Bill Kerr of Avalon Healthcare Solutions Named EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2025 Florida Award Winner

Leader in Diagnostic Intelligence & Insights Earns Top Recognition for Transformative Work 

TAMPA, Fla., June 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Bill Kerr, MD, CEO and co-founder of Avalon Healthcare Solutions, has been named a 2025 Florida winner of Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur Of The Year Award. Entrepreneur Of The Year is the preeminent competitive awards program for entrepreneurs and leaders of high-growth companies.

Kerr was chosen by an independent panel of past winners, top CEOs and business leaders. Judges assessed candidates on long-term value creation, entrepreneurial spirit, purpose-driven commitment and significant growth and impact.

"I am thrilled to be chosen as an Entrepreneur of the Year 2025 Florida winner from among so many worthy candidates," Kerr said. "This award is a testament to the passion and dedication of our team and the importance of our vision at Avalon Healthcare Solutions to help patients get the right test at the right time for the right reason."

Kerr and nine other Florida winners will go on to compete with other regional winners in the national Entrepreneur Of The Year 2025 awards. The national winner, who will be announced at EY's Strategic Growth Forum in Palm Springs in November, will then represent the U.S. at the EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year competition in 2026.

The son of a small-town physician, Kerr was a pediatrician and cancer researcher and later served as chief medical officer for health insurance plans before founding Avalon Healthcare Solutions in 2013. As the nation's leader in diagnostic insights and intelligence, Avalon is uniquely focused on transforming the role of diagnostic testing across the healthcare ecosystem. Avalon gave health plans a way to independently verify the validity, necessity, and specificity of lab tests, delivering smarter testing, better care, and measurable value to more than 44 million members nationwide.

Avalon has grown steadily under Kerr's leadership, utilizing lab values to expand into other areas, such as detecting undiagnosed diseases and shortening the process for initiating cancer treatments. Kerr is dedicated to discovering innovative methods to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of diagnostic testing.

Entrepreneur Of The Year recognizes many different types of business leaders for their ingenuity, courage and entrepreneurial spirit. The program celebrates original founders who bootstrapped their business from inception or who raised outside capital to grow their company; transformational CEOs who infused innovation into an existing organization to catapult its trajectory; and multigenerational family business leaders who reimagined a legacy business model to strengthen it for the future.

The Entrepreneur Of The Year program has recognized the leadership of entrepreneurs such as:

About Avalon Healthcare Solutions
Avalon is the leader in diagnostic intelligence, helping health plans and providers unlock the full value of diagnostic science. We simplify complex diagnostics, accelerate the adoption of proven innovations, and optimize diagnostic investments. Through our proprietary Diagnostic Insights Platform, we integrate evidence-based policies, curated lab networks, and real-time insights to improve health outcomes, reduce costs, and enable personalized care at scale. With unmatched diagnostic focus, deep scientific expertise, and a proven performance-based model, we support over 30 health plans and 44 million members nationwide—delivering smarter testing, better care, and measurable value. For more information about Avalon, visit www.avalonhcs.com.

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Media Contacts:
Michele Norton MS, RN
SVP Product Marketing, Avalon Healthcare Solutions
Michele.norton@avalonhcs.com

Janet Mordecai
Amendola Communications for Avalon Healthcare Solutions
jmordecai@acmarketingpr.com 

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