Elissa Swift’s courses on Udemy are best sellers with thousands of students across 100 countries globally. As a healthcare management and strategy professional with a mix of U.S. and European experience in value based health care program research and implementation, Elissa was responsible for leading the management and direction for the implementation of value-based insurance contracts at the New York Presbyterian Hospital system. At the New York City Department of Health, she led further value-based health care initiatives with particular focus on insurance design. Now based in Paris, Elissa has contributed to projects related to experimentation with alternative payment models launched by the French government in 2018, as well as to pan-European initiatives. Elissa lectures at ESSEC Business School, SciencesPo, and the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Santé Publique. She holds degrees from Columbia University, UCLA, and the London School of Economics.