Health Insurance Innovation Director

**Jennifer Walsh** (fictional) is the VP of Innovation at a major US health insurance company (payer), managing a $100M innovation fund focused on digital health, value-based care enablement, and cost reduction technologies. She holds an MPH from Columbia and spent 10 years in actuarial and medical economics before moving to innovation.\n\nJennifer evaluates health technology from the payer perspective: does this reduce the total cost of care (medical loss ratio), improve quality measures (HEDIS, Star ratings), or increase member satisfaction? She is intensely focused on ROI and outcomes data.