QC Healthcare Names Telemedicine Pioneer Michael Gorton, Founder of Teladoc, as Strategic Business Advisor
Gorton to guide QC Healthcare's scaling strategy across payers, health networks, and self-insured employers as the company expands its family of physician-led telehealth platforms
CHARLOTTE, N.C. and ATLANTA, Nov. 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- QC Healthcare (LinkedIn) today announced that Michael Gorton, founder of Teladoc, has joined the company as Strategic Business Advisor. A serial entrepreneur and one of the pioneers of the telemedicine industry, Gorton brings firsthand experience building a virtual care company from a startup into a global leader. He will help guide QC Healthcare as it scales its portfolio of telehealth platforms and deepens its relationships with the organizations that pay for and deliver care.
Gorton founded Teladoc in 2002 and helped build it into the world's largest telemedicine company. He has since founded more than a dozen companies across digital health, energy, aerospace, and technology, including Recuro Health, which focuses on early detection and prevention. He also serves on the board of the Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation.
"Michael built the playbook for scaling virtual care, and he did it in the same environment we are building in today, one where payers, health networks, and employers decide what scales," said Eric Doherty, CEO of QC Healthcare. "Adding him as Strategic Business Advisor benefits every current and future QC Healthcare business. Payers and health networks are where durable growth comes from, and Michael has navigated those relationships at scale. Self-insured employers are an equally important opportunity, because they are directly accountable for their healthcare costs and want access and outcomes that work. His experience will help us open those doors faster and grow in a disciplined way as we add platforms."
What QC Healthcare Is Building
QC Healthcare is building a family of physician-led telehealth platforms, each focused on a specific population and designed to work with payers, health networks, and employers rather than around them.
My Pediatric Doctor (LinkedIn) is a Nationwide 24/7 Urgent Care and Primary Care Pediatric Telemedicine platform serving families in all 50 states, Guam, and Puerto Rico. My Adult Doctor (LinkedIn) extends the same approach to adults. The company is also developing My VA Doctor, to serve veterans and their families, and My Oncology Doctor, to serve patients facing cancer, along with other subspecialty platforms.
"Every platform we build has to work for three audiences at once: the patient who needs care, the physician who delivers it, and the payer, network, or employer responsible for the cost," Doherty said. "Michael has lived that equation at scale. His guidance will help us grow each platform with discipline and reach more people sooner."
Gorton said, "Telehealth has proven that virtual care works. The next chapter is about becoming preemptive and scaling it responsibly, with payers, health networks, and employers as true partners. QC Healthcare is building focused, physician-led platforms for the populations that need access most, from children and adults to veterans and patients facing cancer. I'm excited to help Eric and the team grow these businesses and bring care to more people."
One Membership for the Whole Family
QC Healthcare's membership is built around a simple promise: $50 a month for the whole family. The first visit is free, and every visit after that is a flat $45, no matter how many times a family uses the service. QC Healthcare also accepts insurance. Families can sign up at My Pediatric Doctor or My Adult Doctor.
One monthly price gives parents, children, and other household members access to care, with no need to manage a separate plan for each person. A flat, family-wide price is easy to understand and easy to share. It gives payers, health networks, and self-insured employers a clear and predictable offering to extend to the families they serve, and it gives QC Healthcare a straightforward message to carry into every market it enters.
"Families shouldn't have to do math to get care," Doherty said. "For $50 a month, the whole family is included, the first visit is free, and every visit after that is $45 no matter how often you use it. We accept insurance too. That message is easy for families to understand and easy for our partners to share, and with Michael's guidance we can take it to many more households."
QC Capital's Role
QC Healthcare is funded by QC Capital Group, its venture capital partner, whose backing has supported the company's growth across its platforms.
"QC Capital is proud to be the funding partner behind QC Healthcare," said Chris Salerno, Founder, Chairman and CEO of QC Capital Group. "Eric and his team are building physician-led platforms with a clear path to scale, and adding Michael Gorton is exactly the kind of move that accelerates it. Michael has seen what scale looks like in virtual care, and his guidance will help QC Healthcare grow with payers, health networks, and self-insured employers."
"QC Capital's support has made this possible," Doherty said. "Chris Salerno and his team backed us as we built, and bringing Michael on builds on that investment. Our partnership with QC Capital gives us the capital and the confidence to add leaders of his caliber as we grow."
Why This Matters Now
Payers, health networks, and self-insured employers are all searching for ways to expand access while controlling cost. The organizations that win will be the ones that can scale quality care reliably across states and populations. For payers, the goal is lower-cost, high-quality access. For health networks, it is capacity and continuity. For self-insured employers, it is a better return on every benefits dollar and a healthier workforce. These are the outcomes QC Healthcare is building toward, and the outcomes Gorton has spent his career pursuing.
Looking Ahead
With Gorton on board, QC Healthcare will continue to expand its platforms and pursue relationships with payers, health networks, and self-insured employers. The company expects his guidance to inform how it prioritizes markets, structures partnerships, and sequences each new platform launch.
"We are building for the long term," Doherty said. "Michael's experience gives us a clearer path to scaling responsibly."
About Michael Gorton
Michael Gorton is a serial entrepreneur and the founder of Teladoc, the world's largest telemedicine company. He has founded companies in digital health, energy, aerospace, and technology, including Recuro Health, and is widely credited as a pioneer of the telemedicine industry.
About QC Healthcare
QC Healthcare is a healthcare company building scalable, technology-enabled care platforms that expand patient access and deliver value to payers, health networks, and self-insured employers. Its operating brands include My Pediatric Doctor and My Adult Doctor, with My VA Doctor and My Oncology Doctor in development. QC Healthcare's membership is $50 a month for the whole family, with the first visit free and $45 per visit afterward, and insurance is accepted. Sign up at My Pediatric Doctor or My Adult Doctor. Learn more at QC Healthcare.
About QC Capital Group
QC Capital Group is a private investment firm specializing in alternative investments, including operating businesses and real estate. It is the venture capital funding partner of QC Healthcare. Learn more at qccapitalgroup.com.
QC Capital is excited for its portfolio companies and the momentum building across them. The addition of Michael Gorton to QC Healthcare underscores QC Capital's commitment to backing strong operators, supporting them with the right talent and partnerships, and helping them scale responsibly. QC Capital looks forward to supporting QC Healthcare as it grows.
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