YI Rong has significant experience and reputation in the health analytics field.  In the past twenty years she has developed and expanded analytics consulting business for the organizations, led client engagements, managed staff, designed and implemented tools, methodologies and products for various clients, and some of which have become industry standards or even made into state and federal rules. Specifically, she has been a major contributor to risk adjustment and predictive modeling methodologies and systems in wide use today. She works with clients in public programs, private payers, Medicaid managed care, state health insurance exchanges, professional organizations, trade associations, healthcare systems, and academic institutions. She also consults to clients in other parts of the world in the areas of big data, predictive modeling, population health, insurance market reform and payment reforms. She is a frequent speaker at professional conferences and have published in peer-reviewed journals.