The AI Policy Landscape: Fragmentation or Framework?
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Session Description
The rise of generative AI represents a fundamental shift in the industry’s pursuit of a more efficient, scalable, and patient-centric system. Yet healthcare’s relationship with technology has always been unique. Business needs, not technological innovation alone, typically drive advancement. At Define Ventures, our investing thesis centers on compelling technology and commercial potential to scale within healthcare’s complex ecosystem. That’s what led us to connect with our deep and trusted partners at leading payers and providers, conducting extensive research with over 60 C-suite and senior executives to understand how these large organizations are navigating this rapidly evolving landscape. Our goal with this report is to empower payer and provider leaders with valuable takeaways as they build and invest in their AI strategies and provide healthcare AI founders with necessary insights to inform their market readiness and commercial strategies.
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Speakers
Maya Shashoua
Maya Shashoua is a manager for Manatt Health in the Firm’s New York office. Maya monitors and analyzes a broad range of health policy and business issues, market developments, and other emerging health care trends.
Before joining Manatt, Maya served as a program associate for an urban community medical center, where she facilitated the implementation of population health initiatives in the primary care setting and coordinated transitions to value-based care arrangements with public and private payers. Previously, Maya held an associate position at a public health consulting firm, and she has additional experience focused on health equity policy design in a state-based health insurance marketplace.
Jared Augenstein
Jared Augenstein is a senior managing director with Manatt Health, an interdisciplinary policy and business advisory practice of Manatt. He provides strategic business advice, policy design and analysis as well as project management to health care providers, health tech companies, state and local governments, foundations, life sciences companies, and other health care organizations. Jared’s primary areas of focus are advising private- and public-sector clients on health technology, telehealth, artificial and augmented intelligence, care model design and transformation, federal and state health policy trends, and provider markets.
Jared has extensive experience in the digital health space, regularly advising health systems, policymakers, innovators and investors on digital health and virtual care strategy, remote monitoring, AI, implementation, operations, and policy. Jared has published extensively on a range of topics related to digital transformation, telemedicine and health system strategy, including coauthorships with the American Medical Association, the Association of American Medical Colleges, the Commonwealth Fund, Health Affairs and others.
Randi Seigel
Randi Seigel provides legal and strategic counsel to health care providers, emerging health tech and services companies, women’s health companies, insurers, and post-acute care providers. Randi brings substantial knowledge of complex health care regulations, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and state privacy laws, state licensure and scope of practice laws, telehealth, artificial intelligence, Medicare and Medicaid conditions of participation and billing, fraud and abuse laws, and other regulatory and enforcement matters. Randi’s deep understanding of the health care players—from commercial and government payors to providers—brings valuable insights to her clients to assist them as they develop and execute their strategic goals. Randi also supports her clients in structuring innovative payment arrangements, assessing the risks and regulatory impacts of complex transactions, and responding to government audits.
