HealthEdge Announces Winners of 2019 EDGIE Awards

Employee Recognition Program Honors Consistent Contributors and Unsung Heroes

BURLINGTON, Mass.—January 6, 2020 —HealthEdge®, provider of the industry’s leading integrated financial, administrative and clinical platform for health insurers, today announced the winners of its EDGIE Awards, recognizing consistent contributors and unsung heroes who personify the value pillars of Customer Value, First Principles, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Continuous Improvement, and Engineering Excellence from all functions and locations of HealthEdge.

The Employee Council, who oversaw the EDGIE Awards, received 430 peer nominations across eight award categories. 180 staff members were recognized for their contributions to the company, out of which the following 12 individuals were ultimately selected as exemplifying the definition of each of EDGIE’s seven award categories, actively practicing HealthEdge pillars in their day to day work and making a positive impact on their teams and the larger organization while serving the needs of our customers: 

 Brian Linnehan, Senior Service Desk Engineer – Customer SuperHEro

Brijesh Singh, Director of Application Engineering, Cloud Operations – Customer SuperHEro

Tatton Partington, Technical Writer, CareManager Product Management – Cross-Functional Champ

Adam Kacenjar, Program Director Clinical Solutions, CareManager Product Management – Excellence

Mike Keppel, Manager of Application Support, Customer Support – Tier 2 – Excellence

Dave Paquette, Director of Infrastructure Engineering, Data Center/Infrastructure – Excellence

Mike Dickson, Technical Lead, CareManager Product Management – Principle

Emily Atkins, Senior HR Generalist, Human Resources – Continuous Improvement Continuous Delivery

Eileen MacLeod, Manager of Business Services, PS – Payor Business Services – Veteran

Christina Wetzel, Senior Financial Analyst, Finance – Rookie

Dennis Hennessey, Director of Account Operations, Account Management – Honorable Mention

Prasad Kale, Director of Engineering, Payor Product Development – Honorable Mention

 “2019 was a fantastic year for HealthEdge, thanks to health insurers of all types and sizes who put their confidence in HealthEdge to help them achieve unprecedented success in the future. The unwavering commitment from our talented staff resulted in a continuous string of customer go-lives and successful upgrades,” said Steve Krupa, CEO of HealthEdge. “None of this would be possible without the dedication of our employees – regardless of role, department or tenure – so we were thrilled to review every nomination as a testament to all of the good work so many staff members continue to do on a daily basis.”   

 About HealthEdge 
HealthEdge® provides modern, disruptive healthcare IT solutions that health insurers use to leverage new business models, improve outcomes, drastically reduce administrative costs and connect everyone in the healthcare delivery cycle. Our next-generation enterprise solution suite, HealthRules®, is built on modern, patented technology and is delivered to customers via the HealthEdge Cloud or onsite deployment. An award-winning company, HealthEdge empowers health insurers to capitalize on the innovations, challenges and opportunities that await in the new healthcare economy. For more information, visit http://www.healthedge.com.

Gail Winslow 
HealthEdge 
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