Healthcare AI visibility leader earns repeat recognition among America’s fastest-growing private companies
ATLANTA, GEORGIA – August 11, 2026 – RatingsMD, the leading healthcare reputation management platform for hospitals and health systems, today announced it has been named to Inc. Magazine’s 2026 Inc. 5000 list for the second consecutive year, recognizing America’s fastest-growing private companies.
The repeat honor comes as RatingsMD expands beyond ratings and reviews into AI visibility measurement, helping health systems understand and improve how they appear across Google AI Overviews, Gemini, ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity. It follows a string of recent recognitions for the company, including a spot on Fast Company’s 2026 list of Most Innovative Healthcare Companies.
The recognition comes at a moment of accelerating demand for RatingsMD, as patients increasingly turn to AI tools to research care. Health systems are rapidly expanding their use of the RatingsMD platform to strengthen the underlying signals AI models draw on – accurate, verified, and consistently published data across the sources that shape how a system is characterized in AI-generated answers.
But visibility without measurement is still a blind spot: most organizations have no reliable way to know how they actually appear across AI engines, or how that compares to competitors in their own market. RatingsMD’s new AI Visibility Benchmark closes that gap, giving health systems detailed, engine-by-engine insight into brand mentions, domain citations, and citation rank – so they can see not just whether they’re being recommended, but why, and what to do about it.
“Making the list once tells you you’ve built something that works,” said Andy Ibbotson, CEO of RatingsMD. “This year reflects the investments we continue to make in expanding our AI visibility offerings and deepening partnerships with health systems across the country.”
“Every company on the Inc. 5000 has a story of perseverance, smart decision making, and a refusal to sit still,” says Mike Hofman, editor-in-chief of Inc. “Their growth reflects more than strong financial performance–it reflects creativity, resilience, and the customer focus required to build companies that make a lasting impact. We congratulate all honorees on this significant achievement.”
This year’s Inc. 5000 honorees have continued to demonstrate strong growth despite economic headwinds. Among the 5,000 companies on the list, the median three-year revenue growth rate was 130%, and those companies have collectively added more than 627,208 jobs to the U.S. economy over the past three years.
Companies on the 2026 Inc. 5000 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 December 31, 2025. The minimum revenue required for 2025 is $2 million.
Inc. will celebrate honorees at the 2026 Inc. 5000 Conference & Gala, with the top 500 featured in the Fall issue of Inc. magazine. The complete list is available at www.inc.com/inc5000.
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About RatingsMD
RatingsMD is changing the way patients find and choose doctors by making independently verified patient ratings and reviews easy to find when searching online – and, increasingly, when asking AI. Healthcare providers use the RatingsMD platform to build confidence and trust with consumers by publishing candid feedback from independently administered patient experience surveys, sharing verified doctor ratings and reviews with health plans, and simplifying patient feedback collection across the most popular review sites. To learn more, visit Ratings.MD.