MyHealthGuide Source: Mending via PRNewswire (full article), 3/31/2026
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NEW YORK — Mending announced the launch of Mending Access, a new platform that enables third-party administrators (TPAs) and self-funded employers to offer Direct Primary Care (DPC) as a fully integrated health plan benefit. Since launching in January 2026, Mending Access has already expanded DPC access to more than 100,000 covered lives across employer-sponsored health plans.
Employer interest in Direct Primary Care has grown significantly over the past few years as companies look for ways to improve access to primary care while controlling healthcare costs. But in most cases, DPC has been offered as a separate or loosely connected benefit—limiting adoption and making it difficult for employers and plan administrators to measure utilization and impact.
Mending Access solves this problem. The platform connects DPC practices directly into employer health plans and TPA administration workflows, enabling eligibility management, automated data exchange, precise payments only when employees actively use DPC, and claims-level reporting on utilization. For employers and TPAs, this provides the operational infrastructure and transparency needed to evaluate engagement and measure the return on primary care investment.
“Direct Primary Care has always had the potential to reshape how employers think about healthcare, but operational barriers have slowed adoption,” said Jay Kempton, CEO of The Kempton Group Administrators and Co-founder of the Free Market Medical Association. “Employers want the accessibility and physician relationship that DPC offers, but they also need transparency, reporting, and automation to administer their plans responsibly. Mending Access brings those pieces together, and helps move DPC from the margins into the mainstream for employers.”
About Mending
Mending is an AI-native health technology company accelerating the future of care. Designed as a technology platform first, Mending powers solutions that connect healthcare administration, payments, and data in one unified system. Its first products were ACA Marketplace health plans in Maine and Oklahoma, built around Direct Primary Care (DPC). Today, that same platform powers Mending Access, a national solution that enables TPAs, employers, and DPC practices to integrate the DPC model into employer health plans across the country. Visit mending.com/access.
