Niren Kochhar

Director, Digital Product Management

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey

Niren Kochhar is the Director of Digital Product Management at Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of NJ, which provides healthcare coverage for over 3.5 million members. At Horizon, Niren leads the digital transformation for the enterprise and is responsible for planning and executing Horizon’s digital strategy. Niren has over a decade of experience in building and launching digital products for the healthcare industry spanning across members, payers and providers solutions.

Niren is constantly looking at innovative ways to drive digital engagement, finding new ways to deliver digital care with a focus on enhancing member satisfaction. He has extensive experience in product management at prominent health care organizations like UnitedHealth Group (Optum) and Cognizant.

Niren holds a Master of Business Administration from SP Jain Center of Management, Singapore and has a Bachelor’s Degree in Electronics and Communication.

Speaker Questionnaire

What are your top priorities for employee health and well-being in 2022?

What are the most innovative programs that you will focus on in 2022 and 2023?

Looking at our three moonshots surrounding costs, culture, and care, which do you align with the most? What are you doing in this area?

If you could automatically receive a 25% reduction in costs in three areas/programs, what would your dream list be?

Is there an area where you were able to either create savings or stop costs from rising?

Are you doing anything to reimagine corporate culture and wellbeing?

If there were two physical solutions that could be turned into virtual or remote care instead, what would those be?

If you look at our 3 Moonshots - Costs, Culture, and Care; In one sentence, tell us what would be something positive for us to take from 2020 and bring into this new year?

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1 Conference. 3 Moonshots.

Remember the mission to reach the moon? In 1962, President JFK set forth a vision. He initiated a movement that outlived him! Even in his death, the mission was accomplished seven years after his famous speech. Now we’re on a five-year mission, and it's not about us. This is a mission for you – the individual, the stakeholder, the employer healthcare and benefits professional. Join the mission to reduce costs, reimagine culture, and reinvent care.