U.S. Healthcare Payer 2008 Top 10 Predictions

Publication Date	January 2008
Publisher	IDC
Product Type	Report
Pages	22
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	IDC03814

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Summary

This Health Industry Insights report identifies the major trends in 2008 that will affect the healthcare payer current business and future market differentiation. The overarching theme for 2008 is the multitude of business drivers and challenges driving investments across numerous traditional and new business and technology arenas. Furthermore, continued market consolidation among both healthcare payer organizations and their technology partners will further increase investment risk management requirements in 2008 and beyond. This phenomenon, coupled with new healthcare payer investments in consumer and provider technologies, will produce increasing strains on healthcare payer budget and business priorities.

"Healthcare payers are entering a challenging business environment where early technology adoption is required to maintain competitiveness or create differentiation, requiring new business, budget, and risk management capabilities,"states analyst Janice Young, program manager, Health Industry Insights Healthcare Payer research.

Content

Predictions
In This Report
Situation Overview
- The Healthcare Payer Market
- The Technology Market
Future Outlook
- Prediction 1: The Cost of IT and Business Market Fragmentation Will Continue to Rise Through 2008
  - Drivers
  - Implications/Predictions
  - Table: Worldwide Healthcare Payer Software Spending by Region, 2008-2010 ($M)
- Prediction 2: More Healthcare Payers Will Invest in Consumer-Facing Technologies than Will Invest in Provider-Focused Initiatives
  - Drivers
  - Implications/Predictions
  - Figure: Drivers of Healthcare Payer Collaborative Initiatives
- Prediction 3: Business Intelligence and Related Information Management Will Be Leading Categories of Technology Spending Increases in 2008
  - Drivers
    - Triggering the Tipping Point ? Growth and Transparency
  - Implications/Predictions
  - Table: U.S. Healthcare Payer Business Intelligence Software and Services Spending, 2007-2011
  - Figure: Planned Business Intelligence Investments in 2008
- Prediction 4: Payers Will Increase Their"Extra Enterprise"Investments and Incentives for Stakeholder IT Adoption
  - Drivers
  - Implications/Predictions
  - Figure: Collaborative/Extra-Enterprise Investment Plans in 2008
- Prediction 5: Market and Government Focus on Transparency Will Remain High; Investment Will Moderate
  - Drivers
  - Implications/Predictions
- Prediction 6: The Financial/Healthcare Payer Interface Will Heat Up; Financial Transaction Solutions Will Compete in the Healthcare Market
  - Drivers
  - Implications/Predictions
- Prediction 7: Healthcare Coaching Will Emerge as a Prominent Payer Service and Revenue Model
  - Drivers
  - Implications/Predictions
- Prediction 8: Transparency and Real-Time Transaction Market Demands Will Fuel Service-Oriented Architecture Interest, But Adoption Will Remain Limited in 2008
  - Drivers
  - Implications/Predictions
- Prediction 9: Health 2.0 Will Have a Disruptive Impact on Consumer Interaction with the Health System
  - Drivers
  - Implications/Predictions
- Prediction 10: The Consumer PHR Market and Investment Will Expand; Adoption Will Be Limited
  - Drivers
  - Implications/Predictions
- Early Harbingers of the Future ? 2009 and Beyond
Essential Guidance
- For Healthcare Payers
- For Technology Vendors
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- Related Research
- Synopsis