Becker's Healthcare January 12, 2026
Administration and automation are not the only AI use cases payers should be focused on this year, according to McKinsey Senior Partner Adi Kumar, who broke down his 2026 predictions for insurers in a Jan. 12 report.
His insights were among a series of points of view in the consulting firm’s “McKinsey perspectives on healthcare industry trends and the year ahead.”
Mr. Kumar posits the three most pressing issues payers deal with are rising healthcare costs and corresponding regulatory shifts, demographic changes and wavering national sentiment, and technological revolution.
Here are five predictions and recommendations from the article:
1. Payers are at a place to look beyond AI administrative use cases. Care management is one opportunity where...
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