Deloitte April 5, 2019
Doug Beaudoin

The health insurance industry has been continuously evolving over the past 170 years, but many of the changes we’ve seen have been incremental in shifting the focus to wellness. During the next 20 years, however, we expect to see a transformational change as existing silos are broken down and the health care sector transitions from a model based on treatment to a model focused on wellbeing and prevention.

The concept of health insurance has changed significantly since 1850 when the Franklin Health Assurance Company of Massachusetts provided coverage for travelers who were injured in railroad and steamboat accidents.1 But the changes we see on the horizon for health plans could significantly alter the existing business model—and health plans should begin...

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Topics: EMR / EHR, Health IT, HIE (Interoperability), Insurance, Payer, Provider, Technology, Wellness
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