Shouldered AI  /  For doctors running independent practices

You be the doctor. We shoulder the rest.

You became a doctor to care for patients, then the practice became a second job. Shouldered gives your practice one HQ for the business side: scheduling, billing follow up, staff paperwork and vendors. Patient records stay in your own system, and care stays with you.

What keeps you up at night

"I spend evenings on practice paperwork."

Nehemiah at the Operations Desk handles vendor orders, staff schedules and renewals, so evenings are yours again.

"Insurance and patient balances sit unpaid."

Matthew at the Finance Desk tracks outstanding balances and prepares follow ups for your billing team to approve.

"Our licenses and credentials renewals are a mess."

Deborah at the Legal Desk tracks license, DEA, board and credentialing renewal dates for every provider.

"My front desk is overwhelmed by the phone."

Tabitha at the Service Desk handles general practice questions like hours, directions and forms, and passes anything clinical to your team.

What your HQ does

Simon and seven desks of Heroes, working for doctors.

Simon · HQ

Gives you a short business summary each morning, separate from patient care.

Nehemiah · Operations Desk

Manages staff schedules, supply orders and vendor contracts.

Matthew · Finance Desk

Tracks practice receivables, payroll prep and vendor bills for your approval.

Deborah · Legal Desk

Tracks license, credential and certification renewals for every provider.

Barnabas · People Desk

Posts job openings, books interviews and gathers new hire paperwork.

Tabitha · Service Desk

Answers general questions about hours, location and forms, never clinical ones.

Simon runs HQ: all the tech and all the brain power, and the one you talk to. Each of the seven desks is run by a Hero, and Simon directs all seven and answers for them. A person approves what matters, and legal, tax, medical and financial decisions stay with you and your licensed advisers.

A day with HQ running

Before your first patient, Simon tells you the supply order went in, a medical assistant opening has three interviews booked, and one provider's license renewal is due in sixty days. Last month's outstanding balances are listed for your billing lead. You walk into clinic thinking about patients, not paperwork.

An illustration, not a promised result.

How the math works

Start

Start with the Small HQ (up to 5 seats, 80 hours a month) at $750 a month paid for the year (Founding price: $500, first 50 companies only), plus $1,000 onboarding. Practice admin like scheduling, billing follow up and staff paperwork is Shouldered first.

Grow

As your practice grows, move to Medium for up to 20 seats and 200 hours, so your next hire is for care, not the admin.

Your Hero is here to improve the human. Your HQ, led by Simon, is here to improve your business.

Your investment

Two prices, and 50 Founding places.

First, what the work costs you today. A full-time office manager runs most small businesses about $4,000 to $5,000 a month with taxes and benefits, and goes home at five. Every call nobody answers is a job that goes to someone else.

Business coaching often costs $5,000 to $7,500 for one session day. HQ does the work every month, with a coach running the Shouldered Way and workshops included. Already have a coach? HQ works alongside them.

Your Hero · available now

For you

An assistant for one person: mail, chat, calendar, to-dos and contacts. It learns how you work.

A seat a month
$25
Founding price, first 50 only
$20
  • A seat a month. Cancel any time
  • No onboarding fee
  • It stops where you stop. It does not run a business
Your HQ · Small

Up to five people

5 seats and 80 hours a month. Onboarding $1,000, paid once.

Paid for the year
$750
Month to month
$1,100
Founding price, first 50 only
$500
  • Simon and all seven desks
  • Starts the work itself
  • About $25 a day, paid for the year
  • The six-month guarantee
  • Arrives in December. Join the founding list now
Your HQ · Medium

Six to twenty people

20 seats and 200 hours a month. Onboarding $2,000, paid once.

Paid for the year
$1,875
Month to month
$2,750
Founding price, first 50 only
$1,250
  • Everything in Small
  • Room to grow without changing plan
  • The six-month guarantee

Prices are per month. Only the first 50 companies (the Founding 50) get the Founding price with a two-year commitment, paid yearly by bank transfer, and keep it for as long as they renew. Pay yearly by bank transfer and take 3% off. Onboarding is $1,000 for Small and $2,000 for Medium, paid once, and free at Shouldered events. It is one 1-hour call: technical setup with our technical team first, then your business with our team. The person who sold you HQ joins your onboarding call. Paid for the year, you get a named person who checks in every month. Month to month gets standard support. Twenty-one people and up is built around you. More seats are $25 each (Founding price $20), and more hours $12.50 each; hours count only while HQ is working, like minutes on a phone plan.

Enterprise and government. For large companies and public agencies. Custom plans start at $5,000 a month. Pilots are paid. We start SOC 2 Type 1 work in 2027. Texas agencies: we are working toward TX-RAMP.

The six-month guarantee · HQ plans

If HQ does not complete at least 40 hours of real admin work a month for you in your first six months (100 hours on Medium), tell us by the end of month five and we refund every dollar you paid for the plan.

The onboarding fee is not refunded. The guarantee asks one thing of you: let HQ do its work. Give it the access it needs and review its work in good faith. If our records show you kept declining or blocking the work HQ set out to do, the guarantee does not apply. If we see that happening, we tell you in writing so you can fix it.

The six months start the day HQ goes live for you. The Founding 50 are included. The guarantee covers HQ only, never coach fees.

Questions doctors ask
Do patient records leave our system?

Patient records stay in your practice's own system. We help with practice admin only, patients are not onboarded to Shouldered, and clinical decisions stay with you.

Is it compliance certified?

We do not claim compliance certifications. Patient records stay in your own system, and HQ works on practice admin, not patient care.

Does it talk to patients about their care?

No. It handles general practice questions like hours and forms. Anything clinical goes to your team.

When can we start?

The Hero is available now at $25 a seat a month. HQ launches in December 2026, and the founding list is open today.

What if it does not help?

If HQ does not complete at least 40 hours of real admin work a month for you in your first six months (100 hours on Medium), tell us by the end of month five and we refund every dollar you paid for the plan.

Who we are

A Christian-run company, and proud of it.

Churches get free Hero seats. When a member's business joins, its church gets an HQ, free.

Simon is named for Simon of Cyrene, who stepped in and shouldered the cross for another. Shouldered takes no outside funding and is open to everyone. The technology comes from the OurWorld group: ten years of work, 60+ engineers, running in 20+ countries.

Get started

Pull up a chair.

Start with your Hero today, take a Founding 50 place for HQ, or just come and ask questions in the community.

Or write to Simon: simon@shouldered.com