Portico Healthnet
Kristy Lewis has extensive experience in healthcare navigation and assistance, currently serving as a Senior Navigator at Portico Healthnet since February 2021. Prior roles include Sales Advisor for Medicare at Breitenfeldt Group, Financial Assistance Specialist II on the MNsure team at Dakota County, and various positions as a MNsure Assister at HealthEast Care System and Portico Healthnet. Kristy began their career as a Patient Advocate for MN Health Care Programs at Cardon Outreach and briefly taught Spanish for medical and dental professionals at Herzing University-Minneapolis. Kristy holds a Bachelor of Science in Education and Spanish from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and completed a program at the University of Buenos Aires focusing on Spanish and Argentine history.
Portico Healthnet
Portico Healthnet is a nonprofit health and human services organization, based in the Twin Cities, that connects uninsured individuals and families to the resources needed to effectively manage health. Portico employs Certified MNsure Navigators who provide outreach services in the community and personalized application and enrollment assistance for programs available through MNsure. Portico has helped Minnesotans overcome barriers to coverage and care since 1995. Portico's health access line serves as a first stop in navigating a complex health care system for under-served, uninsured people.