Boston, December 10, 2024—
Abacus Insights, the leader in data usability for U.S. payers, today announced the promotion of John Pyhtila, PhD., Chief Product and Strategy Officer, to Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately. As COO, Pyhtila will oversee product, delivery and customer success, as well as client data engineering teams, and report to Abacus Insights Founder & CEO Minal Patel, MD.
“John has demonstrated the right balance between leadership, strategic vision, and commitment to Abacus Insights’ mission of delivering data that helps payers serve their members with better care and costs,” said Patel. “Bringing his considerable expertise in healthcare, data and operations to the role of COO, we are confident he will continue to fuel our growth, help us further expand, and deepen our impact.”
Patel reports that Abacus Insights will end 2024 nearly doubling its revenue from the previous year. Pyhtila’s promotion marks a pivotal step in the company’s growth plan as the data leader continues to scale, standardize, and optimize its workflows to deliver even greater value to its customers. Pyhtila will work closely with Abacus Insights Chief Technology Officer Navdeep Alam, who leads the product engineering team executing the company’s technical roadmap and driving innovation.
“Abacus Insights has carved out a unique position in the healthcare industry with a new standard of data usability that is transforming payers’ ability to reach their goals,” said Pyhtila. “As we enter our next phase, my focus on strengthening the alignment between our business strategy and day-to-day execution is intended to streamline interactions, touchpoints, and implementations across teams that will elevate our customer experience and outcomes.”
With the only HITRUST r2-certified and SOC 2-certified data transformation platform and solutions developed specifically for payers, Abacus Insights begins delivering value within 4 to 6 months with a 60% lower TCO than internal builds. Managing data for more than 28 million health plan members, Abacus integrates with and leverages legacy technology stacks while maintaining tech currency. It provides data solutions such as CMS interoperability compliance, risk adjustment, HEDIS and Stars performance, and value-based care. It maintains key partnerships with AWS, Databricks, Snowflake, Onyx, ZS, as well as other organizations, in the delivery of its usable data. Abacus serves multiple Blue Cross Blue Shield plans, including Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Cambia, and other regional insurers. Prime Therapeutics and enGen, a wholly owned subsidiary of Highmark Health, are also among its clients.
Pyhtila joined Abacus Insights as Chief Product and Strategy Officer in June 2023. Previously, he was Vice President and Chief Analytics Officer for Innovaccer, Chief Data and Analytics Officer at Mass General Brigham and head of analytics for Cigna. Pyhtila also held several senior management positions at Verscend, served as a consultant at McKinsey & Company and started his career as a hardware engineer at Motorola and Hewlett-Packard.
Pyhtila holds a PhD in biomedical engineering from Duke University, a master’s in electrical engineering from Stanford University and a bachelor’s in electrical engineering from Michigan State University.
About Abacus Insights
Abacus Insights is a healthcare technology leader with the only data transformation platform and data solutions built specifically for health plans. By setting the new standard of payer data to usability, Abacus Insights gives payers a new level of control and flexibility to support analytics and operational use cases. Managing data for 28 million members, Abacus Insights partners with payers to deliver scalable solutions that drive strategic initiatives, control costs, and improve member lives and experiences.
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