Going from 0 to 1 in healthcare with Siva Namasivayam, CEO of Cohere Health
Published:
November 10, 2023

Cohere's co-founder and CEO, Siva Namasivayam sat down with Justin Vandehey of The Bridge for a wide-ranging discussion on healthcare.
In his third entrepreneurial healthcare venture, Siva has been passionate about building companies focused on improving the healthcare system.
In this discussion, Siva and Justin talk about the inefficiencies in healthcare, the role of artificial intelligence in prior authorization, raising capital for a healthcare venture, and growing up in house full of MDs.
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In his third entrepreneurial healthcare venture, Siva Namasivayam is passionate about building companies that are focused on improving the healthcare system. Prior to co-founding Cohere Health and serving as its CEO since 2019, Siva was a founding partner of SCIO Health Analytics which served over fifty Fortune 500 healthcare organizations. Siva has more than 20 years of experience in utilizing technology and data to improve healthcare processes. He holds a master’s in computer science from the University of Pittsburgh, as well as an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan.
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