Company type | Startup |
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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 |
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]
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.[6] In addition to Y-Combinator, the company is backed by Innovation Endeavors,[7] Kapor Capital,[8] and Group 11.
In 2020, the company had 3 core business units:
As of October 2021, over 6 million people have been enrolled in individual health coverage through HealthSherpa.[13]
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.[14]