LegitScript Reports 160% Growth in Payment Provider Referral Partners as Healthcare Merchant Categories Multiply

Growth in longevity, men’s and women’s health, peptides, and med spas fuels demand for independent certification as payment providers navigate complex compliance requirements while expanding their healthcare merchant portfolios

PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LegitScript, the leader in merchant and product certification and monitoring in the advertising, e-commerce, and payment sectors, today announced a 160% year-over-year increase in the number of payment providers signed to its Enterprise Referral Partnership program. The increase reflects growing demand among payment providers to incorporate LegitScript Certification into their healthcare merchant strategies, helping them streamline onboarding, maintain consistent compliance standards, and expand their portfolios responsibly.

As healthcare businesses expand beyond established categories such as telemedicine and online pharmacies, payment providers must navigate a wider range of licensing, advertising, and card network requirements that vary by business model and jurisdiction. This growing complexity makes effective merchant evaluation increasingly important as payment companies pursue opportunities across emerging healthcare markets.

“Recent FTC enforcement actions have put a sharper spotlight on how payment companies screen and oversee higher-risk merchants,” said Scott Roth, CEO of LegitScript. “As healthcare merchant portfolios expand into new and evolving categories, payment providers face growing pressure to maintain consistent compliance standards without slowing legitimate businesses down. Certification plays an important role in that broader risk management strategy, helping companies onboard qualified merchants more efficiently while supporting responsible portfolio growth.”

Supporting Healthcare Portfolio Growth Through Certification and Referral Partnerships

LegitScript Certification provides independent verification that healthcare businesses meet applicable regulatory and industry standards, helping them demonstrate compliance to payment providers, card networks, and advertising platforms. Recognized by Visa and Mastercard for relevant healthcare merchant categories, including MCC 5122 and 5912, LegitScript Certification also supports access to advertising opportunities on major platforms such as Google and Meta. For payments companies, it provides a trusted benchmark for evaluating healthcare merchants across their portfolios.

For Corepay, a full-service payment processor specializing in complex and regulated industries, LegitScript Certification complements its existing approach to managing merchant risk across specialized healthcare categories.

“Healthcare is one of the fastest-evolving sectors in payments, particularly across telehealth, GLP-1, compliant peptides, online pharmacy, and emerging wellness,” said Rob Bast, Chief Sales Officer at Corepay. “Our partnership with LegitScript helps simplify certification while maintaining the compliance standards these industries require. By combining independent certification with Corepay's specialized underwriting, payment technology, and proactive risk management, we're helping healthcare businesses streamline onboarding and scale with confidence.”

Through its Enterprise Referral Partnership program, LegitScript enables payment providers to refer healthcare merchants into a streamlined certification process, with volume-based pricing and priority processing based on partnership level. The program helps qualified merchants reach the market up to 40% faster than the standard self-sign-up path, accelerating their ability to begin advertising and accepting payments. For payment companies, this approach simplifies certification across multiple merchants, strengthens client relationships, and supports continued growth in specialized healthcare markets.

“Healthcare is one of the fastest-growing verticals in our merchant portfolio, and the categories within it keep expanding,” said Daniel Lev, CEO & Co-Founder at Coinflow, a next-generation payment service provider (PSP). “LegitScript Certification gives us a consistent way to assess compliance as we bring new healthcare merchants onboard, helping us pursue growth opportunities in emerging categories without compromising the standards our business requires.”

As healthcare continues to evolve, LegitScript is continuing to expand its Enterprise Referral Partnership program to help payments companies keep pace with the categories entering their portfolios, while maintaining the certification standards relied on by card networks, banks, and platforms across the industry.

LegitScript will be at HLTH 2026 in Las Vegas, November 15 to 18, at Booth #2021, to discuss how payment companies can integrate LegitScript Certification into their healthcare merchant onboarding and growth strategies.

Learn more about the LegitScript Enterprise Referral Partnership program at legitscript.com/healthcare-certification-for-payments-companies/

About LegitScript

LegitScript, the global leader in Certification and Enterprise Risk Management Solutions, is trusted by the world’s largest search engines, e-commerce marketplaces, payment service providers, and social media platforms. By combining advanced, AI-driven technology with deep domain expertise and curated market intelligence, LegitScript empowers businesses to stay ahead of emerging threats and seize new growth opportunities. Our team of regulatory experts and analysts understands global regulatory changes and assesses risk across products, websites, merchants, and platforms, providing clients unmatched accuracy, actionable insights, and data-driven risk signals. LegitScript Certification, trusted by Visa, Google, Bing, Facebook, and major payment service providers, helps merchants in highly regulated industries showcase compliance, unlock advertising opportunities, and accept digital payments. For more information, visit legitscript.com