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Mark Koenig

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Mark Koenig, IT Solutions Engineer and Product Manager, has been with TriCore Reference Labs, and its subsidiary, Rhodes Group since 2011. As the IT Solutions Engineer and Product Manager, he is responsible for leading the development of analytics population health management platforms for labs, payers, and health information exchanges’ (HIEs). Notable accomplishments include:

 

  • Creating machine learning models and managing the team to produce clinical, operational, and financial analytics products for Rhodes Group clients.

  • Developing lab operations analytics for exploratory data analysis of lab turnaround times (TAT) and developing a product to automate production of antibiograms.

  • During the pandemic, he was on a TriCore team that developed a public-facing respiratory virus dashboard. He also co-developed an analytics platform for optimizing placement of a mobile testing lab during using social determinants of health (SDOH), disease hotspots, and testing deserts.

 

Prior to TriCore Reference Labs, Mr. Koenig worked as a Systems Consultant for 9 years at BB&T Corporation, one of the country’s largest financial institutions. Prior to BB&T, he was a Software Engineer & Consultant for 7 years at Kudos Information, Inc., and 7 years as a Programmer for IBM.

 

Mr. Koenig received his Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Ohio State University, College of Engineering.

Mark Koenig, IT Solutions Engineer and Product Manager, has been with TriCore Reference Labs, and its subsidiary, Rhodes Group since 2011. As the IT Solutions Engineer and Product Manager, he is responsible for leading the development of analytics population health management platforms for labs, payers, and health information exchanges’ (HIEs). Notable accomplishments include:

 

  • Creating machine learning models and managing the team to produce clinical, operational, and financial analytics products for Rhodes Group clients.

  • Developing lab operations analytics for exploratory data analysis of lab turnaround times (TAT) and developing a product to automate production of antibiograms.

  • During the pandemic, he was on a TriCore team that developed a public-facing respiratory virus dashboard. He also co-developed an analytics platform for optimizing placement of a mobile testing lab during the pandemicusing social determinants of health (SDOH), disease hotspots, and testing deserts.

 

Prior to TriCore Reference Labs, Mr. Koenig worked as a Systems Consultant for 9 years at BB&T Corporation, one of the country’s largest financial institutions. Prior to BB&T, he was a Software Engineer & Consultant for 7 years at Kudos Information, Inc., and 7 years as a Programmer for IBM.

 

Mr. Koenig received his Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Ohio State University, College of Engineering.

Specialties

  • Over 35 years’ experience as an IT software and systems consultant, and programmer

  • Nine years’ experience development healthcare platforms

  • Seven years’ systems consultant experience in the financial industry

  • Population health management platforms

  • Patent pending clinical analytical algorithms

  • Machine learning

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Development Technologies

  • .NET

  • HL7

  • FHIR

  • HTML/CSS/JavaScript

  • Databases - SQL Server, IRIS, DB2

  • Power BI

  • Machine Learning

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Publications

Leveraging Longitudinal Clinical Laboratory Results to Improve Prenatal Care
American Journal of Managed Care, 01/28/2021

As health care moves to value-based arrangements, clinical laboratories are in a position to support the care coordination activities of managed care organizations (MCOs) with real-time, longitudinal, laboratory-derived insights. Health conditions, such as pregnancy, are ideal for collaboration due to:

·     need for timely information not available through claims,

·     increased reliance on laboratory testing for treatment decisions, and

·     high costs and morbidity associated with preterm birth.

This article summarizes the first published work describing collaboration between an MCO and a clinical laboratory to develop and implement improved prenatal care management processes and outcomes.

The Value of Laboratory Information Augmenting a Managed Care Organization's Comprehensive Diabetes Care Efforts in New Mexico
Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine, 09/11/2020

Clinical laboratories play a critical role in healthcare, and this article demonstrates an approach for laboratories to collaborate with MCOs in their care management efforts. In addition, we calculate the value of this novel collaboration, which may play an integral role in laboratories' pursuit of value-based care.

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