ValidPoints November 2025

Last updated on November 10th, 2025

ValidPoints November Issue:

YOU Powered Symposium’s Shark Tank winner gets $50,000!
Will Cancer Detection Tests Cause the Next Cost Explosion?
Aon’s Report on Lyra is an Excellent Teaching Tool…and more!

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The YOU Powered Symposium Benefits Shark Tank is back and there’s blood in the water and $50,000 on the line!

Get ready for the most exciting competition in employee benefits! At the 2026 You Powered Symposium, industry legend Validation Institute founder Al Lewis is diving in with a $𝟱𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 investment for the next big innovator in benefits.

Think your company has what it takes to swim with the sharks? Now’s your chance to make waves. Sponsorships are open, and your brand could be front and center when the next benefits powerhouse is born.

Call us to learn more about Validation’s Institute’s exclusive savings options for Benefits Shark Tank, Sponsor, and Exhibitor packages. Book a call now.

Join the Healthcare Revolution — Validation Institute x YOU Powered Symposium

Validation Institute is excited to announce that we’re teaming up with YOU Powered Symposium to bring real rigor and proof-driven impact to benefits and health innovation. This is where power meets validation and a health revolution begins!

Mark your calendar and join us February 1-4, 2026, in Savannah as we unite with benefits professionals, clinicians, and innovators committed to transforming U.S. healthcare.

The mission is simple: create a system where every patient has access to affordable, high-quality care. Join us in reshaping the future—together.

Missed the early rates? Use our exclusive code VALIDATION to roll back tickets to $749 – that’s 25% off! Reserve your seat now.

If YOU want to make healthcare better, we want YOU to join us!

Will Cancer Detection Tests Cause the Next Cost Explosion?

By Al Lewis,
Founder & Validator-In-Chief,
Validation Institute
 

Several new tests for cancer are now on the market. Galleri was first on the market, Cologuard has just introduced Cancerguard. Not to be outdone, an outfit called Mito screens for not just cancers, but 800 different conditions/diseases with a single blood draw.

Aon’s Report on Lyra is an Excellent Teaching Tool 

Aon’s White Paper detailing Lyra’s “savings” is an excellent teaching tool for those interested in improving their skills in outcomes measurement. 

Meet Our Newly Validated Solutions

By verifying health care vendors’ performance claims, we make it easier for purchasers to make more cost-effective, value-based decisions.

Congratulations to Collective Health, ful-Health, Twin Health, and Vitality on their recently awarded validation:
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Learn how Plan members who use Collective Health Care Navigation have lower costs per member than similar members who do not.

Learn how Members of Collective Health’s Guide Plans had lower medical costs than a comparison group (cohort-matched).

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Learn how using some standard assumptions yields a very positive ROI for ful.Health and ful.CashPay.

Learn how ful.Health and ful.CashPay meet Validation Institute’s standard for transparency.

Learn how Twin Health uses an AI-powered digital twin and clinical care team to deliver individualized interventions that improve A1c, BMI, blood pressure, cholesterol, kidney and liver function, and cardiovascular risk. Outcomes have been validated in a randomized controlled trial published in NEJM Catalyst, showing effectiveness in reducing A1c, supporting safe deprescription of GLP-1s and insulin without rebound, and improving overall metabolic health.

Learn how Twin Health’s model contract meets Validation Institute standards for transparency.

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Learn how Vitality Status is a measure of member efforts to manage their health and is a credible risk classifier/segmentation tool, grounded in actuarial and clinical rigor. Prospective medical claims are lower, the higher the Vitality Status.

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The move toward high-performance and high-value healthcare

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In-depth analysis of the latest trends and solutions that improve heath outcomes, strengthen accountability, and cut costs

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Actionable insights on how to drive better health outcomes at a far lower cost for your organization.

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Profiles in innovative solutions and organizations that are “walking the walk” when it comes to delivering better savings, outcomes, and more