Bharat Rao

Bharat is a Partner / Principal in KPMG’s Advisory Services practice and leads KPMG’s health care and life sciences Data and Analytics (D&A) practice. He has 25 years of experience using advanced analytics for clinical, financial, regulatory and operational improvement for health care and life sciences (HCLS) organizations. Bharat is a leading international expert in health analytics, big data, predictive modeling and personalized medicine. He is the recipient of multiple innovation awards, including the highest lifetime award in data analytics, and is a frequent speaker and a highly published author (100+ papers, 60+ granted patents, 1 book).

Prior to joining KPMG, Bharat led the health care and life sciences anti-corruption analytics practice at Deloitte, where he developed advanced analytics services to detect and prevent fraud, waste, and abuse across all health sectors.

Prior to that, he served in various Senior Executive positions within Siemens Healthcare, including: Head of the Health Services Center for Innovations where he was responsible for the innovation pipeline for Siemens'​ multi-$B HIT business; Head of the Healthcare Analytics and Business Intelligence Group, where he launched and grew the first-to-market health quality startup for Siemens sold to over 300 US hospitals; and Head of Siemens Personalized Medicine Program. Prior to that Bharat found and led Siemens Corporate R&D program for Data Mining. Bharat led a global team of 100+ data scientists, software engineers, regulatory, marketing, and implementation specialists.

Specialties: Health Analytics, Big Data, population health, performance improvement, healthcare transformation, Machine learning, patient quality & safety, health policy, Cloud, R&D, Innovation.