HealthTech July 2, 2024
A SAP leader shares his perspective on how “payvider” organizations can take advantage of their transformative model through digital capabilities.
Earlier this year, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina announced it had acquired the North Carolina locations of FastMed, a national chain of urgent care clinics. Another insurer, Elevance Health, had closed on a deal to buy Paragon Healthcare and its network of 40 infusion centers across eight states. And Humana also was pushing further into the provider world via a partnership with primary care provider Patina Health.
The deals are indeed coming fast and furious in the healthcare industry, collapsing traditional lines of business to create a class of entities known as “payviders” that assume the dual...