Assured vs Medallion
Updated October 16, 2026
Provider groups and digital health companies stuck waiting on credentialing often compare Assured and Medallion. Assured leans on AI agents to verify sources and complete enrollment packets, while Medallion pairs its software with human specialists and can take on delegated credentialing across states. Teams that want hands-on help tend to lean one way, and teams that want automation they can monitor lean the other.
Our analysts compared Assured and Medallion on automation depth, human support, NCQA standing, pricing drivers, and track record, using the HIR review of each company and both vendors' sites. In the following sections, we compare them across one table, describe the network team each fits, and note Medallion's recent moves.
Assured vs Medallion at a glance, October 2026
| What buyers weigh | Assured | Medallion |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | An AI platform for credentialing and enrollment. Prices are quoted for each customer. | Software and service packages for credentialing, enrollment, and provider network operations. |
| What drives cost | How many providers you add, how complex enrollment is, how much verification work Assured does, and support. | Number of providers, states and payers covered, delegated credentialing needs, and credentials verification service levels. |
| Time to full value | About 4 to 10 months | About 3 to 7 months |
| What you need first | A named owner for credentialing or network operations. | Your provider list and access to primary source data. |
| Deal-breaker | Nobody will own incomplete credentialing files. | You only need an EHR for visit charting. |
| Pricing clarity score | 6.9 | 7.4 Clearer pricing |
| HIR overall score | 7.4, Recommend. | 7.7, Recommend. Higher score |
| Best for | Provider groups and digital health companies that need AI agents for credentialing and payer enrollment. | Digital health companies and mid-market providers that need faster credentialing and payer enrollment. |
| Not a fit for | Buyers that require a decade of public financial history before a pilot. | Buyers who only need an ambulatory EHR charting system. |
Which fits which buyer
Weigh how much work you want a person to own on your behalf.
Choose Assured if
- You want AI agents running primary-source checks and enrollment forms at volume.
- You are comfortable with a younger vendor if turnaround data looks strong.
- You run a CVO-style operation and want automation that follows NCQA standards.
Choose Medallion if
- You want human specialists alongside the software for hard enrollments.
- You need delegated credentialing across many states and payers.
- You prefer a vendor that has grown by acquisition and holds a renewed NCQA certification.
How they differ in practice
Assured uses AI agents to check primary sources and fill enrollment packets for credentialing and payer enrollment, and it sells automation for credentials verification organizations that follow NCQA standards. It raised a $19M Series A in July 2026 and is still building its list of customer references.
Medallion pairs AI-assisted credentialing workflows with human specialists in the loop, and sells SaaS plus service packages that can include delegated credentialing across states and payers.
Assured quotes on provider volume, enrollment complexity, and CVO scope, and lists turnaround SLAs with the artifacts networks need for review. Medallion quotes cost per provider onboarding and separates software from services.
Verdict
Medallion scores higher and is the safer pick for a network that wants people and software working together at scale. Assured suits a team that prefers an automation-first vendor and will measure turnaround closely.
Neither replaces an EHR.
Where the two tools are headed in 2027 and beyond
Medallion: Medallion launched a provider outreach agent, form auto-fill, and webhooks on August 24, 2026, acquired Andros on September 15, 2026, and announced its renewed NCQA certification on September 17, 2026.
Ask each vendor for median days to enroll a provider in your top three payers.
Methodology
Each row comes from the HIR reviews of Assured and Medallion, scored under the HIR method, and from each vendor's public pricing where it exists. Any published price for Assured or Medallion was checked on that vendor's own site on October 16, 2026.
A green check marks a clear edge for Assured or Medallion only where their review scores differ by at least 0.3 points or the two reviews show a plain difference. Rows with nothing published for either Assured or Medallion are left out, and time to full value for each adds up the rollout stages in its review.
Sources
- HIR review of Assured and HIR review of Medallion
- Assured website
- Medallion website
- Medallion launches outreach agent, August 24, 2026
- Medallion announces Andros acquisition, September 15, 2026
- Medallion renews NCQA certification, September 17, 2026