ClarisHealth Announces the Arrival of Brian Fugere as Chief Product Officer

Healthcare technology executive with 30+ years of experience joins to lead product strategy and platform innovation​.

FRANKLIN, Tenn., October 1, 2026 – ClarisHealth, the payment integrity technology leader trusted by 25+ health plans representing nearly 100 million members, today announced that Brian Fugere has joined the company as Chief Product Officer. Fugere joins CEO Michael Axt’s leadership team and will oversee all product strategy, product development and delivery, and business intelligence operations

Fugere brings more than 30 years of executive leadership spanning healthcare, technology, product strategy, engineering, and operations.

Ready for the Next Evolution of Pareo®

The hire reflects ClarisHealth’s next phase of growth as payment integrity leaders at health plans increasingly look to consolidate fragmented technology stacks and move toward AI-enabled, integrated solutions. Over the past year, Pareo® has expanded its capabilities across the claims lifecycle, from pre-payment prevention to post-payment recovery. Fugere’s appointment signals the company’s commitment to accelerating that roadmap while maintaining operational rigor.

“Brian’s deep expertise in healthcare technology, platform consolidation, and AI integration align perfectly with our mission to give health plans control over their claims payment accuracy operations,” said Michael Axt. “He’s spent his career solving similar market needs – turning fragmented workflows into intelligent, unified systems.”

Most recently, Fugere served as Chief Product Officer at CentralSquare Technologies, where he led the expansion of AI capabilities across the product portfolio and internal workflows, driving significant productivity improvements while strengthening product operations and go-to-market execution.

“Our health plan customers face unrelenting pressure to change how they work,” Fugere said. “They are told to do more with less, keep lowering costs, and find savings without creating provider friction. They’re also looking to AI for help. ClarisHealth and Pareo® are uniquely positioned to address all four goals at once. I’m excited to help shape where this goes.”

A Track Record of Launching and Scaling

Prior to CentralSquare, Fugere served as Chief Product & Strategy Officer and Chief Marketing Officer at symplr, where he built the market’s first Healthcare Operations platform. He led the development and commercialization of the company’s first generative AI-based products and helped scale the Healthcare Operations category.

Fugere’s track record is highly relevant to this new role. Payment integrity has long been fragmented – vendors running point solutions, spreadsheets, disconnected systems, and opaque vendor relationships. Pareo was built to change that. With Fugere leading product, the company intends to deepen its position as the operational backbone that health plans use to manage their entire payment accuracy ecosystem.

Fugere holds degrees in Electrical Engineering and Business Administration and is an Executive Fellow in the American College of Health Data Management.