HealthSherpa

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] 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.[6] As of January 2020, over 3 million people have been enrolled in individual health coverage through HealthSherpa.[7]

HealthSherpa
HealthSherpa Logo
Type of site
Startup
Founded2013
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
,
U.S.
Area servedU.S.
Founder(s)George Kalogeropoulos
Ning Liang
Catherine Perez
IndustryHealthcare Navigation
URLHealthSherpa.com
Alexa rank72,408 (February 2016)[1]
Current statusActive

Integration with Healthcare.gov

On 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.[8]

Founders and Backers

HealthSherpa 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.[9] In addition to Y-Combinator, the company is backed by Innovation Endeavors,[10] Kapor Capital,[11] and Group 11.

References
  1. "HealthSherpa.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  2. "Healthsherpa Helps Thousands Get Insurance Quotes". NPR. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  3. "Signing up for Obamacare could someday take as little as 10 minutes". The Washington Post. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  4. "S.F. programmers build alternative to HealthCare.gov". CBS. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  5. "Trio of young coders build health-care website in days". CNN. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  6. Rosato, Donna. "How to Find the Best ACA Insurance Plan Before Open Enrollment Ends". Consumer Reports. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
  7. "HealthSherpa enrolls over 1 million Americans during Open Enrollment Period". Retrieved 2017-12-04.
  8. "HealthSherpa Approved as First Fully Integrated Healthcare.gov Private Sector Partner". PRWeb. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
  9. "HealthSherpa Supports 530,000+ People Enroll in Federal Healthcare Marketplace". PRWeb. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
  10. "Innovation Endeavors Portfolio". Innovation Endeavors. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  11. "Kapor Capital Portfolio". Kapor Capital. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
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