Partnership in Progress · Est. Q1 2026

Connecting Corrections to Healthcare Coverage

HealthCred and Equifax/VINE are rewriting what happens to healthcare coverage the moment someone walks out of a correctional facility. This is the partnership portal — tracking where we are, where we're going, and how we grow together.

65+
Active Facilities
4
States Live
35K+
Applications Submitted
9,217
Active Enrolled Lives
$2.5M
Current ARR
Partnership Status

Where We Are Today

From a cold pitch to an executed NDA, validated datasets, and a formal approval process underway — the HealthCred × Equifax relationship has moved fast because the data speaks for itself.

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✓ Executed

Mutual NDA Signed

NDA-26-77536 — a fully executed mutual non-disclosure agreement between HealthCred Care LLC and Equifax Inc. — was signed March 17, 2026. Both parties are operating under confidentiality protections. The relationship is formal, documented, and active.

✓ Validated

Data Validated by Equifax's Own Team

HealthCred's Florida enrollment data was validated against Equifax's VINE database. All 67 Florida counties confirmed. Equifax's own engineers verified the data integrity — this wasn't a HealthCred claim, it was an Equifax confirmation. The foundation is proven.

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In Progress

CFPL/TPO Compliance & Vendor Attestation

HealthCred is completing the Consumer Financial Protection Laws vendor attestation (NEQ0015496) required by Equifax's Third Party Oversight process. This is the formal compliance gate before commercial API access is provisioned — we are actively working through it alongside legal counsel Aaron Behar.

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Active

Formal Approval Process Underway

Equifax's internal approval process is in motion. Discussions have expanded beyond the initial pilot to include a national partnership framework, API integration architecture, data sharing agreements, and a commercial structure that reflects the scope of the opportunity — all 50 states, 1.7M annual releases.

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✓ Federal Mandate

CAA 2024 — The Legal Tailwind That Changes Everything

The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024 took effect January 1, 2026 — making correctional healthcare enrollment a legal obligation for all 50 states. State Medicaid agencies are now required to facilitate enrollment for incarcerated and recently released individuals. This isn't a trend or a nice-to-have. HealthCred and Equifax/VINE are positioned at the intersection of a federal mandate, the largest provider-neutral release notification system in the country, and a proven enrollment operation already live across four states. The market timing has never been better.

Technology Foundation

How the VINE Integration Works

Equifax/VINE is the only nationwide jail management notification network — 2,500+ facilities across 48 states. HealthCred plugs directly into VINE's release event stream to trigger enrollment workflows within 15 minutes of release.

Step 01

VINE Release Event

Equifax/VINE generates a real-time release notification — facility, individual ID, timestamp. In Florida, this fires within 15 minutes of physical release.

Step 02

HealthCred Routing Engine

The event hits HealthCred's release automation layer. Eligibility logic runs: Medicaid-eligible vs. ACA marketplace, income bracket, home county, prior coverage history.

Step 03

Enrollment Activation

If ACA-eligible: HealthSherpa EDE rails route to carrier enrollment. If Medicaid-eligible: state agency application is initiated. Call center agents receive the record and initiate outreach within the same business day.

Step 04

Coverage Confirmed

Enrollment confirmation loops back through the system. PMPM tracking begins. The individual is covered — typically within 24–72 hours of release — before they ever reach a hospital or clinic.

2,500+
VINE-Connected Facilities Nationwide
48
States with VINE Coverage
15 min
Release Event Latency (Florida)
67
Florida Counties Validated
1.7M+
Annual U.S. Jail Releases
24–72h
Average Time to Coverage
Current Operations

Live Today — Four States, Growing

HealthCred is operational now — not in a pilot, not in planning. Real agents, real facilities, real enrolled lives, real revenue. This is the base we're scaling from.

FL
Florida
47 active facilities
All 67 counties validated
Largest state by lives
Ambetter PMPM confirmed
GA
Georgia
8+ active facilities
Georgia Access custom workflow
NPN-validated exclusivity
State marketplace partner
AL
Alabama
6+ active facilities
Active enrollment pipeline
ACA marketplace routing
OK
Oklahoma
4+ active facilities
Newest state — Q1 2026
Expansion corridor for TX
65+
Total Active Facilities
35K+
Applications Submitted
9,217
Active Enrolled Lives
$30
PMPM Per Enrolled Life
$2.5M
Current Annual Recurring Revenue
Revenue Model

Ten Ways This Partnership Generates Revenue

HealthCred's revenue model is deliberately multi-layered. The VINE integration unlocks not just enrollment income but a compounding stack of recurring, transactional, and data-driven revenue streams.

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PMPM Enrollment Commissions

$30 per enrolled member per month, paid by carriers for each active coverage month. Confirmed with Ambetter Florida. 9,217 current lives generating $276K/month — this grows with every new enrolled individual and every state added.

Recurring · High Volume
02

ACA Carrier Enrollment Commissions

Per-enrollment fees paid at the point of plan selection. HealthSherpa's EDE rails connect HealthCred agents directly to CMS-certified carrier enrollment — every completed application generates a fee independent of ongoing PMPM.

Transactional · Per Enrollment
03

VINE Data Licensing & API Access

As the Equifax/VINE partnership formalizes, HealthCred accesses VINE's release event data through a licensed API arrangement. The commercial structure under negotiation determines the per-event or subscription fee model — this becomes the technological spine of national scale.

Data · Infrastructure
04

Facility Implementation & Onboarding Fees

Per-facility onboarding fees for correctional institutions joining the HealthCred network. Covers intake workflow integration, staff training, and compliance documentation. As facility count scales from 65 to 500+, this becomes a meaningful one-time revenue layer.

One-Time · Per Facility
05

State Medicaid Managed Care Fees

For Medicaid-eligible individuals, HealthCred coordinates enrollment into state managed care organizations. CAA 2024 creates direct state funding pathways for facilitated enrollment — particularly in states with mandatory Medicaid continuity provisions.

Government · Recurring
06

GSA Federal Contract Revenue

HealthCred is pursuing GSA Schedule positioning to contract directly with federal Bureau of Prisons facilities and federally operated detention centers. GSA creates a contracting vehicle for the Bureau of Prisons' 120+ facilities and removes procurement friction at the federal level.

Federal · Contract Vehicle
07

Private Prison Corporate Contracts

CoreCivic and GEO Group together operate 170+ facilities across 27 states. HealthCred is in discussions for enterprise-level partnerships that would bring both organizations' facilities into the network under standardized contracts — unlocking hundreds of facilities with single negotiations.

Enterprise · Multi-Facility
08

Correctional Healthcare Company Integrations

NaphCare and other correctional healthcare providers (Centurion, Wellpath, Corizon Health) employ the medical staff inside facilities. HealthCred integrates at the point of care — enrollment recommendations at the bedside before release — generating referral and integration fees.

Integration · Healthcare
09

Reincarceration Re-Enrollment & SEP Management

Individuals who return to custody trigger a Special Enrollment Period upon re-release. HealthCred tracks re-incarceration events via VINE, maintains coverage continuity data, and re-enrolls individuals upon subsequent releases — capturing the full lifecycle, not just first enrollment.

Lifecycle · Repeat Revenue
10

Analytics & Compliance Reporting

HealthCred's data position — enrollment outcomes by facility, county, carrier, and demographic — has standalone value for state Medicaid agencies, managed care organizations, and policy researchers. Compliant aggregate reporting services create a data products revenue layer.

Data Products · SaaS
Partnership Ecosystem

The Network HealthCred Has Built

The moat isn't just VINE. It's the complete ecosystem of enrollment infrastructure, government relationships, carrier agreements, and facility contracts assembled around it.

Enrollment Infrastructure

HealthSherpa

CMS-certified Enhanced Direct Enrollment (EDE) partner. HealthSherpa provides the federal enrollment rails that connect HealthCred agents to ACA marketplace carriers. Every plan selection flows through a CMS-certified, HIPAA-compliant pathway — no workarounds, no gray areas.

Active · EDE Partner · National
State Marketplace

Georgia Access

Georgia's state-based ACA marketplace is building a custom back-office enrollment workflow exclusively for HealthCred. NPN validation ensures only HealthCred-certified agents can use the workflow — de facto exclusivity in Georgia's correctional enrollment space. No other organization has this.

In Build · Workflow Under Development
Federal Contracting

GSA Schedule

HealthCred is positioning for General Services Administration Schedule access — the federal procurement vehicle that would allow Bureau of Prisons facilities, ICE detention facilities, and federal courthouses to contract directly with HealthCred without individual procurement processes.

In Progress · Application Phase
Private Prison Operator

CoreCivic

America's largest private prison operator — 64 facilities, 90,000+ beds across 18 states. Enterprise partnership discussions would bring CoreCivic's full facility network into HealthCred's enrollment pipeline under a single contract. One agreement, 64 facilities, 5-figure monthly releases.

In Discussions · Enterprise Partnership
Private Prison Operator

GEO Group

Second-largest private corrections company — 100+ facilities, 80,000+ beds. GEO Group's footprint extends into halfway houses, day reporting centers, and electronic monitoring programs — expanding HealthCred's enrollment touchpoints beyond traditional incarceration.

In Discussions · Enterprise Partnership
In-Facility Healthcare

NaphCare

Leading correctional healthcare provider inside facilities — employs the nurses, physicians, and mental health professionals that incarcerated individuals interact with daily. NaphCare integration places HealthCred enrollment conversations at the point of care, before release, inside the medical workflow.

Partnership Discussions Active
Reentry Support

AJA / Reentry Partners

American Justice Association and community-based reentry organizations provide wraparound services to individuals returning from incarceration. HealthCred integrates healthcare enrollment into the broader reentry workflow — housing, employment, substance use treatment, and coverage become a unified handoff at release.

Active Integration · Reentry Programs
Carrier Network

ACA Carrier Partners

Ambetter (confirmed PMPM), Molina Healthcare, WellCare, Oscar Health, and state-specific Blue Cross Blue Shield plans. HealthCred maintains direct carrier relationships for PMPM commission agreements — these are the entities writing the checks every month per enrolled life.

Active · Multi-Carrier · By State
Data & Identity

Equifax / VINE (You)

The keystone of the entire architecture. VINE's 2,500+ facility network, 48-state coverage, and 15-minute release event latency is the infrastructure layer that makes real-time enrollment possible at national scale. No other data source provides this combination of breadth, speed, and precision.

Active Partnership · NDA Executed
Federal Mandate — CAA 2024

Congress Made This a Legal Requirement.
We're the Infrastructure.

Effective January 1, 2026, every state Medicaid agency is legally required to facilitate healthcare enrollment for individuals leaving incarceration. The mandate exists. The population exists. The carrier economics exist. What didn't exist — until HealthCred and Equifax/VINE — was the operational infrastructure to fulfill it at scale.

1.7M+
Annual U.S. Jail Releases
82%
Leave Without Coverage
50
States Under Federal Mandate
$12B+
Addressable Market
Expansion Roadmap

From Four States to the Nation

Each phase of expansion is anchored to a specific VINE dataset, a carrier partnership, and a government relationship — not theoretical. The blueprint replicates what already works in Florida.

Phase 1 — Live Now · Q1 2026
Florida Full State + Southeast Base

All 67 Florida counties operational. VINE data validated by Equifax's team. Georgia, Alabama, and Oklahoma added. HealthSherpa EDE rails deployed. Georgia Access custom workflow under construction. Call center running at 15+ agents. 9,217 enrolled lives generating $30 PMPM each.

65+ facilities 4 states active NDA executed VINE data validated
$2.5M current ARR
Phase 2 — Q3 2026
Texas + CoreCivic/GEO Enterprise Rollout

Texas is the second-largest jail population in the country — 550+ county jails, VINE-connected. Oklahoma serves as the corridor. Simultaneously, CoreCivic and GEO Group enterprise agreements bring 130+ private facilities across 20+ states into the network under single contract vehicles. Call center scales to 40 agents.

Texas launch CoreCivic/GEO contracts 200+ new facilities 40 agents
$10M–$13M projected ARR
Phase 3 — Q1 2027
11-State Southeast + NaphCare Integration

Full Southeast footprint: FL, GA, AL, OK, TX, TN, SC, NC, MS, LA, AR. NaphCare facility integration activates enrollment recommendations at the point of care — before release, inside the medical encounter. GSA Schedule secured, enabling federal facility contracting. Call center at 60+ agents.

11 states NaphCare integrated GSA Schedule 500+ facilities
$25M–$35M projected ARR
Phase 4 — 2027–2028
National Footprint — All 48 VINE States

National rollout leveraging VINE's existing 48-state coverage. Every new state is a replication of the proven Florida model — VINE data, carrier agreements, state Medicaid partnership, facility contracts. Bureau of Prisons federal contract adds 120+ federal facilities. Call center scales to 100 agents.

48 states Bureau of Prisons 2,500+ facilities 265K+ enrolled lives
$95.4M projected ARR at national scale
Leadership

The People Building This Together

Two organizations, shared mission. The teams coordinating this partnership across operations, technology, legal, and commercial development.

Chad R. Laboy
HealthCred Care LLC

Chad R. Laboy

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Built HealthCred from zero to $2.5M ARR across 4 states and 65+ facilities. Architect of the VINE partnership strategy, the carrier network, and the CAA 2024 positioning. Leading the commercial and legal structure of the Equifax partnership.

Aaron Behar
HealthCred Care LLC

Aaron Behar

Chief Legal & Operations Officer · BeharBehar

Overseeing all legal, compliance, and operational structure for the Equifax partnership. Leading CFPL/TPO vendor attestation, HIPAA BAA analysis, data sharing agreements, and commercial contract review.

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HealthCred Care LLC

Josh Waites

Director of IT & Intelligent Automation

Engineering the VINE API integration, release automation workflow, and the real-time enrollment routing layer. Responsible for technical architecture of the HealthCred × Equifax data pipeline.

Nolan S. Weeks
HealthCred Care LLC

Nolan S. Weeks

Co-Founder & EVP Field Growth & Operations

Running day-to-day call center operations, facility relationship management, and agent workflows. 20 years Florida Law Enforcement & Corrections — retired Jail Administrator from Okaloosa County DOC.

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Equifax / VINE

Mandy Smith

Strategic Partnerships · Equifax/VINE

Primary Equifax relationship lead for the HealthCred partnership. Facilitating the commercial and technical collaboration between both organizations — including the VINE API access discussions and the formal approval process.

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Equifax / VINE

Cheston Newhall

Senior Director of Product · Equifax

Former Appriss — the company that built VINE before Equifax's acquisition. Brings direct product expertise in the VINE platform, its correctional data architecture, and its commercial applications. Evaluating product and commercial strategy.

Continue the Conversation

For partnership discussions, technical questions, or commercial terms:

chad@healthcred.com