How data powers Oscar Health's mission to transform Healthcare
Theivanai Palaniappan
Data Leader, Oscar Health
About the guest
Theivanai Palaniappan
Data Leader, Oscar Health
Theivanai leads data strategy at Oscar Health, a tech-driven health insurance company serving 1.6 million members across 18 states. She spearheaded the shift from fragmented data sources to a centralized, well-governed system — embedding data deeply into how the organization designs healthcare plans and makes costs transparent for patients.
Oscar Health serves 1.6 million members across 18 states, and data touches everything — from designing personalized healthcare plans to making costs transparent for patients.
What you'll learn
Theivanai walks through how Oscar Health shifted from fragmented data sources to a centralized, well-governed system powered by BigQuery and Looker. She explains how embedding data deeply into decision-making transformed the org, and shares her approach to simplifying metrics, prioritizing alerts for critical issues, and building self-serve insights using OpenAI-powered tools.
Why you should listen
- Learn how Oscar Health unified fragmented data across 18 states into one centralized governance system
- See how they built OpenAI-powered tools that let anyone in the org get instant data insights
- Discover the metrics simplification strategy that cut through noise to focus on what actually matters
