Embold Health Recognized by Validation Institute as a 2026 Health Value Award Winner

Embold Health has been named a  2026 Health Value Award winner by the Validation Institute, recognizing our work in improving healthcare quality while helping employers and health plans reduce unnecessary spending. The annual Health Value Awards spotlight organizations that deliver measurable impact, better outcomes, lower costs, and more transparent, defensible results. We’re honored to be included among this year’s recipients.

The Health Value Awards recognize innovators and leaders across healthcare, benefits, and wellness who are addressing some of the industry’s most persistent challenges. Embold was recognized for its validated, data-driven approach to guiding members to higher-quality physicians at the moment care decisions are made, where quality variation has the greatest impact on outcomes and cost.

Independent Validation That Builds Trust

Embold Health was selected based on the demonstrated impact of Provider Guide, our physician-level navigation platform built to improve care quality and affordability for employers, health plans, and the members they serve.

Provider Guide differs from traditional navigation and directory tools in several critical ways:

• Physician-level performance measurement: Evaluates individual physicians across clinically meaningful domains: appropriateness of care, treatment effectiveness, and total cost relative to peers.

• Longitudinal, evidence-based analytics: Assesses entire care journeys to identify providers who consistently deliver evidence-based care while avoiding unnecessary tests and procedures.

• Scale and rigor: Uses nationally representative medical and pharmacy claims data covering more than 230 million individuals across 21 specialties and 68 sub-specialties.

• Actionable member experience: Translates advanced analytics into intuitive guidance that helps members choose the right provider at the start of care.

Judges also consider innovation, transparency, and defensibility. Embold’s methodology has been independently validated by the Validation Institute, confirming the credibility of its data sources, statistical methods, and clinical measures. This validation gives employers and health plans confidence that reported improvements in quality and savings are real, measurable, and sustainable.

Better Care Decisions Lead to Lower Costs

Healthcare spending is heavily influenced by provider selection, yet most people lack access to reliable, clinically meaningful information when making care decisions. Embold was founded by practicing physicians to address that gap, bringing transparency to provider performance and empowering members with evidence-based guidance at the moment it matters most.

By steering members toward physicians who consistently deliver high-quality care, Provider Guide helps reduce complications, repeat procedures, and low-value utilization. The result is better outcomes for members and meaningful financial impact for organizations responsible for healthcare spend.

Continuing the Work to Improve Outcomes and Affordability

Being recognized by the Validation Institute as a 2026 Health Value Award winner reinforces Embold Health’s commitment to clinical rigor, transparency, and measurable impact. As healthcare organizations continue to look for proven ways to improve outcomes while controlling costs, validated analytics and trusted provider guidance will remain essential.

We’re proud to see this work acknowledged and look forward to continuing to help employers, health plans, and members make better healthcare decisions backed by evidence, not assumptions.