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Cohere Health recognized in 2026 gartner(r) Hype cycle(tm) for U.S. Healthcare Payers for fifth consecutive year. Published: August 18, 2026 BOSTON (August 18, 2026) - Cohere Health(R), the leading clinical intelligence and operations platform for health plans, today announced it has been recognized for a fifth consecutive year in the Gartner Hype Cycle for U.S. Healthcare Payers, 2026 (June 2026) in the Intelligent Prior Authorization (iPA) category, with Gartner citing iPA's impact to "increase administrative efficiency for both payers and providers while providing a frictionless experience for consumers." Gartner gave iPA a "Transformational" Benefit Rating, which is described as "rapidly maturing," signaling the opportunity for iPA to serve as a strategic operational differentiator for payers. That view of the market underscores why Cohere Health's approach matters now-the industry continues to shift toward iPA that is faster, more precise, and clinically defensible, exactly what the company's AI systems are built to support. The recognition arrives against a backdrop of market pressure. An analysis of the Gartner report suggests that pivotal factors influencing iPA include regulatory demands like CMS-0057-F, provider burden, and the growing role of GenAI and agentic AI in payer operations. It also highlights persistent obstacles: fragmented systems, limited clinical data integration, and technology silos between operations. These realities raise the stakes for how payers adopt AI, making clinical rigor and connectivity as important as speed alone. Cohere Health's pioneering approach to iPA is grounded in clinician-trained, domain-specific AI, built with responsible AI frameworks and transparent, auditable decision logic. Clinical AI drives faster, more accurate decisions for appropriate care-enhancing human judgment and helping clinicians practice at the top of their licenses. Critically, AI is never used to deny care; any request that cannot be approved in real time is reviewed by a physician, keeping human oversight central to every decision. Cohere Health helps health plans approve 85% of prior authorization requests in real time, lower utilization management administrative costs by 47%, and increase payment integrity team efficiency by up to 87%-saving millions of dollars and millions of minutes across health plan operations. "To us, this acknowledgment of iPA as 'Transformational' by Gartner reflects the measurable value payers are seeing from this technology today," said Siva Namasivayam, co-founder and CEO of Cohere Health. "Growing regulatory and industry demands, provider friction, and admin costs are driving plans to modernize prior authorization to improve efficiency without compromising quality, transparency, or trust. That's what we've built and continue to innovate around: clinically trained AI that strengthens precision and consistency while keeping clinicians in control." The clinical intelligence that drives Cohere Health's iPA solutions does not stop at prior authorization. Over the last year, the company extended its platform's AI capabilities across payer operations-including payment integrity, claims operations, appeals, and quality-so teams can act on shared clinical context and insights across the enterprise rather than restarting without continuity at every handoff. Gartner, Hype Cycle for U.S. Healthcare Payers, 2026, By Connie Salgy, Austynn Eubank, Robert Potts, Faith Adams, 4 June 2026 About the Gartner Hype Cycle Gartner and Hype Cycle are trademarks of Gartner, Inc., and/or its affiliates. Gartner does not endorse any company, vendor, product or service depicted in its publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's business and technology insights organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this publication, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. About Cohere Health Cohere Health's clinical intelligence and operations platform and agentic AI-powered solutions connect health plans' strategic goals and providers' needs, optimizing the speed, cost, and quality of care. With an enterprise approach that streamlines payer-provider decision-making across the care continuum-including policy, prior authorization, payment accuracy, and more-the company improves collaboration and reduces burden, resulting in up to 9x ROI and 94% provider satisfaction. Cohere Health is recognized on TIME's World's Top HealthTech Companies 2025 list, on the 2025 Inc. 5000 list, and by numerous industry analysts. Stay ahead with expert insights on transforming utilization management and payment integrity - delivered straight to your inbox.

Cohere Health ranks 390 on the 2026 Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies, marking second consecutive year. Published: August 11, 2026 Growth reflects health plans' accelerating shift toward enterprise clinical intelligence and agentic AI-powered operations. BOSTON (August 11, 2026) - Cohere Health(R), the leading clinical intelligence and operations platform for health plans, today announced it has been ranked 390 on the 2026 Inc. 5000 list of America's fastest-growing private companies, placing in the top 8%. This marks the second consecutive year that Cohere Health has appeared on the prestigious list, reflecting accelerated demand for a new healthcare operating model-one built on clinically trained AI and shared intelligence that connect decisions across care and payment operations, rather than isolated AI point solutions. The current challenges health plans face-reducing costs, streamlining operations, responsibly scaling AI-demand more than fragmented data and workflow automation can deliver at scale. Too often, invaluable clinical context is lost as work moves between disconnected functions. Cohere Health pioneered a fundamentally different approach. Built as a connected clinical intelligence layer, the Cohere Unify(TM) platform preserves clinical, administrative, and payment context across health plan operations, so every decision informs the next. Rather than automating tasks in isolation, the platform brings shared insights and continuity across workflows-helping health plans redesign complex operations through clinically trained AI and expert human oversight. That approach is translating into continued commercial momentum. This year, Cohere Health has already added five new health plan clients, including three Blue Cross Blue Shield plans-growing its client base to 17 health plans nationwide. The company also strengthened existing client relationships through expanded platform adoption. Building on proven AI capabilities that transformed utilization management and payment integrity, Cohere Health's clients are also adopting agentic AI to support new use cases-appeals, care management, claims operations, and quality-bringing shared clinical intelligence to health plan workflows. Today, health plans using Cohere Unify are able to reduce utilization management administrative costs by 47%, increase payment integrity auditor efficiency by up to 87% with 9x ROI, deliver 94% provider user satisfaction, and improve Stars HEDIS measures performance by an average of 15% per measure. "Our growth reflects a broader shift in what health plans expect from AI," said Siva Namasivayam, co-founder and CEO of Cohere Health. "Health plans don't want or need another isolated AI tool. They need clinically grounded intelligence that connects decisions across care and payment, strengthens human expertise, and delivers measurable outcomes at enterprise scale. This continued recognition by Inc. reinforces our vision for a healthcare system where the speed of care and payment can finally match the speed of technology." The 2026 Inc. 5000 companies are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2022 to 2025. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2022. They must be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit, and independent, not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies, as of Dec. 31, 2025, Inc. will celebrate the honorees at the 2026 Inc. 5000 Conference & Gala, which will take place Oct. 14-16 in Dallas. For the complete list, company profiles, and a searchable database by industry and location, visit: www.inc.com/inc5000. About Cohere Health Cohere Health's clinical intelligence and operations platform and agentic AI-powered solutions connect health plans' strategic goals and providers' needs, optimizing the speed, cost, and quality of care. With an enterprise approach that streamlines payer-provider decision-making across the care continuum-including policy, prior authorization, payment accuracy, and more-the company improves collaboration and reduces burden, resulting in up to 9x ROI and 94% provider satisfaction. Cohere Health is recognized on TIME's World's Top HealthTech Companies 2025 list, on the 2025 Inc. 5000 list, and by numerous industry analysts. About Inc. Inc. is the leading media brand and playbook for entrepreneurs and business leaders shaping its future. Through its journalism, Inc. aims to inform, educate, and elevate the profile of its community: the risk-takers, the innovators, and the ultra-driven go-getters who are creating the future of business. Inc. is published by Mansueto Ventures LLC, along with fellow leading business publication Fast Company. For more information, visit www.inc.com. Stay ahead with expert insights on transforming utilization management and payment integrity - delivered straight to your inbox.