Paul Presken

Paul Presken joined Colorado Health Institute as a Senior Consultant in 2017. He has more than 30 years' experience in health care policy, analytics, strategy, and development. Paul's most recent work at CHI has been helping to improve and develop programs that focus on prenatal and postpartum care for mothers and on early childhood health and social development. His other projects involve Colorado's social health information exchange, health information technology (HIT), analysis of claims and electronic medical record (EMR) data, and reporting of electronic clinical quality measures.

Before joining CHI, Paul worked in product management and consulting for several health care technology companies, including Truven Health Analytics and TransUnion Healthcare. His work focused on understanding client needs, directing software development teams, and serving as product champion for several product lines.

Paul earned a bachelor's degree from Carleton College a master’s of public policy from the University of Michigan. 

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Skills: Strategic planning, program development and evaluation, public health data analysis, information and analytics research, market strategy and business change leadership, and physician practice management.

Focus Areas:  

• Maternal prenatal and postpartum care 
• Early childhood health and social development
• Social health information exchange
• Value-based quality reporting programs
• Health information technology (HIT)
• Claims and electronic medical records (EMR) data
• Revenue cycle management  

Sample Projects:

• Colorado Shines Brighter: Opportunities for Colorado’s Early Childhood System
• Interoperable Social Health Information Exchange Ecosystem
• Partnering for Success Stakeholder Recommendations for Promoting Behavioral Health Across Colorado’s Criminal Justice Continuum
• Fear and Missing Out: Postponed Care During COVID-19

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