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⇱ RCM Automation and Insights | Smarter Technologies


Building companies that advance healthcare revenue

Clinical AI and revenue cycle automation software for hospitals and health systems

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AI-enhanced BPO services that extend and amplify healthcare revenue cycle operations

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Smarter Technologies is already serving over 200 healthcare organizations today.

Healthcare organizations are under immense pressure. Manual processes, costly errors, and fragmented revenue cycle operations drain billions from healthcare organizations every year, leaving providers with less time to care for patients.
At Smarter Technologies, we don’t just see the challenge, we’re building companies to solve it...
By reimagining the revenue cycle, we help healthcare organizations recover revenue faster, work smarter, and achieve stronger financial performance than ever before.

Our leadership

Michael Gao, MD
CEO
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Mike is CEO of Smarter Technologies. He co-founded SmarterDx when he discovered how many revenue and quality opportunities hospitals were leaving on the table while he was leading AI at NewYork-Presbyterian. Prior to SmarterDx, Mike was an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell and Medical Director for Transformation for NewYork-Presbyterian. He completed his BS at the University of California, Los Angeles, his MD at the University of Michigan, and his Internal Medicine Residency and Silverman Fellowship for Healthcare Innovation at NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell.
Balaji Sekar
Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer
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Balaji is Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Operator of Smarter Technologies. He is a global finance executive and strategic business partner with more than 20 years of experience leading finance organizations across North America, Asia, and Europe. He most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of TaskUs since June 2016, where he was responsible for enterprise financial strategy, capital allocation, investor relations, risk management, and governance oversight. Balaji was instrumental in taking TaskUs public in 2021. Over the course of his career, Balaji has built and led high-performing global finance teams and partnered closely with private equity, boards and executive leadership to drive disciplined growth and long-term value creation. His experience spans public and private environments, high-growth services platforms, and complex global operations. Prior to TaskUs, Balaji served as Chief Financial Officer of PatientSafe Solutions and Chief Financial Officer of Sutherland Healthcare Solutions, and held senior leadership roles at Sutherland Global Services. Across these positions, he played a central role in scaling operations, enhancing financial transparency, improving cash flow discipline, and supporting strategic transactions. Balaji is a Chartered Accountant from India, holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the Universityof Madras, and earned his MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Josh Geleris, MD
Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer, SmarterDx
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Prior to co-founding SmarterDx, Josh was an assistant professor and practicing physician at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, where he also was a NIH- and DOD-funded medical researcher focused on bioinformatics and data science with EHR data. Josh received his undergraduate degree from Occidental College majoring in Biochemistry and Politics. He then went on to receive his MD from Technion - Israel Institute of Technology and completed his Internal Medicine Residency at Weill Cornell.
Ruben Amarasingham, MD
Chief Medical Officer, SmarterDx
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Ruben is a physician and researcher who founded Pieces to support clinicians using intuitively designed AI. He has published extensively on improving quality, safety, and equity in care through the use of data and technology. A board-certified internist, he practiced for over a decade as an academic hospitalist and served as Associate Chief of Medicine at Parkland Health. He also founded the Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation, one of the country’s first applied clinical AI institutes embedded within a public health system, and was an Associate Professor and directed biomedical informatics at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He received his BS from Brown University, his MD from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, and completed post-doctoral training at Johns Hopkins Medical Center as a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar. He currently serves on the advisory boards of Anthropic, the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics, and CHRISTUS Health.
Julia Brncic
Chief Legal Officer, SmarterDx
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Julia leads the legal affairs, regulatory and compliance functions of Smarter Technologies, bringing extensive healthcare, governance and public company experience to the role. Most recently, Julia served as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at EverQuote, a public technology company, where she oversaw legal, compliance, people operations, IT and cybersecurity. Julia previously served as Senior Vice President, Chief Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Cigna, and Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at Express Scripts, where she led large legal teams supporting all areas of the healthcare insurance and pharmacy benefit businesses in addition to board affairs, corporate governance, securities, litigation, intellectual property, mergers and acquisitions, corporate real estate, and employment. Her experience in corporate acquisitions and integrations includes a $67 billion merger of Cigna and Express Scripts and a $30 billion merger of Express Scripts and Medco Health Solutions. Her litigation experience includes a landmark $15 billion summary judgment win in a major lawsuit. ‍ Julia earned a Juris Doctorate and a Master of Business Administration from Washington University in St. Louis, and a bachelor’s degree from Purdue University. Julia's combined legal and business education allows her to align legal strategy with business objectives to support Smarter Technologies' continued growth and innovation.
Travis Smith
SVP Strategy & Corporate Development, SmarterDx
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Travis leads a range of growth initiatives across the company. Before joining Smarter Technologies, Travis was SVP of Strategy at Signify Health, where he played a key role in driving both organic and inorganic growth. His work contributed to the company’s successful IPO in 2021, and its subsequent acquisition by CVS in 2023. Earlier in his career, Travis held various growth and transformation roles at athenahealth, following five years in Deloitte Consulting’s Strategy & Operations practice. He began his career in finance at Partners HealthCare in Boston. Travis holds a BA in Economics from Boston University and an MBA from the Stern School of Business at New York University.
Sid Mehta
President & Chief Growth Officer, Access Healthcare
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Sid Mehta is President and Chief Growth Officer of Access Healthcare, part of Smarter Technologies, and is responsible for Access’ growth and client services across its enterprise. Sid brings 23 years of experience in healthcare business process outsourcing. He has partnered with leading healthcare organizations to optimize costs and augment revenue, while transforming their organizations to be more digitally enabled. Sid is a proven leader in building high performance teams, defining industry’s best practices and forging client partnerships.

Featured News

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Smarter Technologies Expands AI Revenue Cycle Platform with Launch of SmarterUtilization

Apr 7, 2026
Revenue & Margins
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Transformation Without Disruption: How Access Healthcare Is Rewiring the Revenue Cycle with Agentic AI

Oct 9, 2025
Tech & AI
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What’s Behind the Rapid Rise of RCM Companies

Oct 9, 2025
Revenue & Margins
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Smarter Technologies Acquires Pieces Technologies and Launches SmarterNotes

Sep 29, 2025
Tech & AI
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Access Healthcare and Smarter Technologies Applying AI to Revenue Cycle Management

Jul 17, 2025
Tech & AI
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Dr. Michael Gao and Dr. Joshua Geleris, Founders at SmarterDx

Jul 17, 2025

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Under Smarter Technologies, SmarterDx and Access Healthcare offer unique opportunities to revolutionize healthcare revenue cycles.