Sadhna Paralkar
Senior Vice President and National Medical Director
Sadhna is a Senior Vice President and National Medical Director in Segal’s Chicago office with over 20 years of experience. She leads Segal’s Medical Management consulting and has specialized expertise in on-site clinics, wellness programs, medical management program design, healthcare informatics and network management strategies to optimize health improvement while containing costs, and evaluation and implementation of disease management and wellness programs.
Sadhna’s extensive experience in healthcare operations, informatics and consulting includes positions at UnitedHealth Group (UHG) and Ingenix (now Optum Insight), where she provided data centric clinical expertise to clients in the payer, public sector and employer markets. She was responsible for the Care Management ROI model as the Director of Product Development for the Care Management suite of products at Optum.
Prior to joining UHG, Sadhna worked at a Fortune 500 company, Navistar, in various capacities for six years. The last position Sadhna held at Navistar was Associate Medical Director, where she was responsible for occupational health and disability, on-site clinics, on-site wellness programs, health benefits plan design and healthcare purchasing.
A native of Mumbai (Bombay), India, Sadhna completed her medical internship at L.T.M. General Hospital of University of Bombay, India after she received her baccalaureate degree in Medicine and Surgery from the same institution.
As a licensed family practitioner, some of Sadhna’s public health achievements include implementation and evaluation of immunization programs in rural India. She received an MS in Public Health from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign focusing on Health Data Analysis and Epidemiology. The National Institutes of Health funded part of her analytic research on health communications in mass media. Sadhna also received an MBA with a focus on Health Industry Management and Marketing from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.
Sadhna is a member of the American Public Health Association, American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, The Institute of Medicine of Chicago, American Association of Physicians from India and Women Business Leaders of the U.S. Health Care Industry Foundation.
Sadhna has published several articles on health and productivity in peer-reviewed journals and is a frequent speaker at national conferences concerning healthcare. Past speaking engagements include the Made in America Conference, the Society of Actuaries conference and the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) conference.
Examples of Sadhna’s publications and presentations include:
- “Using Data Analytics to Understand High-Cost Participants,” June 2023
- “Understanding Today’s High-Cost Participants Through Data Analytics,” Benefits Quarterly Vol. 39, Second Quarter 2023
- “The Current and Future State of Digital Health,” May 2022
- “Reducing Vendor Fatigue and Vetting with Whole-Person Care,” Teladoc Forum, July 2021
- “(Re)Making the Case for Wellness During the COVID-19 Pandemic,” May 2020
- “Setting Up for Success: Wellness Strategies for Multiemployer Plans,” Benefits Magazine, December 2017
- “Using Data to Make Decisions for Your Fund,” International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP) Health Care Management Conference, May 2017
- “Blueprints & Cost for Onsite Clinics: Everything You Need to Know to Initiate and Successfully Run an Onsite Clinic,” Made In America 14th Annual Taft-Hartley Benefits Summit, January 2017
- “Where Chronic Pain Management Meets Mental Health,” IFEBP Annual Conference, November 2016
- “Are You Paying a Huge Price for the Opioid Drug Abuse Epidemic,” Benefits Magazine, August 2016
- “ACOs/ACA Payment Reform/Shared Savings Arrangements,” Conference of Consulting Actuaries, May 2015
- “Looking at the Future of Healthcare, Tele-Health, etc. What's the Impact on Your Fund?” Las Vegas, NV, Made in America: The 2015 Taft-Hartley Benefits Summit, January 2015
- “What Obesity’s Designation as a Disease Means for Plan Sponsors,” IPMA HR News, January 2015
- “The ROI of Your Wellness Program Depends on Design and Implementation,” with Steven F. Cyboran, Perspectives, July 2013
- “How Healthy is Your Wellness Program? Measure Its Success,” Segal Newsletter, August 2012
- “Genetic Testing: An Ever-Evolving Health Field Raises Complex Coverage Issues,” with Joanne Hustead, Benefits Law Journal, Spring 2011
- “While We’re Waiting for Health Care Reform…Things We Can Do Now to Control Rising Costs,” Employersweb, June 11, 2009
Contact Sadhna
Leadership
Sadhna Paralkar
Senior Vice President and National Medical Director
Sadhna is a Senior Vice President and National Medical Director in Segal’s Chicago office with over 20 years of experience. She leads Segal’s Medical Management consulting and has specialized expertise in on-site clinics, wellness programs, medical management program design, healthcare informatics and network management strategies to optimize health improvement while containing costs, and evaluation and implementation of disease management and wellness programs.
Sadhna’s extensive experience in healthcare operations, informatics and consulting includes positions at UnitedHealth Group (UHG) and Ingenix (now Optum Insight), where she provided data centric clinical expertise to clients in the payer, public sector and employer markets. She was responsible for the Care Management ROI model as the Director of Product Development for the Care Management suite of products at Optum.
Prior to joining UHG, Sadhna worked at a Fortune 500 company, Navistar, in various capacities for six years. The last position Sadhna held at Navistar was Associate Medical Director, where she was responsible for occupational health and disability, on-site clinics, on-site wellness programs, health benefits plan design and healthcare purchasing.
A native of Mumbai (Bombay), India, Sadhna completed her medical internship at L.T.M. General Hospital of University of Bombay, India after she received her baccalaureate degree in Medicine and Surgery from the same institution.
As a licensed family practitioner, some of Sadhna’s public health achievements include implementation and evaluation of immunization programs in rural India. She received an MS in Public Health from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign focusing on Health Data Analysis and Epidemiology. The National Institutes of Health funded part of her analytic research on health communications in mass media. Sadhna also received an MBA with a focus on Health Industry Management and Marketing from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.
Sadhna is a member of the American Public Health Association, American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, The Institute of Medicine of Chicago, American Association of Physicians from India and Women Business Leaders of the U.S. Health Care Industry Foundation.
Sadhna has published several articles on health and productivity in peer-reviewed journals and is a frequent speaker at national conferences concerning healthcare. Past speaking engagements include the Made in America Conference, the Society of Actuaries conference and the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) conference.
Examples of Sadhna’s publications and presentations include:
- “Using Data Analytics to Understand High-Cost Participants,” June 2023
- “Understanding Today’s High-Cost Participants Through Data Analytics,” Benefits Quarterly Vol. 39, Second Quarter 2023
- “The Current and Future State of Digital Health,” May 2022
- “Reducing Vendor Fatigue and Vetting with Whole-Person Care,” Teladoc Forum, July 2021
- “(Re)Making the Case for Wellness During the COVID-19 Pandemic,” May 2020
- “Setting Up for Success: Wellness Strategies for Multiemployer Plans,” Benefits Magazine, December 2017
- “Using Data to Make Decisions for Your Fund,” International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP) Health Care Management Conference, May 2017
- “Blueprints & Cost for Onsite Clinics: Everything You Need to Know to Initiate and Successfully Run an Onsite Clinic,” Made In America 14th Annual Taft-Hartley Benefits Summit, January 2017
- “Where Chronic Pain Management Meets Mental Health,” IFEBP Annual Conference, November 2016
- “Are You Paying a Huge Price for the Opioid Drug Abuse Epidemic,” Benefits Magazine, August 2016
- “ACOs/ACA Payment Reform/Shared Savings Arrangements,” Conference of Consulting Actuaries, May 2015
- “Looking at the Future of Healthcare, Tele-Health, etc. What's the Impact on Your Fund?” Las Vegas, NV, Made in America: The 2015 Taft-Hartley Benefits Summit, January 2015
- “What Obesity’s Designation as a Disease Means for Plan Sponsors,” IPMA HR News, January 2015
- “The ROI of Your Wellness Program Depends on Design and Implementation,” with Steven F. Cyboran, Perspectives, July 2013
- “How Healthy is Your Wellness Program? Measure Its Success,” Segal Newsletter, August 2012
- “Genetic Testing: An Ever-Evolving Health Field Raises Complex Coverage Issues,” with Joanne Hustead, Benefits Law Journal, Spring 2011
- “While We’re Waiting for Health Care Reform…Things We Can Do Now to Control Rising Costs,” Employersweb, June 11, 2009
Contact Sadhna
Leadership
Sadhna Paralkar
Senior Vice President and National Medical Director
Contact Sadhna
Sadhna is a Senior Vice President and National Medical Director in Segal’s Chicago office with over 20 years of experience. She leads Segal’s Medical Management consulting and has specialized expertise in on-site clinics, wellness programs, medical management program design, healthcare informatics and network management strategies to optimize health improvement while containing costs, and evaluation and implementation of disease management and wellness programs.
Sadhna’s extensive experience in healthcare operations, informatics and consulting includes positions at UnitedHealth Group (UHG) and Ingenix (now Optum Insight), where she provided data centric clinical expertise to clients in the payer, public sector and employer markets. She was responsible for the Care Management ROI model as the Director of Product Development for the Care Management suite of products at Optum.
Prior to joining UHG, Sadhna worked at a Fortune 500 company, Navistar, in various capacities for six years. The last position Sadhna held at Navistar was Associate Medical Director, where she was responsible for occupational health and disability, on-site clinics, on-site wellness programs, health benefits plan design and healthcare purchasing.
A native of Mumbai (Bombay), India, Sadhna completed her medical internship at L.T.M. General Hospital of University of Bombay, India after she received her baccalaureate degree in Medicine and Surgery from the same institution.
As a licensed family practitioner, some of Sadhna’s public health achievements include implementation and evaluation of immunization programs in rural India. She received an MS in Public Health from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign focusing on Health Data Analysis and Epidemiology. The National Institutes of Health funded part of her analytic research on health communications in mass media. Sadhna also received an MBA with a focus on Health Industry Management and Marketing from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.
Sadhna is a member of the American Public Health Association, American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, The Institute of Medicine of Chicago, American Association of Physicians from India and Women Business Leaders of the U.S. Health Care Industry Foundation.
Sadhna has published several articles on health and productivity in peer-reviewed journals and is a frequent speaker at national conferences concerning healthcare. Past speaking engagements include the Made in America Conference, the Society of Actuaries conference and the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) conference.
Examples of Sadhna’s publications and presentations include:
- “Using Data Analytics to Understand High-Cost Participants,” June 2023
- “Understanding Today’s High-Cost Participants Through Data Analytics,” Benefits Quarterly Vol. 39, Second Quarter 2023
- “The Current and Future State of Digital Health,” May 2022
- “Reducing Vendor Fatigue and Vetting with Whole-Person Care,” Teladoc Forum, July 2021
- “(Re)Making the Case for Wellness During the COVID-19 Pandemic,” May 2020
- “Setting Up for Success: Wellness Strategies for Multiemployer Plans,” Benefits Magazine, December 2017
- “Using Data to Make Decisions for Your Fund,” International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP) Health Care Management Conference, May 2017
- “Blueprints & Cost for Onsite Clinics: Everything You Need to Know to Initiate and Successfully Run an Onsite Clinic,” Made In America 14th Annual Taft-Hartley Benefits Summit, January 2017
- “Where Chronic Pain Management Meets Mental Health,” IFEBP Annual Conference, November 2016
- “Are You Paying a Huge Price for the Opioid Drug Abuse Epidemic,” Benefits Magazine, August 2016
- “ACOs/ACA Payment Reform/Shared Savings Arrangements,” Conference of Consulting Actuaries, May 2015
- “Looking at the Future of Healthcare, Tele-Health, etc. What's the Impact on Your Fund?” Las Vegas, NV, Made in America: The 2015 Taft-Hartley Benefits Summit, January 2015
- “What Obesity’s Designation as a Disease Means for Plan Sponsors,” IPMA HR News, January 2015
- “The ROI of Your Wellness Program Depends on Design and Implementation,” with Steven F. Cyboran, Perspectives, July 2013
- “How Healthy is Your Wellness Program? Measure Its Success,” Segal Newsletter, August 2012
- “Genetic Testing: An Ever-Evolving Health Field Raises Complex Coverage Issues,” with Joanne Hustead, Benefits Law Journal, Spring 2011
- “While We’re Waiting for Health Care Reform…Things We Can Do Now to Control Rising Costs,” Employersweb, June 11, 2009
Leadership
Sadhna Paralkar
Senior Vice President and National Medical Director
Contact Sadhna
Sadhna is a Senior Vice President and National Medical Director in Segal’s Chicago office with over 20 years of experience. She leads Segal’s Medical Management consulting and has specialized expertise in on-site clinics, wellness programs, medical management program design, healthcare informatics and network management strategies to optimize health improvement while containing costs, and evaluation and implementation of disease management and wellness programs.
Sadhna’s extensive experience in healthcare operations, informatics and consulting includes positions at UnitedHealth Group (UHG) and Ingenix (now Optum Insight), where she provided data centric clinical expertise to clients in the payer, public sector and employer markets. She was responsible for the Care Management ROI model as the Director of Product Development for the Care Management suite of products at Optum.
Prior to joining UHG, Sadhna worked at a Fortune 500 company, Navistar, in various capacities for six years. The last position Sadhna held at Navistar was Associate Medical Director, where she was responsible for occupational health and disability, on-site clinics, on-site wellness programs, health benefits plan design and healthcare purchasing.
A native of Mumbai (Bombay), India, Sadhna completed her medical internship at L.T.M. General Hospital of University of Bombay, India after she received her baccalaureate degree in Medicine and Surgery from the same institution.
As a licensed family practitioner, some of Sadhna’s public health achievements include implementation and evaluation of immunization programs in rural India. She received an MS in Public Health from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign focusing on Health Data Analysis and Epidemiology. The National Institutes of Health funded part of her analytic research on health communications in mass media. Sadhna also received an MBA with a focus on Health Industry Management and Marketing from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.
Sadhna is a member of the American Public Health Association, American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, The Institute of Medicine of Chicago, American Association of Physicians from India and Women Business Leaders of the U.S. Health Care Industry Foundation.
Sadhna has published several articles on health and productivity in peer-reviewed journals and is a frequent speaker at national conferences concerning healthcare. Past speaking engagements include the Made in America Conference, the Society of Actuaries conference and the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) conference.
Examples of Sadhna’s publications and presentations include:
- “Using Data Analytics to Understand High-Cost Participants,” June 2023
- “Understanding Today’s High-Cost Participants Through Data Analytics,” Benefits Quarterly Vol. 39, Second Quarter 2023
- “The Current and Future State of Digital Health,” May 2022
- “Reducing Vendor Fatigue and Vetting with Whole-Person Care,” Teladoc Forum, July 2021
- “(Re)Making the Case for Wellness During the COVID-19 Pandemic,” May 2020
- “Setting Up for Success: Wellness Strategies for Multiemployer Plans,” Benefits Magazine, December 2017
- “Using Data to Make Decisions for Your Fund,” International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP) Health Care Management Conference, May 2017
- “Blueprints & Cost for Onsite Clinics: Everything You Need to Know to Initiate and Successfully Run an Onsite Clinic,” Made In America 14th Annual Taft-Hartley Benefits Summit, January 2017
- “Where Chronic Pain Management Meets Mental Health,” IFEBP Annual Conference, November 2016
- “Are You Paying a Huge Price for the Opioid Drug Abuse Epidemic,” Benefits Magazine, August 2016
- “ACOs/ACA Payment Reform/Shared Savings Arrangements,” Conference of Consulting Actuaries, May 2015
- “Looking at the Future of Healthcare, Tele-Health, etc. What's the Impact on Your Fund?” Las Vegas, NV, Made in America: The 2015 Taft-Hartley Benefits Summit, January 2015
- “What Obesity’s Designation as a Disease Means for Plan Sponsors,” IPMA HR News, January 2015
- “The ROI of Your Wellness Program Depends on Design and Implementation,” with Steven F. Cyboran, Perspectives, July 2013
- “How Healthy is Your Wellness Program? Measure Its Success,” Segal Newsletter, August 2012
- “Genetic Testing: An Ever-Evolving Health Field Raises Complex Coverage Issues,” with Joanne Hustead, Benefits Law Journal, Spring 2011
- “While We’re Waiting for Health Care Reform…Things We Can Do Now to Control Rising Costs,” Employersweb, June 11, 2009
Leadership
Sadhna Paralkar
Senior Vice President and National Medical Director
Contact Sadhna
Sadhna is a Senior Vice President and National Medical Director in Segal’s Chicago office with over 20 years of experience. She leads Segal’s Medical Management consulting and has specialized expertise in on-site clinics, wellness programs, medical management program design, healthcare informatics and network management strategies to optimize health improvement while containing costs, and evaluation and implementation of disease management and wellness programs.
Sadhna’s extensive experience in healthcare operations, informatics and consulting includes positions at UnitedHealth Group (UHG) and Ingenix (now Optum Insight), where she provided data centric clinical expertise to clients in the payer, public sector and employer markets. She was responsible for the Care Management ROI model as the Director of Product Development for the Care Management suite of products at Optum.
Prior to joining UHG, Sadhna worked at a Fortune 500 company, Navistar, in various capacities for six years. The last position Sadhna held at Navistar was Associate Medical Director, where she was responsible for occupational health and disability, on-site clinics, on-site wellness programs, health benefits plan design and healthcare purchasing.
A native of Mumbai (Bombay), India, Sadhna completed her medical internship at L.T.M. General Hospital of University of Bombay, India after she received her baccalaureate degree in Medicine and Surgery from the same institution.
As a licensed family practitioner, some of Sadhna’s public health achievements include implementation and evaluation of immunization programs in rural India. She received an MS in Public Health from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign focusing on Health Data Analysis and Epidemiology. The National Institutes of Health funded part of her analytic research on health communications in mass media. Sadhna also received an MBA with a focus on Health Industry Management and Marketing from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.
Sadhna is a member of the American Public Health Association, American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, The Institute of Medicine of Chicago, American Association of Physicians from India and Women Business Leaders of the U.S. Health Care Industry Foundation.
Sadhna has published several articles on health and productivity in peer-reviewed journals and is a frequent speaker at national conferences concerning healthcare. Past speaking engagements include the Made in America Conference, the Society of Actuaries conference and the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) conference.
Examples of Sadhna’s publications and presentations include:
- “Using Data Analytics to Understand High-Cost Participants,” June 2023
- “Understanding Today’s High-Cost Participants Through Data Analytics,” Benefits Quarterly Vol. 39, Second Quarter 2023
- “The Current and Future State of Digital Health,” May 2022
- “Reducing Vendor Fatigue and Vetting with Whole-Person Care,” Teladoc Forum, July 2021
- “(Re)Making the Case for Wellness During the COVID-19 Pandemic,” May 2020
- “Setting Up for Success: Wellness Strategies for Multiemployer Plans,” Benefits Magazine, December 2017
- “Using Data to Make Decisions for Your Fund,” International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP) Health Care Management Conference, May 2017
- “Blueprints & Cost for Onsite Clinics: Everything You Need to Know to Initiate and Successfully Run an Onsite Clinic,” Made In America 14th Annual Taft-Hartley Benefits Summit, January 2017
- “Where Chronic Pain Management Meets Mental Health,” IFEBP Annual Conference, November 2016
- “Are You Paying a Huge Price for the Opioid Drug Abuse Epidemic,” Benefits Magazine, August 2016
- “ACOs/ACA Payment Reform/Shared Savings Arrangements,” Conference of Consulting Actuaries, May 2015
- “Looking at the Future of Healthcare, Tele-Health, etc. What's the Impact on Your Fund?” Las Vegas, NV, Made in America: The 2015 Taft-Hartley Benefits Summit, January 2015
- “What Obesity’s Designation as a Disease Means for Plan Sponsors,” IPMA HR News, January 2015
- “The ROI of Your Wellness Program Depends on Design and Implementation,” with Steven F. Cyboran, Perspectives, July 2013
- “How Healthy is Your Wellness Program? Measure Its Success,” Segal Newsletter, August 2012
- “Genetic Testing: An Ever-Evolving Health Field Raises Complex Coverage Issues,” with Joanne Hustead, Benefits Law Journal, Spring 2011
- “While We’re Waiting for Health Care Reform…Things We Can Do Now to Control Rising Costs,” Employersweb, June 11, 2009
