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This is Laura D with the Becker healthcare

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podcast.

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I'm thrilled today be joined by Pan Sharma,

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strategy and operations leader at Human.

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Pancreas. Is a pleasure to have on the

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podcast today.

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Thank you, Laura. Thanks for helping me.

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Now I'm excited for our conversation and learning

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more about some of the great things that

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you're doing at Human man, But before I

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dive in, can you tell us a little

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bit more about yourself in your background?

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Sure.

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I'm a strategy leader in Human

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clinical strategy in analytics team.

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And speaking at a high level as a

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team, we

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innovate and execute solutions focused on enhancing our

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members overall health.

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Currently my specific focuses is our Sn membership,

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which as we know is typically a more

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vulnerable

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population than the average beneficiaries.

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I need initiatives that aim towards keeping this

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population healthy

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by implementing

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timely and engaging

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interventions.

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Both clinical and otherwise.

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And as a quick background on myself, I

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joined Last year

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have been working in the healthcare space for

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a while now,

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4 Human jimenez was a management consultant and

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helped healthcare focused clients,

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not a gave business challenges

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and achieve their strategic goals.

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It has been a very satisfying a fine

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journey so far and.

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I'm excited for what they had.

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Well, that's great to hear. And, you know,

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it certainly

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exciting to... Kinda think through that transition and,

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really the potential for for what you have

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going on? Now, what are some of the

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big trends and headwind you're following right now?

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What's top of mind for you?

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Sure. So

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as we know, the Us

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beer landscape.

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Has been rapidly evolving,

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especially since the last few years. And

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when I think of trends and headwind,

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distribution has been a function of multiple ongoing

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trends.

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But there are a couple that I'd say

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I have been following more closely the rest

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the first 1 is generated Ai,

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I believe currently as an industry, we are

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at the stage.

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Where numerous potential ai use cases have been

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suggested to drive value

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and will conceptually

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many of them seeing t

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only fewer are feasible enough to be implemented

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effectively.

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moving forward,

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professionally as well as personally,

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I'm interested to see how

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an industry, we not only implement the feasible

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ones, but also level up in terms of

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data sharing. As operational rationalization and regulations to

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be able to implement the other Ai solutions,

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which for right now seeing maybe

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a bit

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out of reach for us, lack a better

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place.

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And then the second trend that I'm following

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is the

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industry's continued focus

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and double click on the preventative and holistic

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care.

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Now more than before, healthcare stakeholders are working

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towards effectively strat

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and proactively reaching out to the at risk

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population or preventative at care.

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Also it is interesting to see how the

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non clinical holistic care is an is increasingly

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becoming

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more of a viable

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reality than just the concept

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and different

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organizations of prep spectrum figuring out

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the strategic implications, logistical implications,

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financial implications of

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providing integrated care

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to the population.

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And lastly, and very quickly, Say in interim

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headwind,

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I'm following M rate cuts,

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that's the trend I'd like to keep an

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eye on.

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Absolutely. I I think all those things you

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mentioned are really top of mind for so

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many healthcare leaders and it'll will be fascinating

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to see however from Ai and technology to

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Medicare Advantage continues to play out.

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Now from your perspective and looking into the

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future, how are you thinking about growth, for

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the future?

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When I think about the future, I believe

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growth for

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the healthcare stakeholders for primarily the

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shaped by the trends that are already emotional

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firstly,

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we know that our population is aging and

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to manage cost that would expect maybe lead

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to a heightened and focus on.

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Preventative and holistic care that we briefly discussed

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before.

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And this

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as we're already witnessing would entail increased emphasis

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on the areas like primary care, home based

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care, behavioral health and health.

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In terms of growth, healthcare care organizations have

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been best in these areas for some time

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now. But I believe it's more refined predicted

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analytics tools and

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higher interoperability.

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These intervention would become time and more effective

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and help the organizations

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drive tangible value.

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secondly I believe

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technology

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and losing technology here is a cash oil

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phrase.

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Will continue to be a significant drug driver,

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enhancing both back efficiency as well as front

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end patient experience.

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We are moving towards increased data interoperability,

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more advanced Ai,

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and I think loaded those things. Will enable

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organizations to grow value mirror by

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deriving actionable insights and

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automating processes and overall reducing

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the operational cost.

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I I believe that as consumer facing technologies

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continue to proliferate proliferate.

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Members will be in empowered to engage with

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their health care journey in more personalized ways,

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and that would need to,

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hopefully an overall earlier population and,

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industry growth there.

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That's great to hear. And definitely,

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exciting to think about the possibilities

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as

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human humanity continues to grow in and develop?

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Now before we wrap up here, I was

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wondering, could you tell me about a really

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impactful project or initiated that you're working on

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right now?

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Sure.

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the projects that I'm working on right now.

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Related to the care management of members,

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like we very briefly discussed this a very

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valuable

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population.

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as you know, the snip space is also

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highly regulated.

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So we are focusing on how to make

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our members

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more healthy and like the offerings which are

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effective in a way that is not only

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regulation compliant, but all so worsening of their

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conditions.

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intellectually stimulating work. It's meaningful and satisfying

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so I'm excited to see the results that

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it a bring.

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Fantastic. Well, I... I'm glad that...

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You know, things are going so well, and

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and there's really such opportunity

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headed, your way. Pan. Thank you so much

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for joining us on the podcast today. This

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has been a really fun and fascinating discussion,

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and I look forward to connecting with you

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again soon.

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Team here.

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Thanks again Work for having me, and have

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a great day ahead.