Waystar (WAY) 44th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference summary
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44th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference summary
12 Jan, 2026Industry leadership, trends, and market opportunity
Healthcare faces $440B in annual administrative losses and $1–1.5T in waste, driving demand for automation and efficiency.
The addressable RCM software market is projected to grow from $20B in 2025 to $25B by 2030, with ambitions to capture a significant share of the $100B RCM services market through automation.
Leadership established with a cloud-native, AI-powered platform delivering hundreds of feature improvements each quarter.
Proprietary data advantage with 7.5B insurance transactions and one-third of US hospital discharges processed annually.
Over 30,000 clients, including 16 of the top 20 U.S. News Best Hospitals, and a Net Promoter Score of 74.
Platform innovation, AI deployment, and technology
Cloud-native platform integrates clinical, financial, and administrative data, supporting continuous AI-driven automation.
Over 150 AI-trained models filter unstructured clinical notes, reducing claim denials and manual errors.
Altitude AI and agentic AI automate documentation, coding, and claim resolution, with human oversight for accuracy.
Platform achieves a 99% first-pass claim acceptance rate and has prevented up to $16B in denied claims in 2025.
Acquisition of Iodine in 2025 enhances clinical data integration and supports new AI solutions.
Operational and financial performance
Six consecutive quarters of revenue and EBITDA beats through Q3 2025, with Q3 2025 YTD revenue at $796M, up 14% YoY.
2025 revenue guidance midpoint is $1.089B with a 42% adjusted EBITDA margin.
Net revenue retention rate stands at 113%, with gross retention at 97% and net retention averaging 108-110%.
Achieved a 4.82% denial rate (down 21% from the previous month) and an average of 32 days to pay (up 5.3%).
11% YoY growth in clients generating over $100K in trailing twelve-month revenue.
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