Post Author: Ashish Mandavia, MD

Ashish Mandavia is the co-founder and CEO of Sohar Health, an API-first AI platform transforming front-end revenue cycle workflows for U.S. health care providers. A former NHS doctor, Ashish transitioned from clinical practice to healthtech, bringing frontline insight into the complexity of care delivery and operations. He combines deep domain empathy with commercial acumen, having led sales and growth at fast-scaling ventures before founding Sohar. At Sohar Health, he focuses on solving eligibility and benefit verification challenges in behavioral health through strategic partnerships and seamless integrations with platforms such as Candid Health and Healthie. Now based between Dubai and London, Ashish is committed to reducing the administrative burden in health care and building high-performing, resilient teams. His professional profile is available on LinkedIn. Selected publications include work on NHS management training, interventional radiology clinics, and clinical service improvement.

Ashish Mandavia is the co-founder and CEO of Sohar Health, an API-first AI platform transforming front-end revenue cycle workflows for U.S. health care providers. A former NHS doctor, Ashish transitioned from clinical practice to healthtech, bringing frontline insight into the complexity of care delivery and operations. He combines deep domain empathy with commercial acumen, having led sales and growth at fast-scaling ventures before founding Sohar. At Sohar Health, he focuses on solving eligibility and benefit verification challenges in behavioral health through strategic partnerships and seamless integrations with platforms such as Candid Health and Healthie. Now based between Dubai and London, Ashish is committed to reducing the administrative burden in health care and building high-performing, resilient teams. His professional profile is available on LinkedIn. Selected publications include work on NHS management training, interventional radiology clinics, and clinical service improvement.
Imagine assembling an IKEA bookshelf with instructions in 12 languages, missing pages, and screws that cost vastly different amounts depending on which store you went to, unbeknownst to you. Then, after assembling it, you discover you’ll be charged even more because you used an Allen wrench.
That’s a standard experience for Americans navigating the health care ecosystem—one that feels deliberately designed to create confusion and drain bank accounts.
The numbers speak for …
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