A telehealth partner program is a free arrangement where a business refers people to licensed telehealth care and earns a marketing fee for doing so, without handling any of the clinical work. With MedStands, your business shares a QR code or a personal link, people who sign up through it are attributed to you, and you receive a fixed marketing fee paid to your bank every month for as long as each referred person keeps actively using the platform.
It is a marketing and referral relationship, not a medical or franchise business. You are pointing people toward care that already exists. Licensed providers and licensed pharmacies handle everything clinical. Your role is simply to make the introduction.
How a telehealth partner program works
The mechanics are straightforward. When you join, you get a QR code and a personal link tied to your business. You put the code where your customers already are: at the front desk, on a flyer, on a card by the register, or in a follow-up email. Someone scans it or clicks the link, and if they sign up and become an active customer, that person is attributed to you.
From there, licensed providers do the prescribing and licensed pharmacies do the fulfillment, refills, and shipping. The platform is LegitScript-certified. MedStands is not a medical practice and does not prescribe. Your business never touches medication, never stores anything, and never gets involved in a patient's care. You share a code, the platform does the rest, and you get paid for the referral.
What you do and do not do
The point of a partner program is that it adds a revenue line without adding operational weight. There is no clinical work, no inventory, no prescribing, and no fulfillment on your end. You are not diagnosing anyone, dispensing anything, or managing shipments.
That distinction matters because it keeps your business in its lane. A gym stays a gym. A medspa stays a medspa. You are not becoming a pharmacy or a clinic, and you are not taking on the licensing, liability, or overhead that comes with those roles. You are referring people to a service, the same way you might recommend a trusted vendor, except that here the referral is tracked and paid.
How you get paid
Earnings come as a fixed marketing fee set in advance. It is not a commission, not a cut, and not a percentage of anyone's spending. It is a flat fee attached to each active referred customer, agreed on before you ever share your code, so you always know what a referral is worth.
That fee is paid to your bank every month for as long as the person you referred keeps actively using the platform. Because it recurs, referrals you make now can continue to pay month after month rather than paying once and stopping. And joining costs nothing. There is $0 to join, no setup fee, no monthly fee, and nothing to buy. Your only real investment is putting your code in front of the people you already serve.
If you want to compare the business-facing partner track with the individual-facing affiliate track, Partner vs Affiliate: Which MedStands Program Fits You? breaks down which one matches how you plan to refer.
Who handles the medical side
This is the part that makes the model work. Licensed providers do the prescribing and licensed pharmacies do the fulfillment, refills, and shipping. Every request is reviewed by a licensed provider, and not everyone qualifies. You have no say in who is approved and no role in the clinical decision, which is exactly how it should be.
So the responsibility for care sits entirely with the licensed professionals who are trained and authorized to provide it. Your job ends at the introduction. That separation is what lets a non-medical business participate at all: you are the marketing channel, and the clinical work belongs to the people who are licensed to do it.
Common questions
Does it cost anything to join?
No. It is free to join, with no setup fee, no monthly fee, and nothing to buy. You can read more in Does My Business Pay Anything to Join a Telehealth Partner Program?.
Do I need medical staff or a license?
No. There is no clinical work on your side, so you do not need a provider on staff or a medical license. You share a QR code or link, and the licensed side of the platform handles the rest.
Who prescribes and ships the medication?
Licensed providers do the prescribing, and licensed pharmacies handle the fulfillment, refills, and shipping. MedStands is LegitScript-certified and is not a medical practice, so it does not prescribe. Your business never touches medication.
How do people qualify for treatment?
Every request is reviewed by a licensed provider, and not everyone qualifies. Qualifying is a clinical decision made by the provider, not something your business influences. You refer people, and the provider decides what, if anything, is appropriate.
Getting started
If your customers already care about their health, a telehealth partner program is a low-effort way to add recurring monthly income without changing what your business does day to day. The best way to see whether it fits is to look at how the model maps to your field. Explore partner programs by industry to find the approach built for your type of business, then start sharing your code with the people you already serve.