Sachin H. Jain, MD

President & Chief Executive Officer
SCAN Group and SCAN Health Plan

2022 Champion For Health Award

Biography

Sachin (pronounced SUCH-in) H. Jain, MD, MBA is President and CEO of SCAN Group and Health Plan, where he is charged with leading the organization’s growth, diversification, and emerging efforts to reduce healthcare disparities. SCAN’s revenues top $3.4B and the organization serves 220,000 patients. Under Dr. Jain’s leadership SCAN has maintained its 4.5 STAR rating for the 5th year in a row; offered new products (ISNP) and expanded operations into Arizona and Nevada; launched new subsidiaries focused on home-based primary care, homeless healthcare, and PACE.

Sachin was previously Chief Medical Information & Innovation Officer at Merck & Co. He also served as an attending physician at the Boston VA-Boston Medical Center and a member of faculties at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Business School. From 2009-2011, Sachin worked in the Obama Administration, where he was senior advisor to Donald Berwick when he led the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Sachin was the first deputy director for policy and programs at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI).

He has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles in journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Health Affairs, and was an editor of the book, “The Soul of a Doctor” (Algonquin Press). Sachin is adjunct professor of medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine and a contributor at Forbes. In addition, he serves on the Board of Directors at Make-A-Wish America.

Sachin graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College with a BA in government and continued on to earn his MD from Harvard Medical School and MBA from Harvard Business School. He trained in medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

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