Vimo Inc. is a comparison-shopping portal for healthcare products and services. On January 24, 2006, the company launched a website to allow businesses and consumers to research, rate and purchase health insurance plans and Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), and rate US doctors. Vimo allows comparison shoppping for medical services like heart transplants and out-patient surgeries, ostensibly for free, though advertising revenue related to consumer searches may fund Vimo services.

In 2005 the company, then called "Healthia", was funded by Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer Venture Partners is a private venture capital firm with offices in Silicon Valley, New York, Massachusetts, Israel, China, and India.Bessemer Venture Partners is the longest-standing venture capital practice in the United States...

 and Trinity Ventures. On September 20, 2006 the company changed its name to Vimo.

Services

Vimo aggregates reviews of carriers, health care networks, and affordable health insurance plans in the United States. Vimo makes no claim regarding conflict of interest vetting of reviews which are submitted by both healthcare businesses and consumers.

Vimo Research Group

Vimo provides resources for finding health insurance online, including a consumer guide.

Vimo, through a subsidiary, publishes studies about the market for health savings account

Health savings account

A health savings account is a tax-advantaged medical savings account available to taxpayers in the United States who are enrolled in a high-deductible health plan . The funds contributed to an account are not subject to federal income tax at the time of deposit. Unlike a flexible spending account...

s and other consumer-driven developments in the health-care industry.

Health Care Resources

Vimo provides comparison of

• Doctor Reviews (by consumers and businesses)
• Dentist Reviews (by consumers and businesses)
• Hospital Medical Procedure Costs
• Drugs and Supplements

Key people

Vimo founder and CEO Chini Krishnan previously served as chairman and SVP of products and services at Valicert Inc., a leader in public-key infrastructure.

Vimo co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Shankar Srinivasan served as Vice President of eBusiness Services at JP Morgan Chase.

Further reading

• Price transparency fuels CDHC revolution: Article by the Vimo Research Group
• Health Consumers Become Focus: Wall Street Journal