DataGen Hires Kate Poglitsch as Chief of Analytics

ALBANY, N.Y., Oct. 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- DataGen, a leading healthcare data analytics and policy firm, today announced that it has hired Kate Poglitsch as Chief of Analytics. In this role, Ms. Poglitsch will oversee DataGen's data analytic business lines focused around Medicare policy analytics and emerging healthcare payment models including bundled payments, ACOs, and other value-based payment initiatives.

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 modeling we provide our clients." 

"The question we are all trying to answer in healthcare delivery and payment today is, "How do you drive high quality care, ensure a superior patient experience, and generate value?," said Ms. Poglitsch. "I am enthusiastic about joining the DataGen team and building upon their robust offerings which, today, support our clients' efforts in answering that question. The intersection of policy and analytics is critical to identifying opportunities for improved population outcomes and for enhancing the capabilities of delivery systems in providing high quality care to their patients. DataGen is at the cutting edge of that intersection."

Ms. Poglitsch earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Sciences from Boston University and a Master of Science degree in Healthcare Informatics from Northeastern University.

About DataGen

For more than a decade, DataGen has been an essential partner to healthcare organizations across the country, illustrating the financial implications of payment policy changes and promoting a pragmatic view of how changes will affect revenue and profitability. DataGen provides data analytic support to hospitals, health systems, state hospital associations, and other healthcare groups across the nation as they strive to improve quality, outcomes and financial performance. Drawing on specialized health policy and payment expertise, as well as in-depth understanding of the power of analytics to drive change, DataGen simplifies the complexities of healthcare payment change.

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