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AArete’s Behavioral Health IntelliScan™ Wins 2026 MedTech Breakthrough Award
AI-Powered Analytics Engine Addresses Persistent Blind Spots in Behavioral Health Cost Management, Identifying Root Causes of Cost Leakage
LOS ANGELES, May 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AArete, a leading global management and technology consulting firm, announced today that AArete's Behavioral Health IntelliScan™ solution has been selected as the winner of the “Best Data Visualization Solution” in the 10th annual MedTech Breakthrough Awards. The recognition highlights AArete’s leadership in addressing behavioral health, one of the fastest-growing and least-managed areas of healthcare spend, where payers require a unified view across payment integrity, policy, utilization management and network performance.
The 2026 MedTech Breakthrough Award recognizes the innovation of AArete’s Behavioral Health IntelliScan™, an AI-powered analytics engine designed to uncover and address payment inaccuracies, utilization outliers, network anomalies and policy gaps in behavioral health – an area where traditional payment integrity approaches often fall short. Behavioral Health IntelliScan™ by AArete was conceived and designed by AArete Managing Director Gina Hedstrom to address persistent blind spots. By connecting claims data with policy, coding and market benchmarks, as well as provider- and network-level insights, the solution enables health plans to identify root causes of cost leakage and drive sustainable improvement in both financial performance and member outcomes.
“We are honored to be recognized as the ‘Best Data Visualization Solution’ by MedTech Breakthrough,” said Erica Wegielewski, managing director at AArete. “Behavioral health is an area often overlooked by traditional medical cost management solutions. AArete’s Behavioral Health IntelliScan™ reflects our broader Payment Intelligence® approach, helping clients not only identify issues, but address the underlying drivers of cost, compliance risk and care variation and network performance through systemic fixes.”
AArete’s Behavioral Health IntelliScan™ combines proprietary analytics with clinical and market expertise to detect overpayments, coding errors and policy misalignment and provider-network outliers at the plan, provider and member level. The solution also supports compliance with CMS and state regulations, including Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) requirements, while improving authorization, denial and network oversight workflows.
“In real-world deployments, Behavioral Health IntelliScan™ by AArete uncovers behavioral health overpayments, provider outliers, network variations and policy gaps that drive recurring errors,” Hedstrom said. “By connecting claims data with policy, coding and market benchmarks, the solution enables payers to move beyond recovery and address root causes through more durable, compliant reimbursement controls.”
Now celebrating its 10th anniversary, the MedTech Breakthrough Awards program recognizes the companies driving meaningful progress and improving patient care across the global health and medical technology industry. The program spans a wide range of categories – including Telehealth, Clinical Administration, Patient Engagement, Electronic Health Records (EHR), Virtual Care, Medical Devices and beyond – honoring the innovations reshaping how care is delivered worldwide.
This year's program drew a record-breaking number of nominations from leading companies and startups across more than 20 countries, reflecting the growing global impact and momentum of the digital healthcare industry.
“AArete’s solution balances cost control with access to care in behavioral health,” said Steve Johansson, managing director at MedTech Breakthrough. “By unifying payment integrity, compliance readiness and behavioral health expertise in a single platform, AArete’s Behavioral Health IntelliScan™ delivers measurable cost reduction, regulatory confidence and stronger provider accountability, advancing both financial performance and member care. Congratulations to the entire AArete team for their well-deserved 2026 MedTech Breakthrough Award win.”
About AArete
AArete is a global management and technology consulting firm specializing in driving profitability improvement, digital transformation, and strategy & change for clients. AArete’s solutions are powered by a digital-first mindset, market intelligence and data-driven approach to deliver purposeful change, actionable insights and guaranteed results. AArete humanizes data by translating numbers into actionable insights, helping clients make better decisions and standing by their side to foster change with confidence, empathy and purpose. For more information, visit aarete.com.
About MedTech Breakthrough
Part of Tech Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence and recognition platform for global technology innovation and leadership, the MedTech Breakthrough Awards program is devoted to honoring excellence and innovation in medical & health technology companies, products, services and people. The MedTech Breakthrough Awards provides a platform for public recognition around the achievements of breakthrough healthcare and medical companies and products in categories that include Patient Experience & Engagement, Health & Fitness, Medical Devices, Clinical Administration, Connected Healthcare, Medical Data, Healthcare Cybersecurity and more. For more information visit MedTechBreakthrough.com.
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