HealthSherpa is a California-based technology company focused on connecting individuals with health coverage. The site was initially developed as an alternative to research plans from Healthcare.gov.[2][3][4][5]
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| Company type | Startup |
|---|---|
| Industry | Healthcare Navigation |
| Founded | 2013 |
| Founder | George Kalogeropoulos Ning Liang Catherine Perez |
| Headquarters | , U.S. |
Area served | U.S. |
Number of employees | 73 (Nov 2021) [1] |
| Website | HealthSherpa.com |
History
editHealthSherpa was founded by Ning Liang and George Kalogeropoulos, who participated together in the Silicon Valley startup accelerator Y-Combinator. Catherine Perez was named a late co-founder and Chief Product Officer (CPO) in 2015.[6] In addition to Y-Combinator, the company is backed by Innovation Endeavors,[7] Kapor Capital,[8] and Group 11.
Services
editIn 2020, the company had 3 core business units:
- Consumer. Shopping, quoting, enrollment and application & coverage management directly available to consumers to enroll in Affordable Care Act / "Obamacare" plans. Unique among for-profit enrollment sites, HealthSherpa.com shows all plans available from all insurers on equal footing without consideration of commission payments, and only offers ACA-compliant on-exchange coverage.[9] HealthSherpa also partners with employers to help their non-benefits eligible employees find health coverage.[10]
- Carriers. Enhanced Direct Enrollment platform leveraged by insurance issuers. As of 2019, 10 of 11 issuers approved for EDE used HealthSherpa's platform.[11]
- Agencies and Brokers. A free enrollment pathway with integrated quoting, enrollment and servicing. More than 36,000 agents and 4,800 agencies have adopted HealthSherpa’s free agency and broker platform.[12]
As of October 2021, over 6 million people have been enrolled in individual health coverage through HealthSherpa.[13]
Integration with Healthcare.gov
editOn December 4, 2018, HealthSherpa announced that it was the first company approved to utilize the Department of Health and Human Services’ innovative new Enhanced Direct Enrollment (EDE) technology, which permits private companies to carry out all enrollment and related activities for on-exchange health coverage.[14]
References
edit- ^ "HealthSherpa". craft.co. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ "Healthsherpa Helps Thousands Get Insurance Quotes". NPR. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ "Signing up for Obamacare could someday take as little as 10 minutes". The Washington Post. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ "S.F. programmers build alternative to HealthCare.gov". CBS. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ "Trio of young coders build health-care website in days". CNN. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ "HealthSherpa Supports 530,000+ People Enroll in Federal Healthcare Marketplace". PRWeb. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
- ^ "Innovation Endeavors Portfolio". Innovation Endeavors. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- ^ "Kapor Capital Portfolio". Kapor Capital. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- ^ Rosato, Donna. "How to Find the Best ACA Insurance Plan Before Open Enrollment Ends". Consumer Reports. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
- ^ "HealthSherpa | Employer Program". HealthSherpa. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
- ^ "George Kalogeropoulos posted on LinkedIn". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
- ^ "HealthSherpa | Fast, Easy Obamacare Enrollment". HealthSherpa. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
- ^ "Catherine Perez Bio". Twitter. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "HealthSherpa Approved as First Fully Integrated Healthcare.gov Private Sector Partner". PRWeb. Retrieved 2018-12-10.