On September 17th, Business Innovations & Emerging Technologies Workgroup hosted an event spotlighting the Effective Use of Data and Analytics. This event featured a number of presenters and panelists who addressed a number of subtopics in a pressing need in government: effective use of data. This session brought together an audience of both business managers and technology staff to develop a shared understanding as to why data analysis is important and to what steps can be taken to help a business unit collect useful data while positioning itself for meaningful analysis.
John E. Ulberg, Jr – Chief Financial Officer for Medicaid and Director of the Division of Finance and Rate Setting for the Office of Health Insurance Programs; New York State Department of Health and Ryan S. Hayden – Director KPMG Healthcare Advisory; KPMG, LLP, were the first to present and their topic was “Using Scalable Analytics to get more out of Medicaid”. They presented a case study illustrating both positive effects and challenges associated with analytics. Read more...