No stakeholder in healthcare is staying in their lane. Cost and margin pressures, in-market growth limitations, competitive threats to core business, and a growing MA population are driving payers, providers, and retailers to purchase assets or partner with organizations that exist outside of where they traditionally do business. Every sector is diversifying their revenues in some way, The Advisory Board notes.
The goal is not only revenue, but also the scale, negotiating power, and ecosystem effects that operating a wider array of healthcare assets can offer. What are the impacts of all of this, and what comes next? Read more.