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This Expert's name is Tushar Mokashi

This Expert's occupation is Consultant (Healthcare Financing)
This Expert's location is New Delhi, India
This Expert's nationality is Indian

Snapshot

Experience

10+ years

Languages

English, Hindi

Countries of Work

India

Areas of Expertise

  • Process facilitation
  • Contracting health providers
  • Domestic resource mobilization
  • Financing for PHC and community health (preventive, promotive, and curative care
  • Health coverage schemes
  • Innovative financing
  • Pay for performance
  • Pooling of funds
  • Provider payment
  • Resource allocation
  • Strategic health purchasing
  • Decentralization
  • Health management, policy and planning
  • Institutional strengthening
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Quantitative and qualitative analysis
  • Research
  • Cost-effectiveness analysis
  • Costing
  • Dissemination and knowledge brokering
  • Facilitating stakeholder dialgoue
National Health Accounts

Professional Experience

  • ACCESS Health International, Inc.

    Apr 2018 - Present
    Currently involved in health systems research, public financial management, strategic purchasing, costing of health services and technical support to roll out Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) in select Indian states. Currently leading three grants, of which one is for supporting the Government of Assam in strengthening their Public Financial Management System, another for building a consortium of health systems researcher in India and one for costing the primary care services in India. Tushar is also actively engaged in stakeholder management, partnership building and resource mobilisation.
  • National Health Systems Resource Centre, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India

    Jul 2010 - Apr 2018
    As a founding member of the National Health Accounts Technical Secretariat of India since its inception, Tushar has contributed to 4 consecutive rounds of health accounts under the Economic Advisor to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India. Developed toolkit on “Public Health Expenditure Tracking for policy support”, and trained 12 State Government officials on tracking health expenditures. Evaluated the Financial Management systems of Haryana, Gujarat, Manipur, to name a few. Evaluated healthcare service delivery schemes in several states managed in Public-Private Partnerships. Developed UHC Baseline Research Tool kit piloted in UHC pilot districts across India.

Education

  • Symbiosis, Pune

    Graduated 2013
    Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (Finance)
  • Indian Institute of Public Health

    Graduated 2010
    Post Graduate Diploma in Health Economics, Healthcare Financing and Policy
  • Maharashtra University of Health Sciences

    Graduated 2008
    Bachelor of Physiotherapy

Publications

  • Health Systems for a New India: Building Blocks, potential pathways to Reforms

    Published Nov 2019 View publication
  • National Health Accounts Estimates for India (2016-17)

    Published Oct 2019 View publication
  • Assessment of Universal Healthcare Coverage in a District of North India: A Rapid Cross-Sectional...

    Published Apr 2017 View publication
  • Measuring Progress towards UHC: An Approach in the Indian Context

    Published Nov 2014 View publication
  • Evaluation of Publicly Financed & Privately Delivered Model of Emergency Referral Services for Mat..

    Published Oct 2014 View publication

Affiliated Institutions

Other Affiliations

ACCESS Health International

Areas of Expertise

  • Process facilitation
  • Contracting health providers
  • Domestic resource mobilization
  • Financing for PHC and community health (preventive, promotive, and curative care
  • Health coverage schemes
  • Innovative financing
  • Pay for performance
  • Pooling of funds
  • Provider payment
  • Resource allocation
  • Strategic health purchasing
  • Decentralization
  • Health management, policy and planning
  • Institutional strengthening
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Quantitative and qualitative analysis
  • Research
  • Cost-effectiveness analysis
  • Costing
  • Dissemination and knowledge brokering
  • Facilitating stakeholder dialgoue
National Health Accounts

Affiliated Institutions

Other Affiliations

ACCESS Health International