Enhanced direct enrollment (EDE) is a new pathway for consumers to enroll in health insurance coverage through the Federally-facilitated Exchange. This pathway allows CMS to partner with the private sector to provide a more user-friendly and seamless enrollment experience for consumers by allowing them to apply for and enroll in an Exchange plan directly through an approved issuer or web-broker without the need to be redirected to HealthCare.gov or contact the Exchange Call Center.
For additional information on EDE, please view the fact sheet, available at: /newsroom/fact-sheets/enhanced-direct-enrollment-pathway-health-insurance-exchange-coverage
For more information about EDE, visit: Direct Enrollment and Enhanced Direct Enrollment | CM
The public list of third-party entities approved to use an EDE pathway is provided below. This list is current as of December 27, 2022, but CMS will update the list as it approves more partners.
Table Key
- Approved Entity Name: Name of the entity offering an approved EDE platform
- Hosting an EDE Platform: The checkmark indicates that the entity (referred to as a “primary EDE Entity” in CMS guidance) developed and is hosting an approved EDE platform that may be available for leasing to upstream EDE Entities
- Entity Type: Qualified health plan (QHP) issuer, web-broker, or Direct Enrollment (DE) Technology Provider
- Website: The entity’s homepage hyperlink
Approved Entity Name | Hosting an EDE Platform | Entity Type | Website | |
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Acosta Insurance |
✔ | Web-broker | https://www.enterate.com/ | |
Aetna CVS Health, Banner Aetna, and Innovation Health Plans | - | Issuer | www.aetna.com/aca-individual.html | |
Alliant Health Plans | - | Issuer | www.alliantplans.com | |
AmeriHealth Caritas Next | - | Issuer | amerihealthcaritasnext.com | |
Anthem | - | Issuer | www.anthem.com | |
Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield |
- | Issuer | www.arkansasbluecross.com | |
Aspirus Arise Health Plan of Wisconsin |
- |
Issuer |
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AultCare Insurance Company |
- |
Issuer |
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AvMedInc. | - | Issuer | www.AvMed.org | |
Benefitalign LLC | ✔ | Web-broker | www.benefitalign.com | |
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama | - | Issuer | www.bcbsal.org/sales/web/individuals/health | |
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona |
- |
Issuer |
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas | Issuer | https://www.bcbsks.com/ | ||
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City | - | Issuer | www.bluekc.com | |
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Mutual Insurance Company and Blue Care Network |
- | Issuer | www.bcbsm.com | |
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska | Issuer | https://nebraskablue.softheon.com/qhp/shopping/zip-code | ||
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina |
- |
Issuer |
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina
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- | Issuer | sc.healthsherpa.com | |
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee | Issuer | https://bcbst.softheon.com/qhp | ||
Capital Health Plan | - | Issuer | capitalhealth.com | |
CareSource |
- |
Issuer |
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Catch Insurance LLC | ✔ | Web-broker | www.catch.co | |
Centene Corporation |
- |
Issuer |
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Chorus Community Health Plans | Issuer | https://ede.jet-insure.com | ||
Cigna |
- |
Issuer |
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Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative | Issuer | commongroundhealthcare.org | ||
Community First | - | Issuer | exchange.communityfirsthealthplans.com | |
CommunityCare HMO Inc | - | Issuer | ccok.softheon.com/qhp/shopping/zip-code | |
Community Health Choice |
- |
Issuer |
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Cox Health Plans |
- | Issuer | www.coxhealthplans.com | |
Dean Health Plan |
- |
Issuer |
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FirstCare Health Plans |
- |
Issuer |
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Florida Blue |
- |
Issuer |
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Friday Health Insurance Company, Inc. | - | Issuer | fridayhealhplans.softheon.com | |
GetInsured |
✔ |
Web-broker |
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Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin | - | Issuer | ghcscw.com | |
Health Care Service Corporation |
✔ |
Issuer |
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Health First |
- |
Issuer |
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HealthMarkets | ✔ | Web-broker | www.healthmarkets.com | |
HealthPartners | Issuer | https://www.healthpartners.com/individual | ||
HealthSherpa |
✔ |
Web-broker |
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Health Trio | DE Technology Provider | https://www.onlineinsight.com/ | ||
Highmark |
- |
Issuer |
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INSHURA | Web-broker | https://www.inshura.com/ | ||
INSXCloud, Inc. | ✔ | Web-broker | INSXCLOUD.COM | |
JET Health Solutions | ✔ | DE Technology Provider | www.jethealthsolutions.com | |
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. | - | Issuer | kaiserrpermanente.healthsherpa.com | |
McLaren Health Plan Community | Issuer | https://www.mclaren.org/ | ||
Medica | Issuer | https://medica.com | ||
MedMutual | Issuer | https://www.medmutual.com/ | ||
MercyCare Health Plans |
- |
Issuer |
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Molina Healthcare |
- | Issuer | www.molinahealthcare.com | |
Mountain Health Co-Op | - | Issuer | www.mountainhealth.coop | |
Network Health | - | Issuer | networkhealth.com | |
Optima Health | - | Issuer | optimahealth.com/plans/individual | |
Oscar Health |
- | Issuer | www.hioscar.com | |
Paramount |
- |
Issuer |
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Physicians Health Plan |
- |
Issuer |
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Piedmont Community Healthcare HMO | - | Issuer | pchp.softheon.com/qhp/ | |
Priority Health | - | Issuer | www.priorityhealth.com/ | |
Quartz | - | Issuer | quartzbenefits.com | |
Quotit Corporation | - | Web-broker | Quotit.com | |
Sanford Health Plan | Issuer | https://sanford.healthsherpa.com | ||
Scott and White Health Plan | - | Issuer | www.swhp.org | |
Security Health Plan of Wisconsin |
- |
Issuer |
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SelectHealth Inc. | - | Issuer | www.Selecthealth.org | |
Sendero Health Plans |
- |
Issuer |
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Softheon |
✔ |
DE Technology Provider |
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Stride Health |
✔ |
Web-broker |
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UHC | - | Issuer | uhcexchange.com | |
US Health and Life | - | Issuer | ascensionpersonalizedcare.com | |
Via Benefits | - | Web-broker | app.viabenefits.com/ifp/ | |
WellFirst |
- |
Issuer |
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Welltheos |
- | Web-broker | W3LL.com |