We partner with global and local institutions to unlock the value of human-centered health systems for patients, providers, and payers in India, South Africa, Ghana, Kenya, and beyond
We all want and need health systems that are human-centered. At Leapfrog to Value we believe that such systems can produce better health and societal outcomes at a better cost.
Take a holistic view of human flourishing, addressing the social, behavioral, environmental, and spiritual aspects of wellness, in addition to the biomedical
Invest in compassionate and high-quality care that emphasizes prevention in the community, reducing the need for costly drugs and procedures
Prioritize health over healthcare. Buying more healthcare doesn’t produce better health; research shows that only ~10% of of outcomes can be attributed to medical interventions.
Value-based care puts forth best practices in how we measure, deliver, and pay for care.
While value-based care has been embraced by the public and private sectors globally (World Health Organization, G20, World Economic Forum), low and middle-income countries(LMICs) have been left out of the dialogue.
We seek to change that. We believe that value-based care can help LMICs bolster the quality of healthcare systems, by making care more patient-centered and thereby improving demand, and by systematically steering more resources to address social, environmental, and behavioral determinants of health. Value-based care models can also optimize costs by rewarding providers for being stewards of resources.
What a health system chooses to measure is its North Star. It guides how it learns, improves, and innovates. It is the basis for how success is defined and how resources flow.
If the goal is to maximize value, measuring value is imperative.
Value = outcomes that matter most to patients/costs to achieve those outcomes
The numerator in the value equation is human-centered outcomes. For a mother and her newborn, this is not only a delivery at term without complications. It’s also a fulfilling birth experience and success with feeding.
The denominator is the costs required to achieve those outcomes. For the same mom and newborn, these are the combined costs of antenatal services, delivery, and post-natal care. This comprehensive view reveals to us when investments in healthy pregnancies are offset by the lower likelihood of complications.
Value-based delivery is built around human-centered care pathways. For each pathway, providers routinely review value-based data and use those insights to continuously improve care.
This focus leads systems to emphasize preventive care in community and primary care settings when possible, providing access to hospital-based treatment when necessary.
Proactively reaching out to patients who are at high risk
Supporting people in lifestyle changes, drawing on behavioral science and the wisdom of frontline providers
Investing in innovative at-home technology that “pays for itself” by improving outcomes and reducing the long-term costs of uncontrolled diabetes
The flow of resources in a system can act as the invisible hand that shapes how and where care is delivered, how the health sector recruits talent, and which facilities and infrastructure attract investment.
Given these far-reaching implications, it is important that payment design reflects a health system’s priorities.
This means aligning budgets and payment schemes with the highest-value interventions.
For cancer care, this may mean dissociating a doctor’s income from the decision to prescribe diagnostics, drugs, and procedures. In addition, it can mean rewarding providers for delivering high-quality, compassionate care.
Window of opportunity: Historically, health systems in low- and middle-income countries have taken a volume-based approach to health rather than a value-based one. The public sector has focused on coverage rates or access, and the private sector profits when it drives quantity of expensive, hospital-based care. Adhering to this path will create long-lasting structural flaws that increase costs without delivering desired results, similar to what we see in many developed economies. We at Leapfrog to Value believe that LMICs have a window of opportunity to leapfrog to a value-based approach.
Care after Covid The global pandemic has generated tailwinds for bold change in the health sector. It has elevated health system strengthening as a priority, accelerated the uptake of innovation, and underscored a need to restore trust in our health systems. Leapfrog to Value and its partners are harnessing these tailwinds.
We partner with global and local institutions to unlock the value of human-centered health systems for patients, providers, and payers in India, South Africa, Ghana, Kenya and beyond.
Through rigorous experimentation, we test our core hypothesis that human-centered health systems produce better outcomes at a better cost.
We do this with partners who are prepared to scale what works.
We develop trainings, tools, and case studies that enable other health system leaders to integrate value-based care best practices with their work.
We make the case for health system transformation to leaders in the public and private sectors.
Our platform facilitates collaboration between provides, payers, and donors, We support these partners in the design of human-centered health innovations. Through rigorous experimentation, we test our core hypothesis that human-centered health systems produce better outcomes at a better cost
Patient advocacy groups shaping human-centered health care.
Public and private.Selected for innovation and commitment to human-centered care.
Governments, public & private health insurance schemes.
Committed to scalling human-centered models alongside major payers.
Our work requires an entrepreneurial team that is professionally multilingual—conversant in public health, medicine, design, economics, management, and technology.
Chintan believes that health systems should promote not only physical wellbeing, but also human flourishing. In addition to leading Leapfrog to Value, he is a Director at the Global Development Incubator where he has built a portfolio of initiatives focused on improving the value of health systems. Prior to founding Leapfrog to Value, he was a consultant in McKinsey & Co’s health systems practice, where he led value-based care reforms for payers, providers, and state governments in the United States; and advised on public sector delivery transformations in Africa. He also co-wrote a report for WHO/PAHO on financing primary care in Latin America. Chintan is a graduate of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and majored in political science at Duke University. He was a Public Policy and International Affairs Fellow at Princeton University and a Fulbright Scholar to Jamaica. When he isn’t geeking out on health systems, he plays Capoeira Angola.
Balkrishna believes that compassionate design, delivery and culture can go a long way in creating healthier and sustainable communities. Before L2V, he worked at Roche Pharma India, where he led their value-based healthcare effort and designed access solutions for cancer and rare diseases. Prior to that he was a consultant for life-sciences industry and developed pricing, market access and country entry strategies for many global pharma, medical devices, and hospital organizations. Being a physician and an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad, he is passionate about looking at public health issues through a management lens. When not at work he enjoys helping his clients resolve their issues using hypnosis.
Joanne is a firm believer that every person should have an equal opportunity to build a better future for themselves and their families. This passion motivates Joanne’s work as Senior Manager at GDI, where she helps design, build, and launch social impact startups to change traditional practices of global development. In the digital health space, Joanne helped set up the Global Digital Health Index, working extensively with stakeholders at the global and national levels. She is also the co-author of the “State of Digital Health 2019.”
Whitney works at the intersection of innovation and global health. As a senior advisor to the Global Development Incubator’s health portfolio, Whitney is collaborating with donors and investors to unleash private capital to achieve the health SDGs. With 17 years’ experience in the development sector, Whitney was the founding Director of CARE’s Scale X Design Accelerator, a first-of-its-kind NGO program supporting promising pilots to achieve scale. She supported the launch of CARE’s first Innovation Department, including CARE’s external consulting practice, impact investment fund, and domestic innovation hub. She has a degree in Nutrition Science from the University of Georgia and a Master’s in Public Health from Emory University.
Andrew is the Founder and CEO of the Global Development Incubator. He shapes new opportunities for GDI to drive the global development sector forward and provides strategic guidance to select incubated initiatives. Andrew has played many roles within GDI initiatives, including Interim CEO of Convergence and of Emerging Public Leaders, and currently serves on the Boards of Aceli Africa, citiesRISE, the Institute for Transformative Technologies, and the Refugee Investment Network. Prior to founding GDI, Andrew was a Global Operating Partner at Dalberg Global Advisors. During that time, he helped design and launch ANDE and served as the founding chairman of mothers2mothers. Andrew holds a joint MBA/MPP from Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School and a BA in Economics from Princeton University. When he isn’t urging nonprofits toward their “endgames,” Andrew can be found pruning cedar groves in his backyard.
Elizabeth enjoys seeing creative ideas and organizations come to life. She is the Director of Finance for both Global Development Incubator and Leapfrog to Value. In addition to leading finance and general operations across GDI, she also supports GDI’s 20+ initiatives, in building the systems and policies required to scale. Before joining GDI, she served as Senior Director of Finance and Accounting at NASTAD and as Vice President of Finance and Administration at Education for Employment.
Leapfrog to Value is a field-building organization dedicated to promoting value-based care in low- and middle-income countries such as India, Kenya, South Africa, and Ghana. Our mission revolves around three core activities:
Design and Implementation Support: We collaborate with major payers and providers to design and implement value-based care programs. Our goal is to transform healthcare systems by aligning resources and incentives to improve the quality of care and respond to patient priorities.
Knowledge Building and Dissemination: We develop and share knowledge products that facilitate the growth of the value-based care movement. By providing insights, tools, and best practices, we empower healthcare stakeholders to adopt and advance value-based care approaches.
Coalition Facilitation: We facilitate coalitions at both local and global levels to unite stakeholders around the common goal of value-based care. These coalitions foster collaboration, share experiences, and drive collective action to enhance healthcare delivery.
Leapfrog to Value is housed at the Global Development Incubator (GDI), an organization with a decade-long track record of launching transformative systems-change initiatives.
Our other members include:
Percept is a South African trans-disciplinary consultancy driven by heart and curiosity, forging enduring relationships with clients who are also working towards a healthier, more financially resilient world. Founded by Shivani Ranchod and Dave Strugnell, both of whom are actuaries with an academic background. The leap from academia to Percept is surprisingly small: deep curiosity, an endless supply of problems worth solving and questions worth answering, an appreciation of intellectual rigor, and the desire to create a learning environment in which people can thrive. Percept’s team boasts of skills across healthcare policy, public sector budgeting and financial governance, analytical leadership, value-based care and measurement of quality of healthcare, and robust quantitative modeling.
Shivani is an experienced healthcare actuary, having worked across health systems with funders, providers, policymakers, regulators and international agencies. She has co-founded four firms: Percept (a trans-disciplinary advisory firm), Alignd (a provider of value-based financing solutions for complex patients), Swansong (a provider of digitally-facilitated advance care planning) and Yugma (a strategic investor into solutions for a healthier and more financially resilient world). She is also a long-term advisor to the Government Technical Advisory Centre (GTAC). She was previously the Head of Actuarial Science at UCT. She brings academic rigor, a deep commitment to the health system and patients and personal courage to everything that she does. She sees her work life as an extension of her meditation and yoga practice: an imperfect (but always evolving) attempt to bring careful attention to bear on socially-meaningful problems.
Dave Strugnell is a co-founder of Percept and has a working and academic background that draws from a variety of sources – actuarial science, data science, philosophy, economics, finance, and behavioral science. He has a position as an Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Actuarial Science at the University of Cape Town, where he previously headed up the Actuarial Science department. He was also the co-founder of the Explore Data Science Academy, which has created learning opportunities for thousands of young data scientists and a pipeline of well-trained talent for employers.
Ndileka is a Lead at Percept Actuaries and Consultants, and a principal at Leapfrog to Value. She leverages her extensive experience in both public and private healthcare sectors to champion innovative solutions that improve healthcare access, affordability, and quality. Her focus is on enhancing patient and provider experiences through technology, care delivery, and funding models that deliver better health outcomes. Ndileka's professional journey is marked by diverse roles, including running a GP private practice and a corporate wellness practice, conducting clinical research, consulting for a leading life insurance business, and managing stakeholder relations for a health management company. She has also implemented and supported a midwife-led obstetric program for the uninsured market and driven group strategy for a leading hospital group to deliver value-based care across the care continuum. Her entrepreneurial spirit led her to start a retail venture in 2012, which now successfully trades online.
Ursula has a multi-coloured approach to life – with a deep love of people and all things creative, she may be that rare creature, a marketing actuary. She is passionate about making a difference in South Africa, about finding the balance between celebrating individuality and acknowledging community and using understanding /data /heart/ analysis/ collaboration/ perception to build financial solutions that truly work for everyone. She is usually energetically involved in discussion with clients, team mates, friends, and her son Henry (whose talent is negotiation). Ursula’s professional history is in risk protection, investments and reinsurance – in all three fields she has worked in both a marketing as well as a more technical capacity.
Dr Nicole Daniels is a medical sociologist specialising in childbirth, sexual and reproductive justice, and health inequalities. Dr Daniels’ research and teaching has examined the relationship between gender, care, and intergenerational inequality with a special focus on qualitative research methodologies. Her interests stem from lived experience and she is an engaged scholar working as a doula, Time to Think coach, with experience working alongside academics, civil society and health practitioners to address obstetric violence. She co-leads Percept’s Global South collaborative re-imagining pathways to quality and compassionate value-based maternity care.
Antonia Roth holds an understanding of public health systems that is rooted in her quantitative background from her Actuarial Science degree. Additionally, she is currently completing her master’s degree in Public Health at the University of Cape Town. She thrives on working with people to organise different ideas into a coherent image. She is passionate about the combination of analytical data-driven thinking and human-centred stories to turn an understanding of health systems into improved experiences for those these systems serve.
Tahmeed Omar is an integrated marketing communicator with a background in business strategy and advertising. She has been the project lead and client liaison for several campaigns, overseas and in South Africa, including for the government’s health department. Tahmeed thrives on working on a variety of tasks and projects and has been involved in various aspects in her field ranging from concept development, copy and design content for digital and print, to dissemination. She has a love for when the words and visuals come together to form an impactful narrative.
Shehnaz Munshi’s career spans various leadership roles, including senior occupational therapist in South Africa and the UK, lecturer at the School of Public Health, Wits University, adjunct lecturer at Limerick University, and co-program director of Tekano, a leadership fellowship with a vision for health equity in South Africa. She is a senior Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity in South Africa and was named Emerging Voice for Global Health in 2018. She co-founded Africa Health Futures, a collective who are re-imagining health systems drawing on transformative, feminist approaches to achieve health equity and social justice. The collective has curated several global conversations, lectures, conducts research and facilitates workshops that embodies transformative decolonial praxis. She holds a master’s degree in Public Health with a focus on health systems and policy research, serves on the steering committee of the People’s Health Movement, advocating for affordable, accessible, equitable health for all.
Access Health is a leading think tank, advisory group and implementation partner. They work closely with the government, donor organizations, and national and international researchers to address issues at the systems level and improve and strengthen the overall healthcare system in India. Access Health work is organized around five core elements within a health system: Health Systems Governance, Health Finance, Healthcare Provision, Digital Health, and Community Health.
Leapfrog to value and Access health will work together to design and implement innovative pilots that test the core hypothesis: “Human-centered health systems deliver better outcomes at a better cost.” It is expected that these pilots will provide useful lessons to public and private insurance schemes as India advances toward Universal Health Coverage. Together, we will build capabilities within the health ecosystem, enabling providers, payers, and policymakers to apply contextual value-based care to their own work. Finally, the Partnership will make the case for embracing value-based care to public and private sector leaders in India.
Dr.Reddy began his career as a Cardiologist, after completion of his MD (Int.Med) from PGIMER, Chandigarh and DM (Cardiology) from GB Pant Hospital, Delhi University. He has co-founded many enterprises with a mission to evolve models of high-quality healthcare that is affordable and accessible. Dr. Reddy co-founded ‘Care Hospitals’ in 1997, a chain of tertiary care hospitals located in 6 states across India. He also founded ‘Relisys Medical Devices’ in 1998 in order to create indigenous technology platforms for affordable medical devices. He is also involved in developing models of primary care and integrated care. Dr. Reddy joined ACCESS Health International as its India Country Director in 2018 to lead its Health Systems Strengthening efforts. He joined ACCESS Health International as its India Country Director in 2018 to lead its Health Systems Strengthening efforts. She was previously the Head of Actuarial Science at UCT. She brings academic rigor, a deep commitment to the health system and patients and personal courage to everything that she does. She sees her work life as an extension of her meditation and yoga practice: an imperfect (but always evolving) attempt to bring careful attention to bear on socially-meaningful problems.
Girish has 22 years of experience in public and private health sectors, including multiple senior leadership positions in India, the Middle East, and Nigeria. Girish is motivated to design and develop scalable solutions to strengthen health systems. He heads the Health Systems Operations and Strategic growth for South Asia, Middle East & Africa in ACCESS Health. At Access, he provides strategic oversight to projects spanning primary and integrated health, noncommunicable diseases and mental health, health financing, digital and financial technologies, and quality management systems. Girish completed his masters in Hospital Administration from the Tata Institute of Social Science, Mumbai. In his free time, he enjoys playing chess and cricket. Ursula’s professional history is in risk protection, investments and reinsurance – in all three fields she has worked in both a marketing as well as a more technical capacity.
Maulik drives AHI's health systems work in India and provides technical and programmatic leadership for their policy work. He is also responsible for strengthening AHI's internal technical capacities (research, capacity building, technical support works, policy advocacy etc.) across India. Maulik has more than two decades' worth of health experience, working with most of the development partners and federal and state governments in India. His experience includes work on noncommunicable diseases like diabetes and communicable diseases like tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS. Globally, he has worked on health systems in the Mekong region, sub Saharan Africa, and the Middle East. Mr. Chokshi holds a Master’s degree in Health Policy Planning and Financing from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a diploma from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He also holds a Master’s degree in Biochemistry from Maharaja Sayaji Rao University. In his leisure time he enjoys listening to music, reading, and playing outdoor sports.
Dr. Anju Aggarwal is technical lead - Health Insurance and Innovations at ACCESS Health. Her 15 plus years of experience include managing long term strategic initiatives and multiple projects in health insurance and financing. She envisions affordable and accessible health care for all. Dr. Aggarwal had been part of the national task force at ACCESS Health International and led engagement for several states to design and implement technical assistance for the rollout of PMJAY. Prior to joining ACCESS Health, she was engaged with NITI Aayog in their health system strengthening efforts. She has done her Bachelor's in Homeopathy and Post Graduate Diploma in Global Health Management & Policy. She loves traveling and indulging in the arts
Kavita specializes in healthcare processes and operations in both public and private sectors. She believes, design thinking and human-centered approach is the key to affordable and quality healthcare. At ACCESS Health International she has contributed to projects on health transformation and capacity planning in the Middle East, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Kavita has undertaken research in integrated healthcare inTelanganaand built facility performance management tools. She has a degree in Zoology and in Biotechnology & Bioinformatics and an MBA in Healthcare Management & Operations. She is certified in Baldrige Excellence Framework for healthcare and lean six sigma. She spends her time gardening, meditating and observing nature when not working.
Kaleem specializes in healthcare operations, Quality Assessment, QIP Programs. He is currently championing such efforts in the 2000 bedded Osmania General Hospitals. Here he leads the quality training for nurses and support staff across multiple district hospitals in Telangana. Before ACCESS Health, Kaleem worked with CARE Hospitals, Continental Hospitals, Global Hospitals, and DaVita Dialysis Chain Kaleem graduated in Clinical laboratory and pursued his masters in Hospital Administration. He is Certified in Baldrige Excellence Framework for healthcare, lean six sigma and Health system strengthening. His mission is to serve the vulnerable communities and to build access for affordable and quality healthcare. He spends his free time with his family and friends and enjoys staying up to date on current events in healthcare.
Himani is Director Programs at ACCESS Health with 22 years of experience working with several state governments, leading policymaking institutions, international foundations, donors, and the private sector. She leads the health systems technical advisory and capacity building work at ACCESS Health. She heads a multi state program that builds institutional capacities for implementation of government sponsored health insurance programs. Himani has had extensive experience designing, implementing, and scaling public - private partnerships for primary healthcare delivery in the states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, and Assam. She has a keen interest in human centered design principles for health programs. Himani graduated in Psychology from the University of Delhi and pursued her post graduate degree in Social Work from Delhi School of Social Work. She enjoys yoga, loves cooking for her family and traveling.
PharmAccess believes in doing healthcare better. With a focus on sub-Saharan Africa, they are an international organization that works on improving healthcare markets so that they can deliver for everyone.
With headquarters in Amsterdam and most of its staff based in four country offices across Africa, the PharmAccess Group is an organization with a history of reimagining what is possible. They challenge the notion that exclusion from healthcare is an inevitable consequence of living in poorer countries and identify the opportunities and partners - both private and public, needed to bring about transformation.
Through public-private partnerships, PharmAccess focuses on promoting basic health insurance plans and other innovative demand-side financing options to protect people from financial hardship; introducing quality standards and improvement methodologies for health care providers to increase transparency and stimulate efficiencies; facilitating and stimulating loans, business support, and investments for private health care providers; and innovating value-based health care solutions and financing, using data to empower health care consumers, patients, doctors and financiers alike.
Nicole heads the PharmAccess Foundation, Medical Credit Fund, Health Insurance Fund, and SafeCare. Nicole joined PharmAccess in 2009. She launched SafeCare, PharmAccess’ stepwise certification approach to standardize and improve the quality of healthcare facilities. In 2016, she moved to Kenya where she led the digital innovation agenda of PharmAccess as Director of Quality and Director East Africa. Together with partner organization CarePay, Spieker stood at the forefront of the roll-out of the mobile health exchange platform M-TIBA, which to date has connected over 4.5 million people to healthcare providers. Nicole holds a PhD in Molecular Genetics.
Within PharmAccess Kwasi Boahene holds two positions: Director for West Africa, managing programs and activities in West Africa; and Director of Advocacy, championing agendas and partnerships for digitalization of health financing and delivery for UHC. Prior to joining PharmAccess in 2011, Kwasi occupied positions in development agencies, private sector and academia working on access to markets and trade, development financing, innovations adoption, research and statistics. He has worked in over 30 countries across Latin America, Asia and Africa. He studied in Ghana and Oxford and holds a doctorate in development economics from Utrecht University.
Kwasi is currently leading innovative care models at PharmAccess, focusing on health financing, value-based care, and digital innovation. Previously, he was the Country Lead for Health Systems Integration at Zipline, where he managed stakeholder relationships and strategic health integration efforts in Ghana. He also spearheaded business development and client success management. At GSK, Kwasi developed strategic business and brand plans, implemented promotional strategies, and managed marketing campaigns. His extensive experience in healthcare innovation, strategic planning, and stakeholder engagement has been instrumental in advancing healthcare systems in Ghana.
Doreen is a self-driven and results-oriented healthcare professional with over a decade of experience. Currently, she leads the Value-Based Care project at PharmAccess, focusing on digital and data-driven healthcare innovations. Previously, as a Pharmacy Benefit Manager at GAB Health Insurance, she improved health outcomes through medication therapy management and policy development. At The Trust Hospital, Doreen served as a Senior Pharmacist, enhancing overall health outcomes and training pharmacy interns. Her career is marked by a commitment to improving pharmaceutical services, professional growth, and contributing to organizational goals through continuous learning and innovation.
Marjin is an innovation-driven professional with a strong background in entrepreneurship and finance. As the Innovation Lead for Non-Communicable Diseases at PharmAccess, he focuses on leveraging technology and innovative financing to enhance healthcare access in sub-Saharan Africa. He is also the Founder of Social Venture CFO, providing strategic financial support to startups and scaleups. Marjin has extensive experience in impact investment and social entrepreneurship, working as a freelance consultant with Berg Impact and managing the Orange Corners Innovation Fund Mozambique. His career highlights include raising capital, developing growth strategies, and managing social ventures to drive sustainable growth and impact.
Angela is a healthcare systems professional leveraging digital technology and leading healthcare approaches to build sustainable systems. With an MSc in Health Systems Management, she has broad experience in healthcare innovation, systems strengthening, and research. As Director of Health Innovations at PharmAccess Foundation, Angela oversees projects in healthcare financing, maternal and child health, and disease management. Her expertise includes program and project delivery, strategic partnerships, advocacy, and budget management, focusing on creating positive impact and improving health outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Nkirote is a Program Manager at PharmAccess, driving the conceptualization and integration of patient-centered digital health frameworks. She also works as a Digital Health Strategist at Ethnik Group Consultancy Limited, where she specializes in leveraging technology to enhance healthcare delivery. With a robust background in managing medical operations at TIBU Health and CheckUps, Nkirote excels in optimizing services, implementing new technologies, and improving patient outcomes. Passionate about value-based care and innovation, she is dedicated to achieving health equity through the strategic use of digital technology.
Julie Flesicher is the Manager of Value-Based Care at PharmAccess Foundation, where she has been advancing healthcare quality and efficiency since July 2022. Previously, she was a Product Owner at MRDM and co-founded CASE.health, focusing on improving medical equipment for low-resource regions. At Delft University of Technology, she designed affordable medical devices and organized the first symposium on Innovation for Global Health. Julie also co-founded Opt Medical, developing innovative contraception for low-resource areas. Her extensive experience in global health underscores her commitment to enhancing healthcare access and quality worldwide.
The Max Institute of Healthcare Management (MIHM) at the Indian School of Business is a leading interdisciplinary research center specializing in healthcare delivery and management. It provides critical insights to policymakers, public institutions, and corporations, shaping better health systems through innovative research, education, and outreach.
MIHM’s core activities include pioneering research and thought leadership to design effective healthcare policies and programs, and delivering education that prepares students to be exceptional contributors to the healthcare industry. The institute also develops pedagogical tools to integrate industry innovations into classrooms and engages in extensive outreach activities. These outreach efforts involve collaborating with stakeholders such as government entities, corporations, foundations, students, and alumni through speaker series, conferences, and roundtables.
By bridging academia with real-world applications, MIHM influences policy and industry practices, cultivating future healthcare leaders with a focus on evidence-based practices and leadership development. Through its commitment to outreach, MIHM promotes community health awareness and advocates for sustainable healthcare solutions globally.
Sarang’s primary area of research is health care delivery systems with specific focus on investigating the impact of operations decisions on population level health outcomes. Some of the healthcare contexts that he has studied include the influenza vaccine supply chain and the phenomenon of ambulance diversion in the US, HIV early infant diagnosis networks in sub-Saharan Africa, and formal and informal pathways for TB diagnosis in India. Dr. Sarang regularly collaborates with international public health funding and implementation agencies such as the Gates Foundation, Clinton Health Access Initiative, and PATH for his research. Prior to joining the ISB, he was Assistant Professor at the Kellogg School of Management. He obtained a PhD from UCLA Anderson School of Management, MBA from IIM Ahmedabad, and B. Tech. from IIT Bombay.
Subhiksha is an economics graduate with a keen interest in politics, health, education, and urban development. Currently a Research Analyst at Max Institute of Healthcare Management, Indian School of Business, she specializes in Tuberculosis and Maternal healthcare projects. With expertise in quantitative and qualitative research, data analysis, and project management, Subhiksha excels in applying behavioral economics and public policy frameworks. Proficient in Python, SQL, and Tableau, she leverages statistical modeling and data visualization to drive evidence-based impact. Organized, reliable, and goal-oriented, she is committed to advancing development and health equity through rigorous research and strategic insights.
The International Consortium of Health Outcome Measurement (ICHOM) is a pioneering force in advancing value-based healthcare globally. Founded by Prof. Michael Porter, BCG, and the Karolinska Institute, ICHOM defines and promotes global Standard Sets of patient-centered health outcomes, currently encompassing 39 sets. These sets are pivotal in guiding healthcare providers and systems toward delivering outcomes that matter most to patients.
ICHOM's mission extends beyond definition; it actively drives the adoption and standardized reporting of these measures worldwide. By leveraging the value-based care framework, ICHOM seeks to optimize healthcare delivery, enhance patient care experiences, and improve overall health system performance on a global scale.
Leapfrog to Value brings together patients, providers, and payers to design value-based care models, support experimentation, and develop strategies for scale.
We collaborate with providers, payers, patients, and donors. We support our partners in the design of human-centered health innovations. Through rigorous experimentation, we test our core hypothesis that human-centered health systems produce better outcomes at a better cost
Our approach is tailored to fit our partners’ needs. We facilitate the design process through collaborative workshops and iterative blueprinting.
1.Identify “tip-of-the-spear” opportunities for experimentation. This may be a patient segment and/or geographic area. If we focus on a disease vertical, we do this diagonally: building toward an integrated model.
2. Understand value drivers. Through data analysis, secondary research, and expert consultation, we discover what drives value and identify opportunities to improve.
3. Develop a value-based care model
Measure: Define metrics that are feasible to track and actionable.
Deliver: Design the patient journey employing human-centered design methods.
Pay: Define payment and financing models that are linked to value metrics, integrating financial and non-financial incentives for frontline providers.
4. Develop plan for evidence generation, ensuring evidence can inform policy and/or business decisions. This includes setting performance baseline and targets.
5. Develop an implementation plan, including people, processes, technologies, and budget.
6. Define the partnership structure between patients, providers, and payers.
7. Mobilize funding for experimentation from philanthropic, private, and/or public sectors.
We recognize that great design is nothing without excellent follow-through. After the design phase, Leapfrog to Value tailors strategic, technical, and implementation support \ to complement the needs of our partners. We provide these services through our core team and affiliates. Read more about our team and affiliates
At, Leapfrog to Value we work with payers and providers in both public and private sectors. These organizations are looking to test and scale value-based care models in their operating context.
Please reach out to us if you are, for example:
An innovative healthcare provider that wants to demonstrate the value of your model to public and/or private payers who can scale your work
A government health insurance scheme that wants to introduce value-based purchasing models that align provider payments with quality and outcomes.
A health insurance company that wants to develop affordable products that promote health and wellness.
A state or national health ministry that wants to create visibility and accountability for value generated for patients.
A donor that wants to scale innovative delivery models through public and private payers, or that wants to integrate value-based care into outcomes-based financing programs.
Flagship Reports: In our flagship reports we offer in-depth insights into value-based care solutions and evidence-based strategies for transforming healthcare systems and enhancing patient outcomes
Policy Briefs: Our series of three policy briefs offers a holistic guide to Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs), including fundamentals, implementation strategies, and examples of PROMs and Patient-Reported Experience Measures (PREMs)
Maternal Health: Our maternal health reports provide an in-depth analysis and cutting-edge strategies in value-based care, aimed at enhancing maternal and neonatal health outcomes through evidence gathered from various global contexts
HIV: Discover our HIV reports for insights and forward-thinking approaches in value-based care, focused on advancing HIV management and patient outcomes through global evidence and best practices
Thought Leadership: Explore our media and op-ed content for expert perspectives and in-depth discussions on value-based care and health systems transformation, featuring thought leadership, case studies, and key issues in healthcare
