our flagship commercialization partnership for founders who want real payer traction rather than theoretical strategy.

Who It’s For

Regional and mid-market MCOs without dedicated BD or innovation teams
Lean payer product or strategy teams who need execution capacity
Health plans drowning in pilot requests, internal ideas, or startup pitches
Executives tired of great ideas dying in backlog

What’s Inside BD in a Box

1. Innovation Festival

A 3-day AI-powered strategy sprint that brings clarity, confidence, and commercial readiness to your top ideas or vendor pitches.

Why It Works:

Prioritize ventures or internal ideas with real market potential
Co-create GTM assets, story frameworks, and pitch decks
Use proprietary AI to rank features, extract emotion drivers, and map social relevance
Align cross-functional stakeholders in real time

What You Leave With:

Top 5 market-ready ventures
Same-day assets, alignment maps, and GTM playbooks
Clear next steps to fund, pilot, or scale each idea

Available as a standalone sprint or part of BD in a Box

2. Pipeline & Partnership Scouting

Stop sorting through noise. We deliver high-fit, high-potential partners and ventures—curated for your strategy.

You’ll Get:

Targeted scouting reports and shortlists
Vendor screening based on Stars, Medicaid, SDOH, or strategic alignment
Opportunity maps with key gaps, overlaps, and white space
Warm intros and briefing prep

Great for payers interested in innovation coalitions, accelerator partnerships, or ecosystem expansion.

3. Pilot Structuring & ROI Modeling

No more vague “let’s test it” deals. We design high-clarity pilots and build models that your CFO—and regulators—can get behind.

Includes:

Pilot scope design: timeline, target population, KPIs
ROI models: cost savings, Stars uplift, TCOC impact, engagement curves
Risk-sharing or value-based deal templates
Reporting frameworks to track what matters

Built for teams advancing social care, maternal health, digital health, or SDOH pilots.

4. On-Demand BD Agent

A fractional BD leader embedded in your world—without adding headcount.

How It Works:

We attend ecosystem events on your behalf
Run point on promising leads and vendor negotiations
Bring back insights, intros, and ready-to-act next steps
Act as an extension of your team inside or outside your org

Great for smaller teams who need to show up big and get traction fast.

Engagement Models

How to Use the Box

Innovation Sprint

One-time 3-day festival, with follow-up deliverables

BD in a Box Retainer

3–6 month engagement including all 4 services

A La Carte Modules

Flexible access to individual components (e.g. ROI modeling only)

Why Akros

We’ve done this from the inside. Our team includes former payer execs, CROs, and startup founders who know what it takes to drive partnership-ready ideas to the finish line—with the incentives, stakeholders, and regulation in mind.