Karthik Ganesh is CEO at EmpiRx Health, the industry’s only value-based PBM with a clinically-focused and tech-enabled approach to bending the Rx cost curve. Karthik is passionate about maximizing value at health service companies while also creating a culture of belonging that embraces new ideas and deliberate approaches to tackling key healthcare challenges. Applying these leadership principles, he has built EmpiRx Health into an Inc. 5000 company and certified Great Place To Work, while transforming it into a high-growth and high-innovation engine.
The PBM industry—a transaction-driven industry that highlights economic distribution, resting squarely on price, rebates, and discounts—has consistently let down employers and patients with models that behave like retail.
PBMs today have a tremendous opportunity to help address health disparities by shifting current drug pricing and “cost vs. access” conversations to value-based discussions.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.