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Ankota Appoints David S. Cole as COO and Expands Leadership Team

For Immediate Release: March 13, 2017

Contact: Burgess Harrison- (651) 245-5552 burgess.harrison@ankota.com 

ANKOTA APPOINTS DAVID S. COLE AS COO AND EXPANDS LEADERSHIP TEAM

DAVID COLE – CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

BURGESS HARRISON – VICE PRESDENT MARKETING & SALES

HAMILTON TEMPLE – REGIONAL SALES DIRECTOR

Boston, MA – Due to increased growth, the leader in next-generation home care management software, announces expanded management team. David S. Cole joins as Chief Operating Officer responsible for company operations, product development and customer satisfaction. Burgess A. Harrison will serve as Vice President Marketing & Sales. Hamilton G. Temple joins as Regional Sales Director.

Cole brings an extensive management, healthcare, telehealth, business development and customer support background to Ankota. Chief Operating Officer. Cole is a seasoned veteran of the home care industry with over 25 years of experience. A certified Chronic Care Professional, David is one of the original pioneers in the use of telephony within the homecare industry. David co-founded StatChek, Inc., which was later acquired by Computer Outsourcing Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: COSI), today a part of Wi-Pro (NYSE:WIT). Cole was a part of the startup team at AccentCare, Inc., that now has over 150 offices, has founded and managed homecare agencies and served as the Medicare administrator for Interim Healthcare of Atlanta, Georgia. He is also one of the principal developers of a novel model for post-discharge patient management that has proven to achieve the triple aim of lowering costs while improving outcomes and patient satisfaction.

Harrison is a seasoned marketing, advertising and sales executive with extensive in telehealth, communications, technology marketing and sales. A pioneer in electronic visit verification (EVV) and telephony, Burgess has spoken at National Association for Homecare. Most recently he cofounded Triple Aim Technologies, the leader in remote patient monitoring with its Multi-Morbidity Engine™ technology for the post-acute care market. Previously Harrison led marketing efforts at American TeleCare and StatChek and the healthcare division of InfoCrossing (now WiPro). He also is a member of the board of directors of the 109-retail store chain, Tradehome Shoes.

Temple, most recently with Savii Care, brings 20+ years of sales and marketing experience in high tech and enterprise software with the last 9 years being exclusive to the post-acute technology space having worked with providers of home health, home care, DME and Infusion. Hamilton is committed to providing unparalleled customer focus, true teamwork, leadership, delivering sales performance and increasing value for the company and its customers.

“The addition of these three experienced leaders will accelerate the growth of Ankota exponentially in the coming months,” said Ken Accardi, CEO. Next-Gen Homecare software is easily customizable, spans telephony, GPS, FOBs, biometric authentication and verification schema, manages people, payers and programs via configurable business rule sets; supports optimized visits/delivery of care in homes and various patient settings and enables the reduction of readmissions through individualized plans of care (ICP) and at the lowest cost manner possible; features sophisticated scheduling algorithms that give agencies unprecedented flexibility and control over non-skilled and professionals and supports various post-acute markets like AAA’s, Medicaid, DME, Therapy staffing, infusion and phlebotomy. “Delivering on your promise of next generation home care software, I couldn’t think of any other people that embody that mission more than David, Burgess and Hamilton, continued Accardi.”

About Ankota

Ankota™ is a revolutionizing the post-acute care industry with its customizable and adaptive next-generation home care management Software as a Service (SaaS) platform. Ankota helps Area Agencies on Aging (AAA’s) with sophisticated scheduling assessment—that is simple yet efficient, and compliance and case management tools in Medicaid and managed care environments. More broadly, Ankota solutions are used by home care, infusion, DME, therapy staffing, phlebotomy and other post-acute organizations with a need for Electronic Visit Verification (EVV), voice authentication, advanced scheduling, billing, payroll, Care Transitions and Intelligent Notifications. Foresight Care™, an innovative remote patient monitoring service and patient engagement platform that helps avoid hospital readmissions at the lowest possible cost and helps people age at home. www.ankota.com

 

 

 

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