Healthcare data analytics firm DataGen has appointed Kate Poglitsch as its new Chief of Analytics. In addition to her regular data analytics duties, Poglitsch will supervise DataGen’s healthcare-focused development of Medicare policy analytics and emerging healthcare payment models.
Poglitsch believes that DataGen will benefit most from combining policy and data analytics to heighten quality patient care, promote a better customer experience, and drive value generation for the company.
For more on Poglitsch’s background and work experience, here is a news report from PRNewswire:
With more than 20 years of experience in data analytics, Ms. Poglitsch has expertise in developing roadmaps for innovation, benchmarking and measuring outcomes, and proactively managing change. She spent the last 10 years at Beacon Health Options, most recently as the SVP of Informatics and Analytics. There, she led the company’s analytic thought leadership efforts, transforming Beacon into an information-based, outcomes-driven culture. Ms. Poglitsch developed best practices related to data preparation and analysis, and drove process improvements for clinical and quality outcomes measurement and program evaluation.
“We are very fortunate to add Kate to our team with her depth of experience in healthcare data analytics and her ability to orchestrate across complex organizations to effect change through clear, defined and executable strategies,” said Michael Ilnicki, President, DataGen. “Our clients are navigating a very complex landscape on their journey to value-based payment models. Kate’s leadership adds immense value to the consultative expertise, analytics, and data modelling we provide our clients.”
