Kent J. Sacia - Principal, Healthcare Technology Consultant MSIA Professional designations Masters of Science in Industrial Administration Current responsibility Kent is a principal and healthcare technology consultant with the Seattle office of Milliman. He joined the firm in 1996.Experience Kent designed technology systems and operational procedures to increase efficiencies and gain strategic advantages for over 100 insurance and healthcare entities. He led the redesign of business processes, developed strategic systems plans, and managed the migration of systems from mainframe to client/server environments. He also managed the development and implementation of several, large Internet-based systems and created two Internet-based software products.Under Kent's direction, clients have achieved productivity improvements as high as 300% in the processing of medical and dental claims. He has also developed a well-known set of industry benchmarks for evaluating and measuring the performance of healthcare operations.Kent's technical expertise is centered in the design and development of client/server and Internet-based systems. He has extensive experience with enterprise Internet systems and associated privacy and security issues. In addition to technological competency, Kent brings skills in strategy formulation, finance, and product management to clients seeking assistance.Education Graduate, University of Washington MS, Carnegie-Mellon University. |