Deft Research has been founded as the next generation in syndicated health care research. Its founders are Rich Hamer, Dan Freier, and Randy Herman.

We’ve launched a series of research services to address opportunities in health care. In keeping with current trends, our programs contain a heavy component of consumer research. We focus on the needs, preferences, and purchasing behavior of both Medicare and commercial health insurance populations.

Our services include syndicated health consumer research, client custom research, and analyses of current customer data, their geo-demographic profiles, and their disenrollment patterns.

Key Personnel
Richard L. Hamer has more than 15 years experience as a health services researcher. His career is characterized by his practical research that contributes to client’s businesses. From 1992 to 2004 Mr. Hamer was the Executive Director of InterStudy. During that time he grew that business from a one person department, to a 20 person, $4 million enterprise. More

Daniel E. Freier, co-founder and principal of Pine Grove Management and Pine Grove Advisors, is a seasoned managed care expert. Pine Grove Advisors is a company that advises health care and health insurance organizations on financial, product development and actuarial matters. Pine Grove Management invests in health care related businesses. More

Randall P. Herman is a 22 year managed care veteran. He is a co-founder and principal of Pine Grove Advisors, a company that advises managed care related organizations on actuarial, product development and financial matters. He is also a co-founder of Pine Grove Management. He has founded and held senior positions at a number of managed care related businesses. More