HURC Named to the 2026 Inc. 5000 List for Helping Hospitals Protect Earned Revenue
Recognition reflects the company’s ability to drive the entire middle revenue cycle function and strengthen revenue integrity through its technology-enabled Centralized Utilization Review model
Short Hills, New Jersey – August 13, 2026 - HURC, a leading middle revenue cycle solution provider combining healthcare operators and novel technology to increase net patient revenue, today announced it has been named to the 2026 Inc. 5000 List, the annual ranking of America's fastest-growing private companies. HURC is ranked No. 1821, in recognition of the growing market adoption of its middle revenue cycle operations and Centralized Utilization Review (CUR) solution, which are helping hospitals strengthen financial performance by modernizing the entire utilization review (UR) function, one of healthcare's most financially vulnerable workflows.
HURC’s middle revenue cycle capabilities span clinical documentation improvement (CDI), medical coding, utilization management, charge capture, and payer communication. The company uniquely operates as an extension of a hospital team, facilitating admission reviews, appeals, and authorizations that can result in fluctuating patient length of stay (LOS), high denial rates from payers, and consequential costs. Its plug-and-play architecture enables rapid deployment within existing hospital systems, minimizing onboarding and training while improving enterprise-wide operational consistency.
“The healthcare industry has invested heavily in software to identify issues, but technology alone can’t improve a hospital’s reimbursement or reduce payer denials,” shared Kevin Coloton, CEO of HURC. “Our middle revenue cycle solution combines technology with experienced clinical operators who execute the work in real time, helping hospitals protect earned revenue and allow physicians, nurses, and care teams to focus on delivering exceptional patient care.”
As hospitals increasingly look beyond point solutions, they need partners that can integrate into their existing operations, bridge the gap between providers and payers, and deliver measurable financial outcomes. HURC’s technology-enabled model and expert teams do just that by working within existing middle revenue cycle operations during the course of care. The model ensures the information is translated into clean, compliant claims, preventing revenue leakage before claims are submitted while reducing administrative burden on clinicians.
HURC is poised to further expand its market leadership position as it continues to scale its technology-enabled services to include two forthcoming solutions that will address real hospital challenges and operational frustrations. A first-of-its-kind solution will take proven CDI methodologies and approaches and apply them to a high-demand service line, and the second will orchestrate the management of autonomous medical coding vendors in concert with human vendors across a health system.
HURC’s place on Inc.’s prestigious list of the nation’s most successful independent and entrepreneurial businesses recognizes them among companies that have achieved remarkable growth while driving innovation, creating jobs, and shaping the future of the economy. Past honorees include companies such as Microsoft, Meta, Chobani, Oracle, and Patagonia. For the full Inc. 5000 list, honoree company profiles, and a searchable database by industry and location, please visit: www.inc.com/inc5000.
“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.”
Inc. will celebrate the honorees at the 2026 Inc. 5000 Conference & Gala, taking place October 14–16 in Dallas, Texas and the top 500 will be listed in the Fall issue of Inc. Magazine. Tickets are on sale now.
Inc. 5000 List Methodology
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. (Since then, some on the list may have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2022 is $100,000; the minimum for 2025 is $2 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons.
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About HURC
HURC is a leading middle revenue cycle operations solution that combines healthcare operators and novel technology to drive net patient revenue. By aligning medical necessity, documentation, medical coding, and payer requirements during the course of care, its custom-tailored services enable providers to reduce preventable denials, improve first-pass claims approval, and protect earned revenue. HURC acts as an extension of the hospital team to deliver greater operational consistency, stronger clinical and financial alignment, and more predictable reimbursement outcomes in an increasingly complex payer environment, ensuring focus remains on what really matters: the patient. To learn more, please visit www.hurc.com.
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