Vera Whole Health and Castlight Health Join Forces with Aligned Marketplace to Expand High-Quality Care Solutions

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Castlight Health (NYSE:CSLT) has announced a strategic partnership with Vera Whole Health and Aligned Marketplace to expand access to advanced primary care solutions. The collaboration will launch in Q3 2025, initially covering six states: Alaska, Connecticut, Georgia, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington, with plans for nationwide expansion.

Through this partnership, self-insured employers will gain access to Vera Whole Health's network of advanced primary care centers and virtual care through Aligned Marketplace. Additionally, Aligned Marketplace will join the Castlight Ecosystem, offering an integrated navigation solution that connects members with coordinated care teams, including primary care providers, behavioral health specialists, and health coaches.

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• Strategic expansion into six initial states with plans for nationwide coverage
• Integration of navigation services with high-performing care delivery
• Enhanced access to virtual care and advanced primary care centers
• Potential for reduced healthcare costs through improved member engagement

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Healthcare Industry Analyst

Strategic partnerships with Aligned Marketplace expand Castlight's market reach and integration capabilities, strengthening its position in the employer healthcare space.

This partnership represents a significant expansion of Castlight Health's ecosystem strategy and market reach. The three-way collaboration between Vera Whole Health (Castlight's sister company under apree health), Castlight Health, and Aligned Marketplace creates a comprehensive integrated solution connecting navigation capabilities with care delivery networks.

The strategic value lies in how this partnership addresses a critical healthcare challenge: connecting members seamlessly from the point of need identification to actual care delivery. By integrating Aligned Marketplace into the Castlight Ecosystem, employers gain a more streamlined way to offer advanced primary care while maintaining the navigation capabilities that drive engagement.

The phased rollout beginning in six specific states (Alaska, Connecticut, Georgia, Nevada, Oregon and Washington) represents a measured approach to expansion that allows for operational optimization before scaling nationwide. This geographic strategy targets diverse markets that can serve as proving grounds for the partnership model.

For Castlight Health, this partnership strengthens its value proposition to self-insured employers by enhancing its ecosystem with Aligned's marketplace of advanced primary care providers. The integration allows Castlight to extend beyond pure navigation into facilitating actual care delivery relationships, creating a more complete healthcare solution that could drive higher utilization of its platform.

Most importantly, this arrangement positions Castlight to benefit from the growing employer interest in advanced primary care models that emphasize care coordination, prevention, and value-based arrangements - all approaches that can potentially reduce total healthcare costs while improving health outcomes.

Strategic partnership expands access to advanced primary care for self-insured employers and unlocks integrated navigation nationwide

SEATTLE and NEW YORK, Aug. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Aligned Marketplace, an advanced primary care marketplace for self-insured employers, is entering into a strategic partnership with Vera Whole Health and Castlight Health to offer solutions that will connect more members to accessible, affordable and comprehensive primary care. Employers now have access to Vera Whole Health's network of advanced primary care centers and virtual care through Aligned Marketplace. In parallel, Aligned Marketplace has joined the Castlight Ecosystem, enabling employers to purchase an integrated solution that connects navigation with high-performing care delivery.

"Aligned Marketplace is redefining how self-insured employers purchase primary care – offering an innovative solution with nationwide reach," said Victor Leclere, senior vice president of Growth and Partnerships for apree health, the parent company of Vera Whole Health and Castlight Health. "Our partnership further expands access to high-quality primary care for Aligned's employers and embeds navigation directly into Aligned's network, connecting the experience from point of need to point of care, driving higher engagement and better outcomes."

Vera Whole Health will launch in the Aligned Marketplace during the third quarter of 2025, beginning with select markets including Alaska, Connecticut, Georgia, Nevada, Oregon and Washington. Additional markets will be phased in over time, creating a comprehensive nationwide footprint for participating employers.

With Aligned Marketplace available in the Castlight Ecosystem by next quarter, employers will have the opportunity to offer more robust experience. Castlight provides an easy-to-use platform through which members can receive curated health navigation that helps them understand their benefits and access the right care at the right time by connecting members with coordinated care teams – including primary care providers, behavioral health specialists and health coaches.

"Our mission at Aligned Marketplace is to increase America's healthspan by bringing personalized primary care to America's workforce, and we do that by connecting employers with our national marketplace of advanced primary care providers," said Patrick Nelli, founder and CEO of Aligned Marketplace. "By partnering with Castlight, we're making it easier for members to understand, access and act on their care. By streamlining how they navigate benefits and boosting engagement, we're helping employers drive down healthcare costs and improve member outcomes."

About Aligned Marketplace
‍Aligned Marketplace is an advanced primary care marketplace for self-insured employers. Aligned is an easy and effective way to give employees access to advanced primary care – care that is designed to keep them healthy and proven to reduce health care costs by as much as 15%. With a single value-based, shared savings contract, employers see a return on investing in their employees' improved health. By integrating seamlessly into existing health plans, Aligned Marketplace takes the pain and complexity out of offering advanced primary care. Founded in 2023 by an experienced team of health care veterans, Aligned Marketplace's network includes more than 3,000 advanced primary care clinics in all 50 states. For more information, go to alignedmarketplace.com.

About apree health
apree health brings together Castlight Health and Vera Whole Health, combining clinical advocacy and navigation with advanced primary care delivery. With this approach, apree can better understand individuals' health risks, challenges and goals; engage them with personalized outreach and recommendations; and manage their care by providing an integrated and coordinated care experience. This unique model helps patients achieve better health, lowers the total cost of care and improves the experience for individuals, employers and health plans. For more information, visit apreehealth.com.

About Castlight Health
Castlight Health simplifies healthcare navigation by providing a comprehensive and highly tailored digital platform and clinical services. Leveraging advanced personalization capabilities, Castlight identifies individual needs to deliver customized health and wellbeing experiences, guiding individuals through their unique health journeys and helping them engage with the right programs and care at the right time. Founded in 2008, Castlight enables large employers and health plans to drive better outcomes, improve engagement and maximize the value of healthcare benefits. For more information, visit www.castlighthealth.com.

About Vera Whole Health
Founded in 2008, Vera Whole Health is leading the shift to value-based care using an advanced primary care model that delivers a superior experience, providing longer appointments, same or next-day access, and both in-person and virtual care. By integrating data-driven insights and multifunctional care teams, Vera improves health outcomes, reduces total cost of care and consistently achieves a best-in-class member experience. Vera currently owns and operates care centers in 11 states across the U.S. In 2022, Vera merged with Castlight to create apree health family of brands. In 2024, apree health became a business unit of Mosaic Health. For more information, visit my.verawholehealth.com. 

About Mosaic Health
Mosaic Health is a national care delivery platform focused on expanding access to comprehensive primary care for consumers with coverage across Commercial, Individual Exchange, Medicare and Medicaid health plans. The Business Units which comprise Mosaic Health, including apree health, Millennium Physician Group and CareMore Health, are multi-payer and serve nearly one million consumers across 19 states, providing them with access to high-quality primary care, integrated care teams, personalized navigation, expanded digital access and specialized services for higher-need populations. Through Mosaic Health, health plans and employers have an even stronger care provider partner that delivers affordability and superior experiences for their members and employees, including value-based primary care capacity integrated with digital patient engagement and navigation. Each of the companies within Mosaic Health provide unique offerings that together promise to improve individuals' health and wellbeing, while helping care providers deliver higher-quality care. For more information, please visit www.mosaichealth.com or follow Mosaic Health on LinkedIn.

Media Contacts
Erin Bocherer, for apree health
678-294-2258
erin@cogentacom.com 

Dori Zweig Young, for Aligned Marketplace
Aligned@Crosscutstrategies.com 

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FAQ

When will Vera Whole Health launch in the Aligned Marketplace through Castlight Health (CSLT)?

Vera Whole Health will launch in the Aligned Marketplace during Q3 2025, starting with select markets in Alaska, Connecticut, Georgia, Nevada, Oregon and Washington.

Which states are included in Castlight Health's (CSLT) initial partnership rollout?

The initial rollout includes six states: Alaska, Connecticut, Georgia, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington, with plans for additional markets to be added over time.

What services will be available through the Castlight Health (CSLT) and Aligned Marketplace partnership?

The partnership will offer access to Vera Whole Health's network of advanced primary care centers, virtual care, and integrated navigation services through the Castlight Ecosystem, connecting members with coordinated care teams.

How will the Castlight Health (CSLT) partnership benefit employers?

Employers will benefit from reduced healthcare costs, improved member outcomes, streamlined benefits navigation, and increased engagement through integrated care solutions and comprehensive primary care access.

When will Aligned Marketplace be available in the Castlight Ecosystem?

Aligned Marketplace will be available in the Castlight Ecosystem by next quarter, offering employers a more robust healthcare experience.