Stack Health targets Central Ohio

Stack Health said on May 15 that it plans to launch AI-native, individually designed health plans for small businesses in Central Ohio in the coming months, marking the first market entry for the new Columbus-based insurtech. Columbus Business First reported the planned rollout, and Stack’s website says the company is offering “affordable, flexible coverage for small businesses and their teams” through a waitlist. (bizjournals.com) Alex “Fro” Frommeyer, who co-founded Beam Benefits, is leading the company. The launch would put a new health-benefits startup into a regional employer market that has been a base for several insurance and healthcare technology companies. ### Who is behind Stack Health’s Central Ohio launch? (bizjournals.com) Alex Frommeyer is the founder leading Stack Health’s rollout in Central Ohio, according to Columbus Business First and Ohio Tech News. Beam Benefits said in an October 2, 2024 release that Frommeyer tapped Tolithia Kornweibel as his successor as chief executive, while remaining on Beam’s board. The Columbus Metropolitan Club identifies him as Beam’s co-founder, former chief executive and current chairman. Ohio Tech News reported in April that Frommeyer described Stack as a company built around shifting the unit of health coverage from the employer to the individual. In that interview, he said he had spent years near the problem while building Beam but had not addressed it directly until now. (bizjournals.com) ### What is Stack Health saying it will sell? Stack Health’s website says it offers “individualized, affordable healthcare coverage designed for small businesses and their teams.” The same site says employers and workers can join a waitlist, and it discloses that Stack Healthcare, Inc. works with Stripe Payments Company for money transmission services and holds funds at Fifth Third Bank, while Stack Premium Payments Visa prepaid cards are issued by Celtic Bank. (bizjournals.com) Ohio Tech News reported that Stack uses artificial intelligence to help Ohio workers build personalized health bundles and is trying to move coverage away from a one-size-fits-all employer plan. Columbus Business First described the product as AI-native and individually designed for employers launching first in Central Ohio. (ohiotechnews.com) ### Why start with small businesses in Central Ohio? Central Ohio is the first market Stack identified for launch, according to Columbus Business First. The company has not publicly detailed employer-size thresholds, pricing or carrier arrangements in the material reviewed, but its website says the initial audience is small businesses and their teams. (stackhealthcare.com) Columbus is also where Frommeyer built Beam Benefits into a larger employee-benefits company. Beam said in 2024 that Kornweibel would take over as chief executive effective October 31, 2024, while Frommeyer stayed involved as a board member, leaving him free to pursue the new venture from the same region. (bizjournals.com) ### How new is the company? Stack Healthcare, Inc. was filed in Ohio on March 16, 2026 and is listed as active, according to a Bizapedia company record. CB Insights says the company was founded in 2025 and is based in Columbus, Ohio. Those database records align with the company’s public website, which is live and collecting waitlist interest. (bizjournals.com) Ohio Tech News published a profile on April 7 saying Stack was launching this spring in Ohio. By May 15, Columbus Business First reported the company planned to begin with small businesses in Central Ohio in the coming months. ### What comes next for the rollout? (beambenefits.com) The next visible step is the Central Ohio launch in the coming months, as described by Columbus Business First. Stack’s website is currently directing prospective employers and workers to a waitlist rather than a live enrollment portal, suggesting customer sign-ups are being gathered ahead of broader availability. (bizapedia.com) Stack Health has not, in the sources reviewed, published a specific launch date, premium schedule or named insurance partners for the Central Ohio offering. What it has published is the market, the target customer and the sign-up channel: small businesses in Central Ohio can register interest now through Stack’s waitlist while Frommeyer leads the rollout. (ohiotechnews.com) (bizjournals.com)