In this episode of Bright Spots in Healthcare, recorded live at the ViVE 2026 conference, Eric Glazer sits down with Dr. Reshma Gupta from UC Davis Health to explore how health systems can translate artificial intelligence and predictive analytics into real operational improvement.

As Chief of Population Health and Accountable Care, Reshma focuses on turning data and predictive insight into measurable outcomes across prevention, care management, and accountable care programs. Her work highlights a central challenge facing healthcare leaders today: many organizations have the models, but far fewer have built the workflows, governance, and operational alignment needed to turn those insights into action.

The conversation dives into:

• Why successful AI initiatives connect predictions directly to clinical workflows, incentives, and operational ownership

• How UC Davis Health expanded its high risk population health strategy into the Emergency Department

• Approaches to measuring the value of prevention including avoided admissions and downstream outcomes

• Where predictive analytics supports prevention and population health within accountable care models

• How UC Davis developed the BE FAIR framework to evaluate predictive models for bias and equity

• The governance structures that help health systems move quickly with AI while maintaining trust and accountability

• Practical lessons for moving AI from isolated pilots into measurable performance improvement

This discussion offers a practical blueprint for health system leaders working to strengthen prevention, population health, and accountable care through data driven insight. The organizations seeing real results are those aligning data, workflow, incentives, and governance so predictive insight translates into better decisions and measurable outcomes.

References:

• BE FAIR Framework: UC Davis Health's framework for assessing, implementing, and redesigning predictive models to reduce bias and improve equity in healthcare. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12405130/

• UC Davis Health AI for Population Health: How UC Davis Health uses predictive analytics to identify patients at risk and support earlier intervention in population health programs. https://health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlines/uc-davis-health-uses-ai-models-to-leave-no-patient-behind/2025/04

Reshma Gupta Bio: https://health.ucdavis.edu/population-health/leadership/reshma-gupta.html

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About Bright Spots Ventures: Bright Spots Ventures is a healthcare strategy and engagement company that creates content, communities, and connections to accelerate innovation.

We help healthcare leaders discover what's working, and how to scale it. By bringing together health plan, hospital, and solution leaders, we facilitate the exchange of ideas that lead to measurable impact. Through our podcast, executive councils, private events, and go-to-market strategy work, we surface and amplify the "bright spots" in healthcare, proven innovations others can learn from and replicate. At our core, we exist to create trusted relationships that make real progress possible. Visit our website at www.brightspotsinhealthcare.com.

What happens when a health plan stops trying to optimize a legacy system and instead rebuilds the model itself?

In this episode of Bright Spots in Healthcare, Eric Glazer sits down with Patrick Quigley, CEO and co-founder of Sidecar Health, for a candid conversation about redesigning health insurance around transparency, incentives, and consumer agency.

Rather than focusing on incremental reform, this discussion explores what changes when members can see prices before they receive care, when benefits are structured around clear dollar amounts instead of opaque contracts, and when savings can be shared directly with the individual making the decision.

Patrick walks through why traditional insurance design obscures cost and distorts behavior, how employers are responding to rising spend and limited visibility, and what it takes operationally to challenge long standing assumptions about how plans should work.

Using examples from employer adoption, member purchasing behavior, and provider pricing dynamics, the conversation surfaces how transparency becomes more than a feature. It becomes the foundation for accountability and market discipline.

This episode is designed for health plan leaders, employers, and innovators who are no longer asking whether affordability is a problem, but are questioning whether the current structure can solve it.

In this episode, we cover:

• Why price opacity persists in traditional insurance models

• What changes when members see real time, upfront pricing

• How defined benefit structures alter purchasing decisions

• Why employers are increasingly open to alternative plan design

• How financial alignment influences utilization patterns

• The operational realities of building a new insurance model

• What industry leaders must unlearn to create sustainable affordability

About Patrick Quigley:

Patrick Quigley is the CEO and co-founder of Sidecar Health, a health insurance company built on a transparency first model. Under his leadership, the organization has focused on creating plans that show members clear prices, allow them to choose providers freely, and share savings when care costs less than expected. His work centers on restoring consumer visibility and aligning incentives across members, providers, and employers to address the structural drivers of healthcare cost growth.
Learn more about Patrick Quigley - https://www.linkedin.com/in/quigleyp/
Partner with Bright Spots Ventures: If you are interested in speaking with the Bright Spots Ventures team to brainstorm how we can help you grow your business via content and relationships, email hkrish@brightspotsventures.com.

About Bright Spots Ventures:

Bright Spots Ventures is a healthcare strategy and engagement company that creates content, communities, and connections to accelerate innovation. We help healthcare leaders discover what's working, and how to scale it. By bringing together health plan, hospital, and solution leaders, we facilitate the exchange of ideas that lead to measurable impact. Through our podcast, executive councils, private events, and go-to-market strategy work, we surface and amplify the "bright spots" in healthcare—proven innovations others can learn from and replicate. At our core, we exist to create trusted relationships that make real progress possible. Visit our website at www.brightspotsinhealthcare.com.

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