Vera Whole Health and Castlight Health Join Forces with Aligned Marketplace to Expand High-Quality Care Solutions
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.
Castlight Health (NYSE:CSLT) ha annunciato una partnership strategica con Vera Whole Health e Aligned Marketplace per ampliare l'accesso a soluzioni di cure primarie avanzate. La collaborazione partirà nel Q3 2025, inizialmente in sei stati: Alaska, Connecticut, Georgia, Nevada, Oregon e Washington, con l'obiettivo di estendersi a livello nazionale.
Grazie a questa intesa, le aziende con assicurazione autodiretta potranno utilizzare la rete di centri di cura primaria avanzata di Vera Whole Health e i servizi di cura virtuale offerti da Aligned Marketplace. Inoltre, Aligned Marketplace entrerà a far parte dell'Castlight Ecosystem, fornendo una soluzione di navigazione integrata che connette gli utenti a team di cura coordinati, inclusi medici di base, specialisti in salute mentale e health coach.
Castlight Health (NYSE:CSLT) ha anunciado una alianza estratégica con Vera Whole Health y Aligned Marketplace para ampliar el acceso a soluciones de atención primaria avanzada. La colaboración comenzará en el Q3 2025, inicialmente en seis estados: Alaska, Connecticut, Georgia, Nevada, Oregon y Washington, con planes de expandirse a nivel nacional.
Mediante esta asociación, los empleadores con seguro autoadministrado tendrán acceso a la red de centros de atención primaria avanzada de Vera Whole Health y a la atención virtual a través de Aligned Marketplace. Además, Aligned Marketplace se incorporará al Castlight Ecosystem, ofreciendo una solución de navegación integrada que conecta a los miembros con equipos de atención coordinada, incluidos proveedores de atención primaria, especialistas en salud conductual y coaches de salud.
Castlight Health (NYSE:CSLT)는 Vera Whole Health 및 Aligned Marketplace와 전략적 파트너십을 체결해 고급 1차 진료 솔루션의 접근성을 확대한다고 발표했습니다. 이 협업은 2025년 3분기에 시작되며, 초기에는 알래스카, 코네티컷, 조지아, 네바다, 오리건, 워싱턴 등 6개 주를 포함하고 이후 전국으로 확대할 계획입니다.
이번 파트너십을 통해 자가보험을 운영하는 고용주는 Vera Whole Health의 고급 1차 진료 센터 네트워크와 Aligned Marketplace의 가상 진료를 이용할 수 있게 됩니다. 또한 Aligned Marketplace는 Castlight Ecosystem에 합류해, 1차 진료 제공자, 행동건강 전문가, 건강 코치 등을 포함한 조정된 케어 팀과 회원을 연결하는 통합 내비게이션 솔루션을 제공할 예정입니다.
Castlight Health (NYSE:CSLT) a annoncé un partenariat stratégique avec Vera Whole Health et Aligned Marketplace pour élargir l'accès à des solutions de soins primaires avancés. La collaboration débutera au T3 2025, couvrant initialement six États : Alaska, Connecticut, Géorgie, Nevada, Oregon et Washington, avec des plans d'expansion nationale.
Grâce à ce partenariat, les employeurs auto-assurés auront accès au réseau de centres de soins primaires avancés de Vera Whole Health et aux soins virtuels via Aligned Marketplace. De plus, Aligned Marketplace rejoindra le Castlight Ecosystem, offrant une solution de navigation intégrée qui met en relation les membres avec des équipes de soins coordonnées, incluant des médecins de premier recours, des spécialistes en santé comportementale et des coaches santé.
Castlight Health (NYSE:CSLT) hat eine strategische Partnerschaft mit Vera Whole Health und Aligned Marketplace angekündigt, um den Zugang zu fortschrittlichen Lösungen der Primärversorgung zu erweitern. Die Zusammenarbeit startet im Q3 2025 und deckt zunächst sechs Bundesstaaten ab: Alaska, Connecticut, Georgia, Nevada, Oregon und Washington, mit Plänen für eine landesweite Ausweitung.
Durch diese Partnerschaft erhalten selbstversicherte Arbeitgeber Zugang zum Netz von Vera Whole Health mit Zentren für fortschrittliche Primärversorgung sowie zur virtuellen Versorgung über Aligned Marketplace. Außerdem tritt Aligned Marketplace dem Castlight Ecosystem bei und stellt eine integrierte Navigationslösung bereit, die Mitglieder mit koordinierten Versorgungsteams verbindet, darunter Hausärzte, Spezialisten für Verhaltensgesundheit und Gesundheitscoaches.
- 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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Insights
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
"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
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
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
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.
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Dori Zweig Young, for Aligned Marketplace
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