Availity’s Rapid Recovery framework wins 2025 Modern Healthcare Best in Business Award in Cybersecurity

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Availity, the nation’s largest real-time health information network, today announced that it has earned the 2025 Modern Healthcare Best in Business Award in the Cybersecurity category for Rapid Recovery, an innovative framework designed to ensure the rapid restoration of critical healthcare operations following a large-scale catastrophic event, pioneering an unprecedented level of resiliency and security in the healthcare industry.

Rapid Recovery is designed to keep critical healthcare transactions moving—even during ransomware or other major incidents—by combining a five-day recovery objective, an air-gapped recovery environment, comprehensive backups, and third-party attestation. Built to support Availity’s network scale, Rapid Recovery helps protect data integrity and restore core services quickly so organizations can continue supporting patient care and administrative workflows.

“Cyber resilience isn’t optional in healthcare—it’s foundational,” said Mike Green, Availity’s Chief Information Security Officer. “Rapid Recovery gives our customers confidence that even in a crisis, patient care and business operations won’t be compromised.”

Designed for Healthcare Continuity at Scale

Rapid Recovery strengthens resilience across Availity’s network, which connects 95% of payers and 3.4 million providers and processes more than 13 billion healthcare transactions annually. Since launch, the framework has helped reduce recovery timelines from months to under five days following a catastrophic breach scenario—supported by an incident response team that activates recovery protocols to minimize disruption.

A Different Approach to Cybersecurity

Unlike traditional approaches that prioritize perimeter defense alone, Rapid Recovery pairs prevention with a proactive recovery framework designed specifically for healthcare operations—enabling rapid restoration of services in days, not weeks.

“Availity understands that healthcare cannot afford downtime,” said Russ Thomas, Availity CEO. “Our Rapid Recovery model, which is unique to the healthcare sector, is designed to provide an unparalleled safety net for our clients, ensuring they can continue to deliver critical care and services even in the face of catastrophic events. This award validates our unwavering commitment to innovation, resilience, and the security of the healthcare ecosystem.”

Rapid Recovery reflects Availity’s Built for Better commitment to smarter decision-making, better experience, seamless interoperability, and enterprise-grade scale—helping customers stay resilient while protecting the trust at the heart of healthcare.

About Availity

Availity empowers payers and providers to deliver transformative patient experiences by enabling the seamless exchange of clinical, administrative, and financial information. As the nation’s largest real-time health information network, Availity develops intelligent, automated, and interoperable solutions that foster collaboration and shared value across the healthcare ecosystem. With connections to over 95% of payers, more than 3 million providers, and over 2,000 trading partners, Availity provides mission-critical connectivity to drive the future of healthcare innovation.