RemitDATA Enhances Executive Leadership Team to Support Company's Expansion and Growth

PLANO, Texas, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- RemitDATA Inc., the leading provider of comparative analytics in reimbursement, utilization and productivity data, today announced two additions to the executive leadership team. Michael Kallish has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Business Development, and Jim Harter as Chief Technology Officer. The new appointments will support the company's continued growth and expansion into new markets and help maintain its competitive advantage in the comparative analytics marketplace.  

"With all the chaotic changes taking place with healthcare reform, RemitDATA continues to be a critical partner in delivering transparency through comparative analytics of structured healthcare data, giving healthcare leaders the ability to compare their performance to their peers from a wide range of reimbursement, utilization and productivity perspectives," said Michael Sanderson, President, RemitDATA. "Michael Kallish draws from a rich history in business strategy development, operations management, acquisitions, sales and sales management and will leverage his extensive experience in healthcare IT to help us enter new markets and form new strategic partnerships. Jim brings to the company substantial big data experience and enterprise system expertise that will help us enhance our state-of-the-art solutions to successfully continue leading the market."

Prior to his role at RemitDATA, Kallish led corporate development at MPV, Inc., a healthcare IT company focused on the development of SaaS revenue cycle management and patient access solutions. His career history includes executive positions in general management, business development, sales and sales management at a number of leading healthcare IT companies.

"RemitDATA's focus on platform agnostic, comparative analytics truly makes it unique in an industry awash in general analytics vendors. These services are essential to the well-being of any healthcare organization looking to maximize its current reimbursement and gain efficiencies, while contemplating its options under a value-based reimbursement model," said Kallish. "I am excited to join such a talented and innovative team, and look forward to the opportunity to help RemitDATA accelerate its growth, and the growth of its valued customers."

Harter, who will lead the company's software development group and focus on meeting customer needs through the implementation of technological solutions, previously served as lead architect and Director of the Integration Competency Center at e-Rewards, Inc., a permission-based digital data collection and reporting company. At e-Rewards, Harter led the design and development of multiple enterprise systems and was also awarded a patent for his work. Harter also previously served as an architect for Stryker Imaging, a division of Stryker Corp., where he led the development of their next generation OfficePACS product and founded the Interoperability Working Group to facilitate the ability for all company devices and systems to communicate and work together. Additionally, his earlier experience as a consultant includes leadership roles in custom development, content management systems and portal system implementations with clients ranging from the Department of Defense to various Fortune 50 companies.

"RemitDATA's work in data analytics and healthcare IT is unique and its solutions can be instrumental for physicians' offices and health plans to successfully maintain and improve the flow of revenue in a changing healthcare infrastructure," said Harter. "Every organization is unique, and I look forward to enhancing an already strong team with my background in large, disparate data sets and enterprise-level solutions."

Mr. Kallish will be based in Tampa, Florida while Mr. Harter will work out of the company's Plano, Texas headquarters.

About RemitDATA
Founded in 2000, RemitDATA Inc. helps more than 100,000 healthcare providers improve revenue and cash collections by identifying and correcting performance issues in the post-adjudication stage of the revenue cycle. The company provides a range of system-agnostic comparative analytic solutions with patented, proprietary technology offered in Software as a Service (SaaS) form for immediate value-add implementation, resulting in a faster return on investment. The end result is more enlightened providers with empowered practice management teams, improved employee productivity and increased profitability. Based in Memphis, Tennessee, and Plano, Texas, the company has enjoyed a more than 90 percent client renewal rate since its inception. For more information, please visit www.RemitDATA.com.

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