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AI, Prior Authorization and Patient Access.

For journalists, producers and editors. Ankur Jain explains how AI is changing the work between a prescription and a patient's first dose, from inside the operations, with no technology to sell.

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Ankur Jain.

Ankur Jain is the founder of Artha Consulting Lab, an independent healthcare AI advisory firm in the Phoenix area that sells no technology. He has spent more than fifteen years across biopharma, specialty pharmacy and patient services, working on the operations behind benefits checks, prior authorization and getting patients started on therapy.

He is the author of The State of Healthcare AI Readiness 2026, creator of the AI Readiness Continuum (ARC), and host of The Hub Brief podcast. He holds a J.D. and an MBA.

Short bio (for captions and intros): Ankur Jain is the founder of Artha Consulting Lab, an independent healthcare AI advisory firm in Arizona, and host of The Hub Brief. He has more than fifteen years in biopharma, specialty pharmacy and patient services.

Based in Chandler, ArizonaSame-day responsePhoenix studios or remoteRadio by phone, early mornings
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Five Topics.

01

AI in prior authorization and insurer denials

How automation works inside insurers, pharmacies and patient-support teams, and where it stalls.
02

Arizona as the test lab

Medicare's WISeR prior-authorization pilot, and Arizona's 2025 law requiring medical-director review of commercial insurer denials.
03

Specialty drugs and patient access

Benefits checks, copay help, hubs and specialty pharmacies: the steps between a prescription and a first dose.
04

AI governance in healthcare operations

Who owns an AI decision, what evidence it needs, and when a person overrides it.
05

Is healthcare ready for AI?

Findings from The State of Healthcare AI Readiness 2026: adoption is running ahead of readiness.
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Resources and Appearances.

Executive Edition of the 2026 readiness report: 10 pages, free, no sign-up.
Full report: 51 pages, 11 exhibits.
The Hub Brief on YouTube: Ankur on camera, interviewing leaders across healthcare.

Speaking
Trade & Channel Strategies 2026 (Informa), Philadelphia · December 10, 2026 · “AI in Pharmaceutical Strategy: Pricing, Payer and Channel”
World EPA Congress USA 2027, Boston · September 14–15, 2027 · Panelist, “The AI Arms Race”
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