Tebra, the all-in-one EHR+ platform for independent healthcare practices, today announced the winners of its 2026 Innovator Awards, celebrating 19 outstanding independent practices, billing companies, and healthcare partners across the United States.

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Tebra Announces Winners of its 2026 Inaugural Innovator Awards, Honoring 19 Independent Practices and Billing Companies

Tebra Announces Winners of its 2026 Inaugural Innovator Awards, Honoring 19 Independent Practices and Billing Companies

The inaugural program recognizes healthcare visionaries who are expanding access to care, driving operational excellence, building deep patient trust, and leveraging modern technology to transform independent practice.

Tebra launched the Innovator Awards in September 2026 to recognize private practices whose ideas, innovation, and leadership strengthen independent healthcare. A panel of judges evaluated each nomination on meaningful innovation, measurable impact, leadership, creativity, and lessons other healthcare practices could apply.

The 2026 winners came from all over the country and include psychiatry and mental health, pediatrics, speech therapy, diagnostic imaging, as well as medical billing companies.

“This year’s winners prove that independent healthcare is vibrant and essential,” said Andrea Weisz, Chief Customer Officer at Tebra. “The quality and dedication demonstrated across this year’s winners are remarkable. These independent practices and partners embody the heroic work happening every day across U.S. healthcare. By pairing innovative technology and streamlined workflows with compassionate, patient-centered care, they prove that independent healthcare is vibrant and essential. We are profoundly grateful for their partnership and honored to celebrate their success.”

2026 Tebra Innovator Award Winners by Category

The 19 winning organizations across 11 award categories are:

  • AI Pioneer (using AI to improve care, efficiency, and provider experience): Alliance Healthcare (Broussard, LA); Cal Psychiatric Services (Las Vegas, NV)

  • Billing Excellence (billing companies delivering innovative services that improve client outcomes): Echota Billing (Tulsa, OK)

  • Community Connector (strengthening independent healthcare through community leadership): Palo Alto Mind Body (Palo Alto, CA); MPS Mental Health (Reynoldsburg, OH)

  • Growth Partner (billing partners helping practices grow sustainably): Medical Claims Solutions (Baltimore, MD)

  • Patient Trust (building trusted brands and exceptional patient experiences): Damar Medical Center (Hialeah, FL); Purpose Psychiatry (San Juan Capistrano, CA)

  • Product Visionary (helping shape Tebra’s products through ideas and feedback): Asian American Medical Group (Alhambra, CA); Serenity Bay Health (Auburn, MI)

  • Revenue Health (improving financial performance through operational excellence): Lake Zurich Open MRI (Lake Zurich, IL)

  • Strong Startup (building a strong foundation for long-term success): With The Seasons (Albany, CA); Responders Refuge (East Longmeadow, MA)

  • Sustainable Growth (growing sustainably while improving operations): Quick Clever Care, Inc. (Pawtucket, RI); Celebrations Speech Group (Brentwood, CA)

  • Transformation Partner (billing partners helping practices modernize operations through technology and better workflows): MGSI, LLC (Tampa, FL); TABS: The Alternative Billing Service (Greenfield, WI)

  • Groundbreaker (Honoring practices that broke new ground in how they operate, building the systems that power growth today and make room for what’s next): Wee Care Pediatrics (Sigourney, IA); River Region Psychiatry (Montgomery, AL)

In Their Words: How the 2026 Winners Approach Innovation

Winners shared how they think about innovation, growth, and patient care in independent healthcare:

  • Alliance Healthcare (AI Pioneer): “Our goal is not simply to build a larger practice. It is to build a better one—one that uses innovation to expand access, operates efficiently, and still makes every patient feel heard, valued, and cared for. We are excited to continue growing alongside Tebra as we enter our next chapter.” — Amber Littlefield, DNP, PMHNP-BC

  • Damar Medical Center (Patient Trust): “Never lose sight of the person behind every process, technology, and metric… Our growth will always be guided by the same principle: the patient matters, their health matters, and growth only has true value if we can preserve trust and human connection every step of the way.” — Dr. Dario Altamirano, DO

  • With The Seasons (Strong Startup): “Don’t settle for software that makes you practice its way. Find tools you can shape around the medicine you actually deliver… I’m building With The Seasons to scale into a team of practitioners who share the same clinical standards and the same thorough approach to herbal medicine.” — Dr. Sarah Siegel, DACCHM, L.Ac

  • Palo Alto Mind Body (Community Connector): “While we all have to make a living, we do best when we put our community—and its most vulnerable members—first. We are excited to bring life-saving interventional psychiatry care to those for whom it has long been out of reach.” — Dr. M. Rameen Ghorieshi, MD, MPH

  • Lake Zurich Open MRI (Revenue Health): “Technology creates value only when people turn information into action… Innovation in an independent practice is not always a dramatic new invention; often, it is a better system for making the right action happen reliably every day.” — Abdullah Idrees, Office Manager

Tebra will publish a profile of each winner on Tebra.com starting in November. See the full list of 2026 winners at https://www.tebra.com/innovator-awards-2026-winners.

About Tebra

Tebra is the only all-in-one EHR+ platform built exclusively for independent healthcare practices. Designed to replace the clunky, fragmented tools built for corporate systems, Tebra connects EHR software, billing, automation, telehealth solution, and marketing so providers can spend less time on admin and more time with patients. More than 42,000 private practices trust Tebra to streamline operations, increase revenue, and reduce burnout, helping clinicians leave work on time and rediscover their purpose. Learn more at www.tebra.com.

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