APAS Saúde Sorocaba

What APAS Saúde Sorocaba does

APAS Saúde Sorocaba (legal name: Associação Policial de Assistência à Saúde) is a non-profit civil association and regulated health plan operator (Operadora de Plano de Saúde) registered with Brazil's ANS under nº 41012-8, classified as 'Coletivo por Adesão – Autogestão não Patrocinada.' Founded on March 14, 1994, by approximately 920 São Paulo State Military Police officers who sought an alternative to Cruz Azul de São Paulo, the association provides health coverage to military police, their dependents, pensioners, and extended family members (Assemelhados) across roughly 7,150 lives.

The company offers two product tiers: Plano MED (Membro Nato) — with coparticipation, covering active/retired officers, spouses, children up to 25, and pensioners with comprehensive ambulatory and hospital benefits — and Plano SMART (Assemelhados) — without coparticipation, covering extended family relatives up to 3rd degree. Provider network scale varies by source: 538 clinics/14 hospitals/24 labs (one source) versus 400+ clinics/32 labs/16 hospitals (another), spanning 20 cities in the Sorocaba region. Operations are lean, with approximately 11 employees supporting member services.

The business model is subscription-recurring monthly premiums from a closed community, distributed via WhatsApp enrollment channels, a member web portal, and in-person service at the Sorocaba headquarters. Revenue is not publicly disclosed. Governance is member-elected through biennial board terms and ongoing extraordinary general assemblies, with the most recent elections for the 2026-2027 term and the 77th Extraordinary Assembly convened in July 2026. No AI/ML capabilities, funding rounds, M&A activity, or external investors are associated with the entity.

Name

APAS Saúde Sorocaba

Legal name

Associação Policial de Assistência à Saúde

Website

https://apas-sorocaba.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

APAS Saúde Sorocaba is a non-profit ANS-regulated autogestão health plan operator serving São Paulo State Military Police officers, their dependents, pensioners, and extended family across ~7,150 lives in the Sorocaba region via two subscription tiers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Supplementary Health Insurance

SIC

Hospital & Medical Service Plans (6324), Accident & Health Insurance (6321)

akta.pro primary industry

Association & PEO Group Health Plans (AHP/PEO-Sponsored) (FSAIAFAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Self-Funded (ASO) Group Health Plans & Stop-Loss (FSAIAFAB)

Keywords

• Health plan operator
• Supplementary health insurance
• Military police health coverage
• Autogestão health plan
• Collective adhesion insurance

Headquarters

HQ city

Sorocaba

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Monthly Health Plan Premiums: APAS Saúde Sorocaba generates revenue through monthly membership premiums paid by active and retired military police officers, pensionists, and their family members. The association is classified as 'Coletivo por Adesão – Autogestão não Patrocinada' under ANS regulation. Two plan tiers are offered: Plano MED (with coparticipation) and Plano SMART (without coparticipation). Members pay recurring monthly fees to access the provider network.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

APAS Saúde Sorocaba operates a non-profit health plan (Operadora de Plano de Saúde) for active and retired Military Police officers of São Paulo State, pensioners, and their family members. The association offers two subscription plans — Plano MED (with coparticipation) and Plano SMART (without coparticipation) — granting access to a contracted provider network of 538 clinics, 14 hospitals, 24 laboratories and 576 providers across 20 cities in the Sorocaba region.

Product overview

APAS Saúde Sorocaba is a health plan operator (Operadora de Plano de Saúde) that provides two distinct health insurance products: PLANO MED – Membro Nato for Military Police officers, their families, and pensioners; and PLANO SMART – Assemelhados for extended family relatives. The company offers a comprehensive network of over 400 clinics, 32 laboratories, and 16 hospitals across more than 20 cities in the Sorocaba region. Both plans provide access to outpatient consultations, emergency services, diagnostic exams, hospitalizations, and obstetric care, with the MED plan featuring co-payment and the SMART plan operating without co-payment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Plano MED – Membro Nato

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Labor Med SorocabaminorOthersLaboratory and imaging center offering discount benefits to APAS Saúde Sorocaba associates. Part of the associate discount program covering pharmacies, optics, dental networks, and other health-related services.
• Óticas DinizminorOthersOptical store chain offering special discount benefits to APAS Saúde Sorocaba associates. Part of the associate discount program covering pharmacies, optics, dental networks, and other health-related services.
• UniodontominorOthersDental network cooperative providing discounted dental services to APAS Saúde Sorocaba associates. Part of the associate discount program covering pharmacies, optics, dental networks, and other health-related services.
• Botica FórmulasminorOthersPharmacy offering compounding services and discount benefits to APAS Saúde Sorocaba associates. Part of the associate discount program covering pharmacies, optics, dental networks, and other health-related services.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Hapvida NotreDame Intermédica: Hapvida (combined with NotreDame Intermédica) is one of Brazil's largest health plan operators with verticalized provider networks. Comparable to APAS as a major ANS-registered health plan operator, though at substantially greater scale and geographic breadth.
• SulAmérica Saúde: SulAmérica is a major Brazilian insurance group with a significant health plan business. It is a broad incumbent peer to APAS in the same ANS-regulated health insurance market, offering group and individual plans with much greater scale.
• Amil: Amil is one of Brazil's largest commercial health plan operators, now part of UnitedHealth Group. It serves as a broad incumbent comparable to APAS in the same ANS-regulated health plan market, with significantly larger scale and broader geographic reach.
• Unimed: Unimed is Brazil's largest cooperative health plan system, offering medical and hospital plans nationally. While much larger and broader in scope than APAS, it competes for the same overall health-plan wallet and operates within the same ANS regulatory framework.

Direct peers

• CAPESESP: CAPESESP is an autogestão health plan serving former Banco do Brasil employees and dependents. Like APAS, it is an association-sponsored plan operating under ANS regulation, serving a closed professional community with similar governance and provider-contracting models.
• Eletros-Saúde: Eletros-Saúde provides health coverage to employees of Eletrobras and related entities. It is directly comparable to APAS as a Brazilian autogestão health plan operating under ANS regulation, with similar association-based structure and limited-eligibility membership model.
• Real Grandeza: Real Grandeza is a closed health plan (autogestão) for employees and retirees of Furnas Centrais Elétricas. It is comparable to APAS in operating as an association-based, ANS-regulated health plan serving a specific public-sector or state-owned-enterprise workforce.
• GEAP Saúde: GEAP is a Brazilian autogestão health plan serving federal public servants and their families. It is directly comparable to APAS as both operate under the ANS "Autogestão" framework, offering association-based health plans to defined professional communities with similar regulatory and operational models.
• Postal Saúde: Postal Saúde provides health coverage to Correios (Brazilian postal service) employees and their families. It is a directly comparable autogestão operator to APAS, serving a defined public-sector workforce under ANS oversight with similar product structure and community-driven enrollment.
• Assefaz: Assefaz is an autogestão association providing health plans to federal public servants and dependents. Comparable to APAS as a nonprofit association health plan operating under ANS regulation, serving a closed professional community with similar subscription-based revenue and provider network model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/apas-sa%C3%BAde-sorocaba

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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