Plum appoints Jayanth Ganapathy as Director, Healthcare

Bengaluru: Employee health insurance platform Plum on Thursday announced that it has appointed Jayanth Ganapathy as Director, Healthcare.

With the objective to enhance comprehensive healthcare benefits and expand Plum’s portfolio of healthcare partnerships, Jayanth will work towards creating a countrywide hyperlocal healthcare network which is easily accessible to Plum’s customers. He will be instrumental in expanding Plum’s partnership footprints within the healthcare ecosystem including clinics, pathology labs and e-pharmacies among others, said the company in a statement.

“From a macro perspective, healthcare and insurance have similar problems: those of affordability and access. Going forward, the onus lies on insurance partners to provide end-to-end care to our members - right from preventive to primary and tertiary care. We welcome Jayanth to Plum with the aim to develop and bring innovations that will be in-line with new-age healthcare requirements,” said Abhishek Poddar, Co-founder and CEO, Plum.

Jayanth has a strong understanding of driving healthcare operations having earlier led telemedicine and diagnostics business units for organizations such as Practo, Connect & Heal and Qikwell, the statement added.

Welcoming Jayanth onboard, Saurabh Arora, Co-founder, CTO and Head of Wellness at Plum said, “As an insurtech, we take our responsibility of being a health benefits partner seriously. We are working towards being the holistic healthcare partner of all our members and be the first port of call for any healthcare emergency. Jayanth will play a pivotal role in accelerating our mission of enhancing healthcare accessibility by providing healthcare facilities on a single digital platform.”

Jayanth Ganapathy, Director, Healthcare at Plum shares, “Today healthcare benefits for employees have moved beyond just health insurance or an annual health checkup. Corporates are demanding new-age solutions to build employee-centric and inclusive work-culture on the one hand and more inclusive healthcare packages on the other. I feel excited and proud to work with Plum as we are collectively determined to solve the healthcare accessibility challenge in the country, one step at a time.”