Vital Signs with Jacob Effron and Nikhil Krishnan

Ep 42: Alan CEO Jean-Charles Samuelian-Werve on Building a Healthcare Superapp & the Future of Healthcare in Europe

Episode Summary

Jacob and Nikhil sit down with Jean-Charles Samuelian-Werve, Co-Founder and CEO of Alan. Alan is a multi-billion dollar French health insurance company that has expanded to become an all-in-one health platform for its consumers. They discuss Alan’s product strategy and business model, building AI for healthcare companies, what healthcare looks like in Europe, and more.

Episode Notes

Jacob and Nikhil sit down with Jean-Charles Samuelian-Werve, Co-Founder and CEO of Alan. Alan is a multi-billion dollar French health insurance company that has expanded to become an all-in-one health platform for its consumers. They discuss Alan’s product strategy and business model, building AI for healthcare companies, what healthcare looks like in Europe, and more.

 

(0:00) intro

(0:47) French healthcare 101

(6:30) similarities with Oscar 

(9:50) building a healthcare super-app

(15:11) medical loss ratio

(21:58) contracting with providers

(29:29) optimizing Alan for different countries/continents  

(35:08) finding new users

(38:17) AI in healthcare

(48:31) over-hyped/under-hyped

(50:36) healthcare policy changes Jean-Charles would make in France

 

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