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Business overview
Business. Our Mission: Improve Healthcare, One Senior at a Time Alignment Healthcare was founded in 2013 with one mission: improve healthcare, one senior at a time. We pursue this mission by focusing on our core values: • always put the senior first; • support the doctor; • use data and technology to revolutionize care; and • act with a serving heart. We created Alignment after our own families faced frustrating experiences within the fragmented healthcare system. Without an advocate to create an integrated, high quality healthcare experience for them, our loved ones were left to navigate a care delivery and insurance landscape fraught with confusion and complexity. Seniors across the country are systemically and disproportionately impacted by the lack of care coordination, transparency and clear information.
Furthermore, they are disadvantaged by misaligned incentives that dominate today’s healthcare system. As one of our most vulnerable populations, seniors across America need and deserve better. We put our combined decades of healthcare experience to work to create the Alignment model, incorporating best practices learned over our years serving seniors. Through the combination of this experienced, mission-driven team with purpose-built technology, we have found a way to address the unmet health and wellness needs of seniors. We aim to bring this senior-first healthcare experience to millions in the United States, become the most trusted senior healthcare brand in the country, and ultimately “do well by doing good.” Business Overview Alignment is a next generation, consumer-centric and clinically focused platform designed to improve the healthcare experience for seniors enrolled in Medicare who choose a private Medicare Advantage plan.
Our goal is to provide seniors with easier access to care, better coordination among providers, fewer gaps in care and avoidable hospital visits, and support that meets them where they are—at home, online, or in their community. We deliver this experience through our wide variety of Medicare Advantage plans, which offer varied benefits tailored to the diverse needs, preferences, and lifestyles of seniors. We believe our plans are differentiated because of our unique ability to manage costs by delivering proactive care and manage chronic conditions through an integrated clinical and technology model. Our licensed Medicare Advantage plans contract directly with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. In exchange for a capitated, fixed monthly payment for each enrolled member (i.
e. , revenue per member per month or “PMPM”) , we take responsibility for coordinating and managing our members’ healthcare—both their health outcomes and the total costs of their care. The PMPM payment varies based on the geography where members live, the health needs and risks of the population we serve, and the quality performance of our plans based on CMS Star Ratings. Most members enroll with Alignment for a one-year period that can be renewed annually. Because a large majority of our members choose to stay with Alignment after their initial selection year, this model provides meaningful visibility into our short-term financial performance and supports long-term stability and growth.
We have grown Health Plan Membership, which we define as members enrolled in our health maintenance organization ("HMO") and preferred provider organization ("PPO") contracts (the "Alignment Health Plan"), from approximately 13,000 at inception to 236,300 as of December 31, 2025, representing a 30% compound annual growth rate. For the 2025 plan year, Alignment offered Medicare Advantage plans in 45 markets across California (22 markets), North Carolina (16 markets), Nevada (2 markets), Arizona (3 markets) and Texas (2 markets). These markets collectively include approximately 8. 4 million Medicare-eligible seniors. How the Medicare Advantage Model Works Under Medicare Advantage’s capitated PMPM value-based payment model, we are responsible for delivering and coordinating all covered healthcare services for our members.
This obligation includes hospital and physician care under Medicare Parts A and B, prescription drugs under Medicare Part D (with a separate PMPM payment from CMS), the supplemental benefits, such as dental and vision, we offer under certain of our plans, and related administration costs and services. Unlike the original Medicare program administered by CMS, which we refer to herein as “Traditional Medicare,” which typically pays providers separately for each service delivered (i. e. , “fee-for-service”), the Medicare Advantage program rewards value rather than volume. By taking responsibility for the overall cost and quality of care for our members, plans like Alignment are incentivized to focus on prevention, care coordination and timely intervention. […]
Management discussion and analysis
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources .” Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans For information regarding securities authorized for issuance under our equity compensation plans, see Part III, Item 12, “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.” Performance Graph This performance graph below shall not be deemed “soliciting material” or to be “filed” with the SEC for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Annual Report on Form 10-K or any other filing of Alignment Healthcare, Inc.
under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act, whether made before or after the date hereof and irrespective of any general incorporation language in any such filing, except to the extent that we specifically incorporate this information by reference therein. The graph set forth below compares the cumulative total stockholder return on our common stock between March 26, 2021 (the date our common stock commenced trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market) and December 31, 2025, with the cumulative total return of (a) the Nasdaq Healthcare Index and (b) the S&P 500, over the same period. This graph assumes the investment of $100 on March 26, 2021 in our common stock, the Nasdaq Healthcare Index, and the Nasdaq S&P 500 and assumes the reinvestment of dividends, if any.
The graph assumes our closing sales price on March 26, 2021 of $17. 31 per share as the initial value of our common stock and not the initial offering price to the public of $18. 00 per share. 50 The comparisons shown in the graph below are based upon historical data. We caution that the stock price performance shown in the graph below is not necessarily indicative of, nor is it intended to forecast, the potential future performance of our common stock. 3/26/2021 12/31/2021 12/31/2022 12/31/2023 12/31/2024 12/31/2025 Alignment Healthcare, Inc.
(ALHC) $ 100. 00 $ 81. 22 $ 83. 64 $ 73. 21 $ 130. 66 $ 175.
56 Nasdaq Healthcare Index 100. 00 98. 09 80. 10 107. 24 99. 77 123.
78 S&P 500 100. 00 121. 18 81. 87 126. 26 125. 00 117.
86 Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities None. Purchase of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers None. Item 6. [Reserved] 51 Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes, which appear elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
This discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including those discussed below and elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. See Part I. Item 1A. Risk Factors and Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements. For discussion of 2023 items and year-over-year comparisons between 2024 and 2023 that are not included in this Form 10-K, refer to Item 7.
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" found in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 27, 2025. Overview Alignment is a next generation, consumer-centric and clinically focused platform designed to improve the healthcare experience for seniors. We deliver this experience through our Medicare Advantage plans, which are customized to meet the needs of a diverse array of seniors. Our innovative model of consumer-centric healthcare is purpose-built to provide seniors with care as it should be: high quality, low cost and accompanied by a vastly improved consumer experience. We combine a proprietary technology platform and a high-touch clinical model that enhances our members’ lifestyles and health outcomes while simultaneously controlling costs, which allows us to reinvest savings back into our platform and products to directly benefit the senior consumers.
We have grown Health Plan Membership, which we define as members enrolled in our health maintenance organization ("HMO") and preferred provider organization ("PPO") contracts (the "Alignment Health Plan"), from approximately 13,000 at inception to 236,300 as of December 31, 2025, representing a 30% compound annual growth rate across 45 markets and 5 states. Our ultimate goal is to bring this differentiated, advocacy-driven healthcare experience to millions of senior consumers in the United States and to become the most trusted senior healthcare brand in the country. […]
Key risk disclosures
Risk Factors. Our business involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties described below, together with all of the other information contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, including our consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto, before making a decision to invest in our common stock. The risks and uncertainties described below are not the only ones we face. Additional risks and uncertainties that we are unaware of, or that we currently believe are not material, may also become important factors that affect us. If any of the following risks occur, our business, financial condition, operating results and prospectus could be materially and adversely affected.
In that event, the price of our common stock could decline, and you could lose all or part of your investment. Risk Factors Summary The following are the principal risks that are applicable to our business and the shares of our common stock. Such risks are discussed in more detail below, and you should read this Risk Factors section in its entirety before deciding whether to invest in our common stock. • We have a history of net losses and may be unable to achieve or maintain profitability. • Our growth strategy may not prove viable and we may not realize expected results. • If we are unable to attract new members, our revenue growth will be adversely affected.
• If we do not design and price our products properly and competitively, cannot develop new products and implement clinical initiatives, lower costs, and appropriately document members’ risk profile, or if our benefits expense estimates are inadequate, our profitability may be materially adversely affected. • We may not be successful in maintaining or improving our Star ratings in future years, which may have a direct and substantial adverse impact on our revenue. • If we fail to develop and maintain satisfactory relationships with care providers, our business may be adversely affected. • As a government contractor, we risk the potential loss of CMS contracts, suspension from the Medicare Advantage program, changes to premiums paid to Medicare Advantage plans, changes to provisions for risk sharing under Medicare Part D and governmental audits and investigations, among others.
• If we fail to manage our growth effectively, we may be unable to execute our business plan, maintain high levels of service and member satisfaction or adequately address competitive challenges. • The loss or renegotiation of certain key contracts with large independent physician associations (“IPAs”), hospitals or other provider networks, to serve our membership base could negatively impact our results. • Cybersecurity breaches, loss of data and other disruptions could compromise sensitive business or member information, or prevent access to critical information and expose us to liability. • Our use of machine learning and artificial intelligence, including within our AVA platform, may introduce operational, regulatory and legal risks that could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
13 • Disruptions in our disaster recovery systems or management continuity planning could limit our ability to operate our business effectively and adequately care for our members. • Our business depends on our ability to effectively invest in, implement improvements to and properly maintain the uninterrupted operation and data integrity of our information technology platform. • Our business may be impacted if the healthcare services industry becomes more cyclical. • If we are not able to maintain, enhance and protect our reputation and brand recognition, including through the maintenance and protection of trademarks, our business and results of operations will be harmed. • If we are unable to obtain, maintain, protect and enforce sufficiently broad intellectual property protection, including for our trade secrets, know-how and other proprietary and internally developed information, the value of our technology could be adversely affected.
• Any restrictions on our use of, or ability to license, data, or our failure to license data and integrate third-party technologies, could have a material adverse effect on our business. • We may be subject to legal proceedings and litigation, including intellectual property and privacy disputes. • We depend on our senior management team and other key employees, and the loss of one or more of these employees or an inability to attract and retain other highly skilled employees could harm our business. • Our plans are concentrated in a limited number of U. S. states and we may not be able to establish new geographic presences. […]
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