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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Equifax/VINE generates a real-time release notification — facility, individual ID, timestamp. In Florida, this fires within 15 minutes of physical release.
The event hits HealthCred's release automation layer. Eligibility logic runs: Medicaid-eligible vs. ACA marketplace, income bracket, home county, prior coverage history.
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.
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.
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.
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.
$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 VolumePer-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 EnrollmentAs 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 · InfrastructurePer-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 FacilityFor 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 · RecurringHealthCred 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 VehicleCoreCivic 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-FacilityNaphCare 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 · HealthcareIndividuals 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 RevenueHealthCred'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 · SaaSThe moat isn't just VINE. It's the complete ecosystem of enrollment infrastructure, government relationships, carrier agreements, and facility contracts assembled around it.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Two organizations, shared mission. The teams coordinating this partnership across operations, technology, legal, and commercial development.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
For partnership discussions, technical questions, or commercial terms:
chad@healthcred.com