Has Aon’s Reputation Jumped the Shark?

  The Validation Institute has so far never published unfavorable commentary about specific unvalidated companies. We thought our threshold for writing such commentary was impossibly high…and yet somehow Aon has exceeded it.  Not once. Not twice. Not three times. But now four times. We refer you to the esteemed Health Care Blog, the most widely […]

Our new CEO will “go to the mat” for Validated vendors

Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss. Yes, Quizzify’s CEO Al Lewis was the co-founder of the Validation Institute (VI) 11 years ago…and he’s now back at the helm, as Quizzify has acquired the VI. The synergies are quite apparent, since the customers of both prioritize valid outcomes of effective products. And neither […]

ValidPoints April-May 2025

ValidPoints April-May Issue: Validated Vendor Virta gets WSJ Shout-Out, Three Newly Validated Solutions, and the BEST Way to Measure Employee Engagement Validated Vendor Virta Gets WSJ Shout-Out Virta Health just made history again, becoming the only diabetes vendor validated for both long-term results and real cost savings — and now featured in The Wall Street […]

Validated Vendor Virta Gets WSJ Shout-Out

If there were a Triple Crown in diabetes, only one vendor would have won it. Not just once, but twice. Yes, Virta has won the equivalent of two Triple Crowns. They have not just three but six bright-line successes, each of which is unmatched by other vendors. They are the only diabetes vendor to: Earn […]

ValidPoints March 2025

ValidPoints March issue: Personify Health validated for outcomes, the BEST way to measure employee engagement, RFP process enhancements Announcing a New Validation for March, 2025 By verifying health care vendors’ performance claims, we make it easier for purchasers to make more cost-effective, value-based decisions. Congratulations to Personify Health on its recently awarded validation for Outcomes: […]

ValidPoints February 2025

New Fiduciary Validation announced, What GLP-1s and Taylor Swift have in common, 2025 Health Value Awards now open for applications, and more Validation Institute Announces New Validation to Help Employers Find Fiduciary-Compliant Benefits Firms Validation Institute has launched the “Fiduciary Validation for Benefits Firms” program to help employers make more informed decisions about their benefits. […]

Validation Institute Announces New Validation to Help Employers Find Fiduciary-Compliant Benefits Firms

Validation Institute has launched the “Fiduciary Validation for Benefits Firms” program to help employers make more informed decisions about their benefits. The program identifies fee-based firms that operate transparently and independently, ensuring they receive unbiased advice and value. NEEDHAM, Mass., Feb. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — To empower employers to make more informed decisions about their employee benefits, […]

How to tell if your vendor’s claims are valid: Part Three

Inaccurate marketing claims and outcomes reports are proliferating. The Validation Institute has staked out a position as the leader in assisting/promoting vendors and consultants in the “Integrity Segment” of the healthcare services market.  How can you tell if your adviser is in the Integrity Segment? The easiest way: did they send you to this series […]

How to tell if your vendor’s claims are valid: Part Two

Inaccurate marketing claims and outcomes reports are proliferating. The Validation Institute has staked out a position as the leader in assisting/promoting vendors and consultants in the “Integrity Segment” of the healthcare services market.  How can you tell if your adviser is in the Integrity Segment? The easiest way: did they send you to this series […]

How to tell if your vendor’s claims are valid: Part One

Inaccurate marketing claims and outcomes reports are proliferating. The Validation Institute has staked out a position as the leader in assisting/promoting vendors and consultants in the “Integrity Segment” of the healthcare services market.  How can you tell if your adviser is in the Integrity Segment? The easiest way: did they send you to this series […]

A Lesson in Outcomes and Savings Measurement: A Case Study

Validation Institute will never criticize companies publicly, but nonetheless sometimes a company’s measurement errors make for a good lesson. Let’s face it, engineers learn more from one bridge falling than from 100 staying up. So, let’s do the same here. We want to share a spot-on example of what exactly we have been seeing lately […]