AArete’s Behavioral Health IntelliScan™ Wins 2026 MedTech Breakthrough Award
AI-Powered Analytics Engine Addresses Persistent Blind Spots in Payment Integrity, Identifying Root Causes of Cost Leakage
LOS ANGELES, Calif., – May 7, 2026 – 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.
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 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, 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 with the ‘Best Data Visualization Solution’ from 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 through systemic fixes.”
AArete’s Behavioral Health IntelliScan™ combines proprietary analytics with clinical and market expertise to detect overpayments, coding errors, and policy misalignment 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 and denial management workflows.
“In real-world deployments, Behavioral Health IntelliScan™ by AArete uncovers behavioral health overpayments, provider outliers, and policy gaps that drive recurring errors,” said Gina Hedstrom, managing director at AArete. “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.”
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