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2023 outlook

Our 200-person team continuously monitors the latest developments in healthcare to identify what forces really matter — and what they mean for providers, payers, life sciences organizations, health technology companies, and other stakeholders. Stay up to date on what you need to know about the state of our industry.


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Tackle these challenges

Grasp the financial pressures hampering affordability

  • Amid high inflation, healthcare expenses have grown even more dramatically.
  • Margins are eroding for health systems: 69% of health system strategic planners report that 2022 operating margins were below pre-pandemic performance.
  • Premiums are soaring higher: The expected average increase to employer healthcare benefit costs for 2023 is 6.5%.
  • Startup ventures are facing increased scrutiny: Increased interest rates and the general stock market downturn have brought investments far below those in 2021.

See how the workforce crisis is transforming care options

 

The “great resignation” is more likely a great realignment. The workforce shortage crisis is hitting each sector differently and is shifting the balance of power.

 

  • Big tech, big retail, virtual providers, and startups are best positioned to attract staff seeking better pay and conditions.
  • Health systems, post-acute care facilities, and physician practices are losing the most due to burnout.

Explore how incumbent and nontraditional players are diversifying their functions

  • Healthcare businesses are increasingly blurring the lines of what functions they perform and largely ignoring the contradiction between competition and partnership.
  • Mega-players with ample capital are throwing around enormous resources to procure a range of assets — especially ones with clinicians and care delivery capabilities.

Today’s decisions will shape tomorrow’s future

 

The decisions healthcare organizations make today about strategic initiatives must be based on how they can shape the future healthcare landscape.

 

  • For the outcomes we want to achieve as an industry, consider the roles health equity and value-based payment play.

  • For the mechanisms we’ll have to steer patients through the healthcare system, consider who will benefit from the volume-shifting possible through physician partnership.

  • For the care delivery options that are available, consider how telehealth innovation can be competitive while also delivering efficient and quality care.


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