Healthcare DIVE March 9, 2017
Market dynamics and business goals will change how health insurers structure themselves, PwC says. In addition, payers are planning out tech capabilities for the future.
The healthcare industry is in a perpetual state of flux. However, while the progress may seem to move at a glacial pace, that does not discount the need for healthcare organizations from payers and providers to plan for the future.
“The traditional ‘silos’ of medical, behavioral health and social services can’t meet the needs of our population alone,” Jim Hickman, CEO of California-based Better Health East Bay, part of Sutter Health, told Healthcare Dive back in November 2016. “Partnerships, enabled by technology and amplified by data-sharing, are the first step in changing the way...