Ravi Kunnakkat has one title, but he wears many hats. Officially he is the Assistant Director in OMIG’s New York City Division of Medicaid Audit, and in addition to his management and administrative responsibilities, he also handles his own targeting and analysis by drawing on his deep background in IT and extensive knowledge of Medicaid data. No matter which hat he happens to be wearing, Kunnakkat relies on a powerful software solution developed by Salient Management Company to help him work faster and more effectively than he can through New York State’s massive data warehouse. “We use Salient for a whole host of things, all intended to isolate patterns of use and abuse by both providers and recipients, and to help us with specific issues,” he explains. For example, he uses Sa

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