Ehealth, Inc. Replace fiscal yr 2024 steering after robust AEP efficiency

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AUSTIN, Texas , Dec. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — eHealth, Inc. (Nasdaq: EHTH ), a number one personal online health insurance coverage market, at present commented on the efficiency of the annual enrollment interval (AEP) and up to date steering for the fiscal yr ending December 31, 2024.

“This dynamic enrollment interval was marked by important modifications to Medicare Benefit and Half D plan choices, which created better demand for the dependable, carrier-agnostic options eHealth presents to assist beneficiaries navigate their protection choices. eHealth’s Achievement throughout this important time is a testomony to the success of our intensive transformation initiatives and the group’s super AEP readiness effort,” stated Fran Soistman. Chief Government Officer of eHealth.

Continued Fran Soistman, “Through the AEP, we drove robust shopper demand for our omnichannel platform, coupled with conversion charges that exceeded our expectations, enabling us to ship important enrollment development at improved margins. Most significantly, we continued to mission and helped lots of of hundreds of Medicare beneficiaries consider their well being protection and both enroll in a brand new plan or decide that their current protection stays the most suitable choice for his or her wants I’m pleased with the eHealth crew and consider we’re within the early phases of capturing the thrilling alternatives for scale, margin enlargement and model development in our Medicare enterprise.

AEP Operational Highlights

Sturdy year-over-year development in submitted Medicare claims, together with important outperformance inside direct advertising and marketing channels.

All-time excessive AEP submitted utility quantity within the on-line unsupported class.

Phone and on-line conversion charges exceeded expectations and represented important year-over-year enchancment.

Enlargement in LTV-to-CAC ratio(1) within the Medicare enterprise.

Profitable implementation of eHealth’s new complete member retention program that drives customers to return to the eHealth platform to assessment their protection and store for healthcare plans.

Up to date 2024 Tips

Primarily based on data accessible as of December 17, 2024, eHealth is revising its steering for the complete yr ending December 31, 2024.

Complete income is anticipated to be within the vary of $500.0 million to $520.0 million, in comparison with the earlier vary of $470.0 million to $495.0 million.

GAAP web earnings (loss) is anticipated to be within the vary of $(12.0) million to $3.0 million in comparison with the prior vary of $(36.5) million to $(22.0) million.

Adjusted EBITDA(2) is anticipated to be within the vary of $40.0 million to $55.0 million, in comparison with the earlier vary of $7.5 million to $25.0 million.

The above steering consists of the anticipated influence of optimistic web adjustment earnings within the vary of $14.0 million to $20.0 million.

Working money stream is anticipated to be within the vary of $(15.0) million to $(5.0) million in comparison with the earlier vary of $(10.0) million to $0.0 million. The change in working money stream outlook displays eHealth’s funding in worthwhile Medicare enrollment development in the course of the fourth quarter.

John Dolan, chief monetary officer of eHealth, stated: “The centerpiece of our up to date steering implies a big enlargement of our margins – an essential achievement for the corporate. We additionally consider the
AEP cohort we enrolled this yr will drive engaging money ROI. Our revised working money stream steering displays better than anticipated
AEP Enrollment Quantity and Related Acquisition Spend. As a reminder, we acknowledge income upon plan approval, and member acquisition prices are expensed and paid upfront, whereas we don’t obtain preliminary fee funds for many new insurance policies till the primary quarter. Our steering displays this timing dynamic inside our Medicare company success mannequin.”

These expectations are forward-looking statements, and
eHealth assumes no obligation to replace these statements. Precise outcomes could differ materially and are affected by the dangers and uncertainties recognized on this press launch and in eHealth’s annual and quarterly experiences filed with the Securities and Change Fee.

About eHealth, Inc.

We’re Matchmakers. For greater than 25 years, eHealth has helped hundreds of thousands of Individuals discover the well being care protection that matches their wants at a value they’ll afford. As a number one unbiased licensed insurance coverage company and advisor, eHealth gives entry to greater than 180 well being insurers, together with nationwide and regional corporations.

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Ahead-looking statements
This press launch incorporates statements which might be forward-looking statements as outlined within the Personal Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. They embody: statements relating to elements which have had an influence on our Annual Subscription Interval (AEP) efficiency; our anticipated working and monetary efficiency for the 2024 fiscal yr; our 2024 annual steering for complete income, GAAP web earnings (loss), adjusted EBITDA and working money stream; our estimates for optimistic web adjustment earnings and its anticipated influence on our 2024 annual steering; our expectation for the AEP enrollment cohort and its anticipated influence on our monetary situation; our estimates relating to Medicare Benefit-eligible members and Medicare-eligible members for the fourth quarter of 2024; our expectation for enchancment in our LTV-to-CAC ratio; our expectation for margin enchancment for the fourth quarter of 2024; our expectation relating to timing of receipt of fee and fee practices of medical health insurance corporations; our expectations relating to AEP enrollment quantity and related acquisition spending; our expectations relating to our monetary and working situation and efficiency; our expectations relating to our enterprise, operations, initiatives and techniques; and different statements relating to our future operations, monetary situation, prospects and enterprise methods.

These forward-looking statements are inherently topic to numerous dangers and uncertainties that might trigger precise outcomes to vary materially from the statements made. Particularly, we’re required by Accounting Requirements Codification 606 – Income from Contracts with Prospects to make quite a few assumptions based mostly on historic developments and our administration’s judgment. These assumptions could change over time and have a cloth influence on our income recognition, steering and outcomes of operations. Please assessment the assumptions on this press launch rigorously.

The dangers and uncertainties that might trigger our outcomes to vary materially from these expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements embody, however should not restricted to, our capacity to retain current members and enroll new members in the course of the annual well being care open enrollment interval, the Medicare annual enrollment interval, the Medicare Benefit annual open enrollment interval and different particular enrollment intervals; modifications in legal guidelines, laws, and pointers, together with associated to well being care reform or associated to the advertising and marketing and sale of Medicare plans, such because the Coverage and Technical Adjustments to Medicare Benefit for Contract 12 months 2025 launched by CMS on April 4, 2024 and subsequent guidelines launched by CMS in connection therewith; competitors, together with competitors from state-run medical health insurance exchanges and different sources; the seasonality of our enterprise and the fluctuation of our working outcomes; our capacity to precisely estimate membership, lifetime worth of commissions and commissions receivable; modifications in product choices amongst service suppliers on our e-commerce platform and modifications in our estimated conversion fee from an permitted member to a paying member and the ensuing influence of every on our fee earnings; the focus of our revenues with a small variety of medical health insurance corporations; our capacity to execute our development technique and different enterprise initiatives; modifications in our administration or different key workers; our capacity to rent, prepare, retain and make sure the productiveness of licensed insurance coverage brokers, or profit advisors and different personnel; publicity to safety dangers and our capacity to guard the safety and privateness of confidential information; {our relationships} with medical health insurance corporations; the success of our provider promoting and sponsorship program; our success in advertising and marketing and promoting medical health insurance plans and our unit price of acquisition; our capacity to successfully handle our operations as our enterprise develops and execute on our marketing strategy and different strategic initiatives; the necessity for medical health insurance firm and regulatory approvals in reference to the advertising and marketing of Medicare-related insurance coverage merchandise; modifications within the personal medical health insurance market; shopper satisfaction with our service and actions we take to enhance the standard of entries; modifications in member conversion charges; modifications in fee charges; our capacity to promote certified medical health insurance plans to subsidy-eligible people and to enroll subsidy-eligible people by state-run medical health insurance exchanges; our capacity to derive desired advantages from investments in our enterprise, together with membership development and retention initiatives; our dependence on advertising and marketing companions; the success and value of our advertising and marketing efforts, together with branding, internet advertising, direct-to-consumer mail, electronic mail, social media, phone, tv, radio and different advertising and marketing efforts; timing of receipt and accuracy of fee experiences; fee practices of medical health insurance corporations; dependence on our operations in China; the restrictions in our debt obligations; the restrictions in our funding settlement with our convertible most popular inventory investor; our capacity to lift further capital or to restructure our current debt obligations; compliance with insurance coverage, privateness, cybersecurity and different legal guidelines and laws; the result of litigation during which we could also be concerned once in a while; the efficiency, reliability and availability of our data expertise techniques, e-commerce platform and underlying community infrastructure; together with any new techniques we could implement; public well being crises, pandemics, pure disasters, altering local weather situations and different excessive occasions; normal financial situations, together with inflation, recession, monetary, banking and credit score market disruptions; and our capacity to affectively administer our self-insurance program. Different elements that might trigger working, monetary and different outcomes to vary are described in our most up-to-date Quarterly Report on Kind 10-Q or Annual Report on Kind 10-Ok filed with the Securities and Change Fee and accessible on Investor Relations web page of our web site at and on the Securities and Change Fee’s web site at.

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