When Neil Kulkarni joined Highmark Health after a decade in consulting, he was ready to settle down and leave the constant travel behind. He quickly became energized by a new set of challenges that can only be solved through payer-provider partnership. In this episode of Cedar Talks, our VP of Commercial Strategy Ryan McPherson chats with Neil about his five years in healthcare. They discuss the best place to start with payer-provider initiatives, top lessons for managing organizational change, and much more.
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Conversation highlights
Bringing a fresh perspective
What sets Neil apart is his product management experience outside of healthcare. Has it been a benefit, a burden, or a bit of both?
The key to building trust
Payer-provider partnership is not a new concept in healthcare. Neil offers his perspective on how to set these initiatives up for success.
Get to know Neil in 30 seconds
Tackling complex problems involving payers, providers and other ecosystem partners isn’t the only thing that gets Neil energized.
Ben Kraus is Senior Content Lead at Cedar
