MedCity News September 30, 2024
Aarti Karamchandani

By embracing available data, cutting-edge technology, and an intelligent marketplace, payers can design solutions that optimize costs across the entire healthcare ecosystem.

The U.S. healthcare system is on an unsustainable trajectory. Healthcare prices continue to rise and projections show fewer people securing healthcare coverage over the next ten years. Healthcare spending in the U.S. is projected to exceed $5 trillion by the end of 2024, which is 18% of the U.S. GDP. Payers are in a critical position to right the ship and find ways to make healthcare more affordable for patients. The tools to address these issues exist, and payers are in a unique position to leverage them to drive systemic change. .

Historically, we, as an industry,...

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