Price transparency, patient experience and opioid use are among the top challenges healthcare executives face in 2019, according to The National Law Review.
The National Law Review examined industry reports and surveys, including ones from PwC and Washington, D.C.-based Avalere Health.
The National Law Review identified these as the industry's leading trends and issues:
1. Improving price transparency and enhancing patient/member experience
2. Handling the growing Medicare Advantage market and aging population
3. Establishing the employer as a direct healthcare provider
4. Transitioning to alternative payment and value-based care models
5. Managing the opioid crisis
6. Leveraging artificial intelligence technologies and the Internet of Things to improve care and efficiency
Outcomes of the aforementioned trends:
7. Investments, partnerships and acquisitions between healthcare organizations and non-industry organizations
8. Technology, finance and other outside fields becoming new healthcare solution providers
9. Increased dependence on technologies, new contract models and innovative care practices to improve patient experience, reduce waste and promote accountability