UPWARD.

Healthcare · Durham, North Carolina

PatientPay

A category of look-alikes, and the one brand that stopped sounding like itStory & Messaging · Website Design · Marketing Partnership
PatientPay, by UPWARD
The firm

PatientPay is a healthcare payments company delivering modern, tech-forward solutions across multiple sectors of care: the company making medical bills something patients actually understand and pay.

The mismatch

A category crowded with enterprise noise, where every vendor claims the same three outcomes and buyers stop believing anyone. PatientPay's innovation deserved a story, and an identity, that cut through.

The work

UPWARD partnered with PatientPay to revamp their messaging and website design: a premium digital identity that clearly communicates their value, showcases their innovation, and aligns with the quality of the solutions they deliver.

The partnership continues inside their marketing today: positioning, content, campaign craft, and the psychology of how billing-office leaders and CFOs actually decide. Proof that the model scales to enterprise healthcare.

PatientPay: the work

04 · The results

Real numbers only.

1stNamed by AI when patients ask who makes medical bills easier to pay
05 · In their words · verbatim

Our new website doesn't just look better, it works better. It tells our story with clarity, connects with our audience on a deeper level, and gives us the confidence to scale our brand with impact.

Pete HeydtPresident, PatientPay

See it live

The work is out in the world. Go see it.

The partnership

An active, ongoing marketing partnership: strategy, content, and demand craft in specialty healthcare payments.

How partnerships work

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The ask

Your story deserves this treatment. Let's tell it.

A conversation

One real conversation with the people who would actually do the work. No funnel, no pitch deck, no account manager.

We promise you will leave a touch smarter than you arrived.