Applying data, analytics and technology to improve patient outcomes in value-based care

Author's Biography

Ashok Roy , MD, MPH, MBA, is a board-certified practicing internist with more than 20 years of experience in population health, healthcare consulting and healthcare administration. His passion is using advanced analytics to develop and implement more efficient work processes using data to increase patient care outcomes and lower costs and improve patient and provider satisfaction. Dr Roy is currently the Chief Medical Officer, Value-Based Care Solutions at Signify Health, the nation’s leader in accountable care, which utilises value-based care methodologies and award-winning technology to help providers and health systems improve patient outcomes. He leads their clinical strategy to help providers improve patient care and succeed in value-based care methodologies. This strategy includes developing products that position providers with the knowledge to combine team-based care and clinical programmes to manage complex patients while decreasing provider burnout and staff turnover more effectively. Prior to joining Caravan, Dr Roy served as Chief Medical Officer, Clinical Solutions & Analytics, at Lumeris, where he led a team that analysed value-based payment opportunities and designed corresponding clinical programmes. This role involved working with a variety of practices and clinics to implement clinical programmes and produce timely, accurate and actionable dashboards to measure progress. Additionally, Dr Roy has a strong understanding of health markets beyond Medicare. He helped to establish the Massachusetts Health Insurance Exchange and enacted subsidies for low-income beneficiaries. He led a multidisciplinary team that studied best practice techniques for treating soldiers returning from Afghanistan and Iraq with traumatic brain injuries and psychological health complications. Dr Roy received his medical degree from the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine and trained in Internal Medicine at St. Luke’s- Roosevelt Medical Center in New York City. He earned his Master of Public Health from Johns Hopkins University and Master of Business Administration from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.