2015 Healthcare Forecast: Prepare for Post-Acute Care Activity, Payor Disintermediation, Transparency Pressure
Healthcare stakeholders should brace for new market entrants, more data and price transparency and an increasingly global playing field, according to HIN's eleventh annual industry trends report.
Sea Girt, NJ, December 15, 2014 --(PR.com)-- Preparation for site-neutral pricing and a willingness to collaborate with non-traditional industries and delivery agents are two strategies for weathering the disruptive winds of healthcare change in the year ahead, according to "Healthcare Trends & Forecasts in 2015: Performance Expectations for the Healthcare Industry," a new report from the Healthcare Intelligence Network.
This eleventh annual industry forecast, available in multiple formats, offers strategic direction for payors and providers on succeeding in healthcare's value-oriented climate. Suggesting a roadmap for 2015 are Steven T. Valentine, president of The Camden Group, and Dorothy Moller, managing director in the government healthcare solutions business unit of Navigant.
Learn more about "Healthcare Trends & Forecasts in 2015: Performance Expectations for the Healthcare Industry," at http://store.hin.com/product.asp?itemid=4987
In particular, Ms. Moller warned about the disintermediation of payors, particularly in the public payors' space. "We see an emergence of strategies to move payors out of the exchange of value in the healthcare arena or minimize their roles." Ms. Moller urged health plans to initiate non-traditional collaborations, whether with financial services, manufacturing, or other industries, and expand their competitive monitoring.
On the provider side, Mr. Valentine predicted a surge in post-acute care volume in the year ahead, and cautioned them to prepare for the industry's new framework for price transparency and sensitivity. "We used to say in the industry that healthcare was recession-proof. Today, we know healthcare is price-sensitive." He recommends providers re-examine pricing in 2015 so that it holds up under 2016 and 2017 scrutiny.
This 30-page report flags key business impacts facing each sector in the year ahead.
News Facts: In Healthcare Trends & Forecasts in 2015: Performance Expectations for the Healthcare Industry, Ms. Moller and Mr. Valentine review the following:
-Snapshot of provider trends, including inpatient utilization, pricing and quality transparency, and population health management;
-Provider milestones along the road to fee for value, including accountable care and clinical integration and 16 factors in health system transition to a value-based reimbursement system;
-Report card on performances by accountable care organizations (ACO) and the patient-centered medical home model;
-Impact of Medicare Chronic Care Management reimbursement in 2015;
-A dozen companies to watch that are introducing new technologies, care delivery vehicles, care payment structures and consumer engagement models;
-Responding to changes in locus of care—telehealth, retail health, and direct primary care;
-Five payor strategies mirroring provider initiatives;15 transformative payor challenges signaling a fundamental change in the industry;
and much more, including eight payor survival strategies for weathering innovations in the industry.
Learn more about "Healthcare Trends & Forecasts in 2015: Performance Expectations for the Healthcare Industry," at http://store.hin.com/product.asp?itemid=4987
Report Formats: Healthcare Trends & Forecasts in 2015: Performance Expectations for the Healthcare Industry, shipping December 19, 2014, is available in Print, PDF, Print-PDF set or Enterprise Site License.
Quote Attributable to Melanie Matthews, HIN Executive VP and COO:
Read Melanie Matthews' profile at http://www.hin.com/bios.html#mm
"As both thought leaders advocated during this eleventh annual forecast, providers and payors are following very similar strategies in this value-based climate and so should consider collaborations to maximize financial and clinical returns."
Please contact Patricia Donovan to arrange an interview or to obtain additional quotes.
About the Healthcare Intelligence Network — HIN is the premier advisory service for executives seeking high-quality strategic information on the business of healthcare. For more information, contact the Healthcare Intelligence Network, PO Box 1442, Wall Township, NJ 07719-1442, (888) 446-3530, fax (732) 449-4463, e-mail info@hin.com, or visit http://www.hin.com.
This eleventh annual industry forecast, available in multiple formats, offers strategic direction for payors and providers on succeeding in healthcare's value-oriented climate. Suggesting a roadmap for 2015 are Steven T. Valentine, president of The Camden Group, and Dorothy Moller, managing director in the government healthcare solutions business unit of Navigant.
Learn more about "Healthcare Trends & Forecasts in 2015: Performance Expectations for the Healthcare Industry," at http://store.hin.com/product.asp?itemid=4987
In particular, Ms. Moller warned about the disintermediation of payors, particularly in the public payors' space. "We see an emergence of strategies to move payors out of the exchange of value in the healthcare arena or minimize their roles." Ms. Moller urged health plans to initiate non-traditional collaborations, whether with financial services, manufacturing, or other industries, and expand their competitive monitoring.
On the provider side, Mr. Valentine predicted a surge in post-acute care volume in the year ahead, and cautioned them to prepare for the industry's new framework for price transparency and sensitivity. "We used to say in the industry that healthcare was recession-proof. Today, we know healthcare is price-sensitive." He recommends providers re-examine pricing in 2015 so that it holds up under 2016 and 2017 scrutiny.
This 30-page report flags key business impacts facing each sector in the year ahead.
News Facts: In Healthcare Trends & Forecasts in 2015: Performance Expectations for the Healthcare Industry, Ms. Moller and Mr. Valentine review the following:
-Snapshot of provider trends, including inpatient utilization, pricing and quality transparency, and population health management;
-Provider milestones along the road to fee for value, including accountable care and clinical integration and 16 factors in health system transition to a value-based reimbursement system;
-Report card on performances by accountable care organizations (ACO) and the patient-centered medical home model;
-Impact of Medicare Chronic Care Management reimbursement in 2015;
-A dozen companies to watch that are introducing new technologies, care delivery vehicles, care payment structures and consumer engagement models;
-Responding to changes in locus of care—telehealth, retail health, and direct primary care;
-Five payor strategies mirroring provider initiatives;15 transformative payor challenges signaling a fundamental change in the industry;
and much more, including eight payor survival strategies for weathering innovations in the industry.
Learn more about "Healthcare Trends & Forecasts in 2015: Performance Expectations for the Healthcare Industry," at http://store.hin.com/product.asp?itemid=4987
Report Formats: Healthcare Trends & Forecasts in 2015: Performance Expectations for the Healthcare Industry, shipping December 19, 2014, is available in Print, PDF, Print-PDF set or Enterprise Site License.
Quote Attributable to Melanie Matthews, HIN Executive VP and COO:
Read Melanie Matthews' profile at http://www.hin.com/bios.html#mm
"As both thought leaders advocated during this eleventh annual forecast, providers and payors are following very similar strategies in this value-based climate and so should consider collaborations to maximize financial and clinical returns."
Please contact Patricia Donovan to arrange an interview or to obtain additional quotes.
About the Healthcare Intelligence Network — HIN is the premier advisory service for executives seeking high-quality strategic information on the business of healthcare. For more information, contact the Healthcare Intelligence Network, PO Box 1442, Wall Township, NJ 07719-1442, (888) 446-3530, fax (732) 449-4463, e-mail info@hin.com, or visit http://www.hin.com.
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