Association For Community Affiliated Plans

What Association For Community Affiliated Plans does

The Association for Community Affiliated Plans (ACAP) is a national not-for-profit trade association founded in 2000 and headquartered in Washington, D.C. that represents 91 safety net health plans and partner plans serving more than 30 million people across 29 states through Medicaid, Medicare, Marketplaces, and other public health coverage programs. ACAP member plans collectively account for approximately one-third of all individuals enrolled in Medicaid managed care and roughly 30 percent of enrollment in the Financial Alignment Demonstration for dual-eligible beneficiaries, giving the association significant influence in federal healthcare policy affecting low-income and vulnerable populations.

ACAP delivers value to its member plans through a portfolio of member services rather than a unified product platform. Core offerings include policy advocacy and formal engagement with CMS and Congress (evidenced by comment letters on the CMS Interoperability Standards rule, H.R. 1 community engagement requirements, and HCBS quality measures), an extensive research publication library on Medicaid managed care topics, learning collaboratives on specific topics of interest, the Coffee Break Podcast featuring safety net plan leaders, and a member-only discussion board. The organization also operates an SDOH Innovation Center focused on social determinants of health and a Preferred Vendor Program curating vetted technology and consulting partners such as Incuvio Consulting Services. The ACAP Innovation Fund, a venture partnership with Valtruis, represents a strategic extension into vendor development and innovation sourcing for the safety net ecosystem.

The association generates revenue through recurring membership dues from its not-for-profit safety net health plan members, supplemented by preferred vendor program fees and event/training revenue. ACAP operates with 11–50 staff, does not sell commercial products, and does not have external investors or public capital. The organization is member-governed through a Board of Directors representing member plans, with Margaret A. Murray serving as CEO. ACAP does not maintain proprietary technology infrastructure, positioning itself as a coordination, advocacy, and knowledge-sharing layer rather than a technology vendor within the safety net healthcare ecosystem.

Name

Association For Community Affiliated Plans

Legal name

Association for Community Affiliated Plans

Website

https://communityplans.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ACAP is a national not-for-profit trade association representing 91 safety net health plans serving more than 30 million people across 29 states through Medicaid, Medicare, and Marketplace programs, providing advocacy, research, training, and a preferred vendor program.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Trade Association

NAICS

Business Associations (813910)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

CO-OP / Nonprofit Individual Market Plans (HLAEABAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Health Technology Assessment (HTA) & Reimbursement Policy Bodies (HLAJACAF)

Keywords

• Health plan advocacy
• Medicaid policy research
• Safety net health plans
• Trade association services
• Medicare managed care

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: ACAP generates revenue through membership dues from its not-for-profit Safety Net Health Plan members. The association provides advocacy, research, best practices, training, and a preferred vendor program in exchange for membership fees.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

ACAP is a national trade association representing 91 not-for-profit Safety Net Health Plans that collectively cover more than 30 million people through Medicaid, Medicare, Marketplaces, and other public health coverage programs. The association delivers membership-based services including federal advocacy and policy representation, research publications, learning collaboratives, a preferred vendor program, training, a venture innovation fund (in partnership with Valtruis), and a social determinants of health innovation center.

Product overview

ACAP is a national trade association representing 91 not-for-profit Safety Net Health Plans serving over 30 million people. Rather than a unified product platform, ACAP offers a portfolio of member services including research publications, policy advocacy, training programs, a podcast, a preferred vendor directory, an innovation fund partnership with Valtruis, and a discussion forum. These services collectively support mission-driven health plans serving Medicaid, Medicare, Marketplace, and other public health coverage programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ACAP Innovation Fund: A venture fund in partnership with Valtruis that serves as a strategic innovation tool for ACAP plans.
• ACAP Coffee Break Podcast
• SDOH Innovation Center

Products and services

• Policy & Advocacy Advocacy representation and formal policy positions submitted to CMS, Congress, and other federal policymakers on behalf of not-for-profit Safety Net Health Plans covering Medicaid, Medicare, Marketplaces, and healthcare reform issues.
• ACAP Research
• Training Opportunities
• ACAP Innovation Fund A venture fund operated in partnership with Valtruis that creates an ecosystem for ACAP member plans to pursue innovative projects, builds vendors serving ACAP plan needs, gathers market intelligence, and generates returns through a diversified portfolio.

Quantifiable outcome

• 91 safety net health plan members covering more than 30 million people
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC): Represents community health centers serving medically underserved populations. Comparable to ACAP as a safety net-focused trade association engaging CMS on behalf of providers serving Medicaid and uninsured patients; closely aligned on SDOH and health equity policy.
• America's Essential Hospitals: National association for safety net hospitals serving low-income and vulnerable populations. Highly comparable in mission and federal advocacy orientation, though focused on provider rather than payer members; both organizations share overlapping policy priorities around Medicaid reimbursement and health equity.
• America's Physician Groups: Trade association representing physician-led, capitated, value-based care organizations. Comparable association model with similar federal advocacy focus on value-based payment, risk-bearing provider organizations, and Medicaid/Medicare program design.
• Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP): National association representing nonprofit, community-based health plans. Directly comparable to ACAP in mission (advocating for nonprofit health plans serving Medicaid, Medicare, and Marketplace populations), though ACHP's members skew more toward integrated delivery system-affiliated plans.
• Medicaid Health Plans of America (MHPA): Trade association focused specifically on Medicaid managed care plans. Overlaps directly with ACAP on Medicaid managed care advocacy, member services, and federal policy engagement, though MHPA membership includes both for-profit and nonprofit plans.

Broad incumbents

• Kaiser Permanente: Large, mission-driven, integrated nonprofit health plan and provider. While not an association, Kaiser is a benchmark nonprofit safety net plan whose scale and integration model ACAP's smaller members aspire toward, and Kaiser Permanente leadership often engages in ACAP advocacy.
• AHIP (America's Health Insurance Plans): The largest U.S. health insurance trade association, representing commercial, Medicaid, and Medicare insurers. Comparable to ACAP as a federal advocacy and industry convening body, but far broader in scope and membership composition, including large for-profit carriers.
• Blue Cross Blue Shield Association: National federation of BCBS plans, many of which are nonprofit and serve safety net populations. Overlaps with ACAP on nonprofit health plan advocacy but operates at vastly larger scale and includes commercial business lines ACAP members typically do not have.

Others

• National Council for Mental Wellbeing: Trade association for behavioral health and addiction treatment providers. Comparable association model and overlapping federal advocacy footprint with ACAP on behavioral health integration, CCBHC, and Medicaid behavioral health policy.

Regional players

• National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD): Association representing state Medicaid agency directors who contract with safety net plans. Complementary rather than competing with ACAP; engaged on the same federal policy issues but representing the state purchaser side rather than the plan side.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

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