Press release · Oct 28, 2026

Geneya Unveiled: Nurse-Forward Hospital AI for the Discharge-to-Skilled-Nursing Bottleneck

By Ira Divinsky

Patients are ready to go. The beds aren't. Geneya is new hospital AI built for the moment, aimed squarely at the discharge-to-skilled-nursing bottleneck, with early access open now.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Oct. 28, 2026 — IntelliGene AI, LLC today unveiled Geneya, a nurse-forward hospital AI built to move medically ready patients into skilled nursing faster. The company also opened its pre-seed round and a limited early-access program for hospitals and health systems.

Health care leaders have said what they need.

"Delays in patient discharges create bottlenecks in the health care system, adding to the already overwhelming challenges facing our hospitals and caregivers."
– Rick Pollack, Former President and CEO, American Hospital Association, Dec. 6, 2022¹

"This backlog of stuck patients is playing a major role in driving up wait times and obstructing access to care."
– Steve Walsh, President and CEO, American Hospital Association (then-President and CEO, Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association, June 12, 2023)²

"Hospitals get paid very little or nothing to care for these patients once their acute care issue is resolved. And additionally, hospitals lose revenue from patients whose care is delayed because the beds are full."
– Cassie Sauer, CEO, Washington State Hospital Association, Oct. 25, 2023³

"There is also a risk of spending a lot of money on AI and getting no return for it."
– Sarah London, CEO, Centene, Q2 2026 earnings call, July 28, 2026⁴

They need capacity. They need AI that pays its way. Geneya is built to answer them.

The bottleneck, by the numbers

• $3.25 billion a year: estimated avoidable costs in California hospitals from discharge delays, tied to an estimated 1 million unnecessary inpatient days (California Hospital Association).⁵
• $1.1 billion: estimated avoidable costs in Florida hospitals from more than 403,000 days spent waiting for post-acute placement, at about $2,800 per day (Florida Hospital Association).⁶
• That's an estimated $4.35 billion a year in just two states. No official national total exists.
• More than 37%: share of Florida patients stuck over 24 hours after being medically ready who were waiting for a skilled nursing bed.⁶
• Nearly 24%: rise in length of stay from 2019 to 2022 for U.S. patients discharged to post-acute care (AHA).¹

Every day costs patients, too. In a JAMA study, healthy adults with an average age of 67 lost nearly 1 kg of leg lean mass in 10 days of bed rest.⁷ Measurable declines in mobility and self-care have been documented in hospitalized patients over 74 by the second day of admission.⁸

Meet Geneya

Built for nurses. Built for throughput. Built to scale, from a single hospital to multi-hospital systems and the post-acute networks they depend on.

What's under the hood stays under wraps for now. The mission is out in the open:

• Fewer days lost to waiting.
• More beds open for the next patient.
• Less waste and more recovered revenue.
• More time back for nurses.

The opportunity is big. The U.S. has 6,100 hospitals⁹ and 14,742 CMS-certified nursing facilities.¹⁰ The global hospital capacity management solutions market is estimated at $5.35 billion in 2026, with a forecast of $10.07 billion by 2031 (Mordor Intelligence).¹¹

"Every minute a patient who needs skilled nursing care isn't receiving it matters," said Ira Divinsky, Founder and CEO, IntelliGene AI. "That care is crucial to recovery and quality of life. Geneya exists to close that gap, so patients reach the right care at the right time."

Early access is open

Hospitals and health systems can request a private demo now at geneya.intelligeneai.com or geneya.health. Investors can contact hello@intelligeneai.com.

About IntelliGene AI

IntelliGene AI, LLC is a Florida-based, woman-owned health technology company registered on SAM.gov, founded by Ira Divinsky. Learn more at intelligeneai.com.

Media Contact: IntelliGene AI Media Relations | hello@intelligeneai.com

Sources

1. AHA press release, Dec. 6, 2022: https://www.aha.org/press-releases/2022-12-06-new-aha-report-finds-delays-ability-discharge-patients-increase-strain-patients-and-hospitals
2. MHA, "A Clogged System," June 12, 2023: https://www.mhalink.org/reportsresources/acloggedsystem/
3. Chief Healthcare Executive, Oct. 25, 2023: https://www.chiefhealthcareexecutive.com/view/discharge-delays-hospitals-are-forced-to-keep-patients-who-could-be-released
4. Centene Q2 2026 earnings call, July 28, 2026, as reported by DistilInfo: https://distilinfo.com/2026/08/07/centene-ai-roi-discipline/
5. California Hospital Association (Jan. 2024): https://calhospital.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Impact-of-Inadequate-Networks-CHA-Analysis-FINAL.pdf
6. Florida Hospital Association, 2025 Patients Awaiting Discharge: https://fha.org/common/Uploaded%20files/FHA/Data%20and%20Research/DAD/2025%20Patients%20Awaiting%20Discharge.pdf
7. Kortebein et al., JAMA 2007, summarized at https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3276215/
8. American Journal of Nursing, 2006: https://journals.lww.com/ajnonline/fulltext/2006/01000/functional_decline_in_hospitalized_older_adults_.32.aspx
9. AHA Fast Facts 2026: https://www.aha.org/statistics/fast-facts-us-hospitals
10. KFF, 2025: https://www.kff.org/medicaid/a-look-at-nursing-facility-characteristics/
11. Mordor Intelligence (global market): https://www.mordorintelligence.com/industry-reports/hospital-capacity-management-solutions-market