Most Interesting Vendor 2012: MedeAnalytics

In the end, part of MedeAnalytics’ success has come about partly because of its executives’ ability to anticipate change. “You can call us prescient, or you can call us lucky,” Gallagher says with a chuckle. “It’s hard work, and planning meets opportunity, and you can call that luck.” He sees two very bright beacons going forward. First, is the fact that the company is already benefiting from having moved to a software-as-a-service (SaaS), hosted model, based on the fact that, as he puts it, “We felt that the license-and-install model was not sustainable over the long haul, but rather that the hosted model, the software-as-a-service model, was superior.” Second, of course, is having strongly niched the company as a data analytics firm. As healthcare moves forward into a new, more collaborative era, with new reimbursement and organizational models, it’s a fairly safe bet that smart companies like this one will do well going forward. ◆