Partnership combines Medefy’s industry-leading member engagement with Tendo’s direct-contract marketplace to deliver a smarter benefits experience at scale.
Philadelphia, PA – June 23, 2026 – Tendo, a healthcare technology company powering direct-contract care marketplaces for employers and health systems, today announced a strategic partnership with Medefy, a care navigation platform that engages, informs, and navigates health plan members via their mobile platform so that they get care and spend less. Together, the companies will help self-funded employers close the gap between benefit awareness and actual care utilization, delivering measurable savings across 30+ specialties nationwide.
Healthcare costs continue to outpace inflation, yet employer healthcare spend is not optimized for value. Direct contract networks offer some of the biggest savings opportunities available to self-funded employers — but those savings are only realized when members actually engage with them. Medefy addresses this directly. By integrating with Tendo’s Care Connect Marketplace, Medefy Care Guides can now direct members to bundled procedures at direct-contracted prices — averaging 20–40% below commercial rates — with full transparency into cost, quality, and provider options before a decision is ever made.
“When you pair real member engagement with a high-quality, affordable care network, you get something employers have been asking for: a benefits experience members actually use and savings they can actually measure. That’s what this partnership delivers.”
— Matt Scovil, CEO, Medefy
That combination of engagement and affordability is made possible by Tendo’s national marketplace of direct provider contracts, which spans 4,400+ distinct locations, 10,500+ physicians, and 145,000+ shoppable offers across more than 30 specialties. All pricing is fully bundled and presented upfront, covering facility, physician, anesthesiology, and ancillary services, with no surprise bills. For employers, that means a benefits solution that doesn’t just exist on paper: members are guided to it, they understand it, and they use it.
“Employers are increasingly looking beyond traditional networks to direct contracting strategies that improve both healthcare affordability and quality. Success, however, depends on engaging members at the point of decision-making. By combining the significant breadth and depth of Tendo’s Marketplace with Medefy’s consumer engagement platform, we’re helping bridge the gap between access and action. Together, we’re advancing a new model of healthcare commerce, one that empowers consumers to make informed choices and seamlessly connect with care that delivers the best outcomes and value.”
— Ben Maisano, SVP Strategy, Tendo
The partnership is available to self-funded employers and their TPAs beginning immediately. Brokers and care navigation firms interested in learning more can visit tendo.com/care-connect or contact Tendo directly.
About Medefy
Medefy Health, Inc. is a Tulsa, Oklahoma-based benefits navigation platform that helps employers reduce healthcare costs by changing member behavior at the point of care. The company’s 24/7 mobile platform consolidates employee benefits into a single app, leveraging a proactive engagement engine and AI-empowered Care Guides to educate and guide members year-round — not just when something goes wrong. Medefy serves more than 1,500 employers across the United States, with 650,000+ lives on the platform and more than $5.2 billion in annual health spend under management. Employers achieve a 65% average increase in plan utilization, $432 savings per member interaction with Medefy, and a 4.87/5 satisfaction rating. To learn more, visit medefy.com.
About Tendo
Tendo is a healthcare technology company that partners with patients, clinicians, employers, and care navigators to put clinical quality at the center of every care decision. Our Marketplace offers shoppable, bundled procedures with transparent pricing and provider/procedure-level quality information across a large, nationwide network, so people and employers can choose care with confidence. Powered by Insights, our clinical analytics and AI platform, Tendo turns claims and clinical data into risk-adjusted quality measures, actionable improvement plans, and peer benchmarking that drive better outcomes and stronger public quality scores. Learn more at tendo.com.
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