Carexroads Opens 'First 50' Spots for Case Managers and Introduces Cora, an AI Care Concierge for Hard-to-Place Cases

Free for care professionals. Contact details stay private. Providers can't buy access.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, UNITED STATES, October 8, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Ahead of National Case Management Week (October 11–17), Carexroads, the care-navigation platform that connects families, care professionals and senior care providers, today opened founding spots for the first 50 case managers, discharge planners, social workers and care coordinators in each area on its professional network for care. The network opens first in Greater Houston, Dallas–Fort Worth, and Sacramento & the Bay Area.

Case managers can post a care need once (the service, area, timing and payer, never patient details) and get verified local options back, without calling agency after agency. Every professional on the network also meets Cora, Carexroads' AI care concierge. Cora pulls verified local options from Carexroads, and a person on the Carexroads Care Team checks every answer before it reaches the case manager. Cora's goal is an answer within one business day.

"Care coordinators are caught in the middle," said Charise "CJ" Felton, co-founder of Carexroads. "They need trustworthy options for patients and families, and they need a way to discover providers without opening themselves up to constant sales calls, emails and marketing pressure. A case manager should not have to publish their email address and invite hundreds of unsolicited pitches simply to connect to local resources."

Built around permission, not pay-to-play

On Carexroads, care professionals join free and stay in control of who reaches them:

- Contact details stay hidden. Professionals choose who can message them inside Carexroads, and can change it any time.
- Providers can't buy access. Promotional messages are off on every plan.
- Patient details are blocked. Names, dates of birth, room numbers and other identifying details are checked for and blocked before anything posts.
- Verified means checked. Verified providers have passed Carexroads checks covering NPI, insurance, reputation review, and open investigations or citations.

"Access should be earned by trust, not bought by the highest bidder," Felton said. "Verification matters, reviews matter, reputation matters, responsiveness matters. Our job is not to decide who gets the patient. Our job is to create a trusted environment where the right providers can be discovered and where families and professionals can make informed decisions."

What the first 50 get

Founding professionals receive a First 50 badge on their profile, first access when the network opens in their area, a first seat in their area's professional Care Circle, and a direct voice in what Carexroads builds next. They can also complete the free Carexroads Care Coordination Academy, five short courses and twenty modules covering provider discovery, privacy and responsible use, and right-to-choose and ethical coordination, to earn the Academy Certified credential.

"When someone reaches a crossroads in care, they should know where to go next," Felton said. "That's why our promise is: you have arrived."

Case managers, discharge planners, social workers and care coordinators can save a spot free at https://match.carexroads.com/founding?utm_source=einpresswire&utm_medium=pressrelease&utm_campaign=first50_press.

About Carexroads
Carexroads.com, Inc. is a care-navigation platform that connects the care journey — families, care professionals, providers, resources and communities — into one trusted network. Families find direction, providers earn visibility through verification and reputation, and care professionals build relationships on their own terms. Carexroads is headquartered at 95 3rd Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103. Learn more at carexroads.com.

Charise "CJ" Felton
Carexroads.com, Inc.
cj@carexroads.com
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