HMS announced that Emmet O’Gara and Michael Cole, two veteran healthcare executives, have joined HMS in newly created positions to help accelerate the company’s growth initiatives. This includes driving growth through its consumer engagement business, care management platform and analytics offerings. Emmet O’Gara, formerly senior vice president and chief revenue officer for Cota joins HMS as executive vice president, Total Population Management (TPM). O’Gara will oversee all aspects of the company’s TPM business development, product innovation and delivery capabilities. O’Gara brings more than 25 years of experience in the healthcare payer, provider and employer markets. Prior to Cota, he served as senior vice president and general manager of Payer and Provider Solutions at MedeAnalytics. Michael Cole, formerly national vice president for health plans at Quest Diagnostics, joins HMS as senior vice president, Commercial Markets. He is responsible for driving and executing growth strategies for HMS’ commercial business, including cross-sales of Eliza consumer engagement solutions. He also will oversee customer engagement and account management for the company’s 325 health plan clients. Based in Chicago, Illinois, Cole reports to Doug Williams, HMS’ president of Markets and Product.