Leadership Success Story: Sanchee Kaushik's Healthcare Analytics Transformation

In the complex landscape of healthcare analytics and Medicare compliance, the remarkable turnaround of a major healthcare program stands as a compelling testament to strategic leadership and technical innovation. A machine learning driven solution, developed by data scientists and engineered under the leadership of Sanchee Kaushik, was transformed from a challenging implementation into an award-winning success story that earned the CEO Award for the business team in 2025.

The Challenge and Initial Landscape

The project faced significant technical and operational hurdles from its inception. With tens of thousands of patients requiring attention, the organization faced the monumental task of determining which patients to prioritize for outreach using a data science machine learning model developed by the data science team. The system needed to scale while ensuring automated, accurate integration across data sources. The complex nature of data science model deployment combined with strict regulatory requirements under Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) guidelines intensified the need for precise, compliant execution.

Stepping Into Leadership

At the core of this transformation was Sanchee Kaushik's strategic technical leadership and cross-functional collaboration. She assumed responsibility for refactoring the machine learning pipeline codebase, implementing a robust transformation strategy using technologies such as PySpark to prepare the solution for production deployment. Beyond writing code, she established code review protocols, version control practices via GitHub, and mechanisms for seamless collaboration between engineering and data science teams.

Her efforts culminated in a full understanding of the pipeline from end to end analyzing pain points, identifying optimization opportunities, and ensuring adherence to evolving product and compliance requirements.

Strategic Technical Innovations

To maintain continuity during the transition period, Sanchee introduced a steady stream of validated data into the system, enabling the data science models to continue functioning while more permanent integrations were developed. This interim solution preserved business continuity and minimized disruptions.

She balanced current operations with strategic enhancements overseeing threshold recalibrations and supporting real-time business data requests. Her roadmap for model integration established the blueprint for scalable enhancements and long-term stability.

Collaborative Leadership Approach

Sanchee’s leadership fostered trust between data science, engineering, and business units. She streamlined the model development lifecycle, resolved persistent technical blockers, and supported teams in leveraging scalable frameworks. Her collaborative style created a high-functioning, agile environment that empowered innovation.

She also served as the central liaison for ad-hoc requests from both business and data science stakeholders managing source data access, refresh cadence timelines, and integration point analysis with consistency and precision.

Transformative Results

The project, initially designed to serve 65,000 members, successfully expanded its reach to over 95,000 individuals in 2024 an impressive 46% increase. This resulted in millions of dollars in additional revenue.

Equally notable, the project’s reach rate, the proportion of successful outreach relative to loaded opportunities rose from 25% in 2023 to 35% in 2024, representing a 40% year-over-year increase in operational efficiency. All while maintaining a healthy net profit margin and increasing compliance reliability.

Organizational Recognition

The transformation spearheaded in engineering by Sanchee led the business team to earn the The CEO Award for year 2025 for higher outreach and turnaround excellence. Her work optimizing the pipeline infrastructure, collaborating with data scientists, overseeing threshold recalibration, and integration roadmap showcased her ability to lead and deliver at scale.

What began as a complex data science initiative was reimagined and executed as a scalable, integrated and robust solution with broad impact.

Long-Lasting Impact

Beyond short-term wins, the project’s architectural evolution laid the groundwork for long-term success. Sanchee’s integration of the system with broader platform capabilities eliminated redundant manual steps, streamlined access to data sources, and simplified cross-team communications.

Her work now serves as a model implementation within the organization, a reference point for future healthcare analytics rollouts that require platform integration with precision, security, and flexibility.