Manu Tyagi

Manu Tyagi is a Senior Research Analyst for Premier Applied Sciences®, with more than 20 years of experience in healthcare insurance, claim databases and programming. Before joining Premier, Tyagi worked in the Informatics Division at Independence Blue Cross (IBC) of Philadelphia, PA for 15 years holding multiple positions, which afforded him the opportunity to develop a variety of skill sets related to Healthcare Informatics and Information Technology.  For the Medical Cost Analysis team, he worked on deliverables related to Palliative Care Management and worked with IBC’s value-based programs to provide potential health cost savings. With the Advanced Analytics team, he was responsible for data engineering (sourcing data for population files) and health risk stratification of members enrolled in case management and/or disease management for the Children’s Health Insurance Program, Medicare population and employer-insured groups. This work involved the use and integration of member demographics, enrollment, medical claims, pharmacy claims, laboratory data with external vendor data analytics that assess clinical and financial healthcare performance. Tyagi also participated in many of the Informatics Division technology initiatives, including the integration of Case Management and Disease Management workflows with the systems of Highmark Blue Shield of Pittsburgh, PA. He has programming experience in SAS, R-Studio and Teradata and is a SAS Certified Base Programmer Version 8 and 6. Tyagi earned an MBA in Business Analytics from LaSalle University, Philadelphia, PA.