Even amid some very good news, the state of healthcare remains in need of some pretty intensive care. Upheaval, transformation and disruption define the delicate and chaotic state of the industry. Can consultants find a cure?
Providers behaving like payers, and vice versa. Value trumping volume. M&A activity soaring off the charts. Venture capitalists pumping money into telehealth startups … Welcome to the topsy-turvy state of the U.S. healthcare industry where the historic Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) marks only one chapter of a rapidly changing, highly disruptive, and extremely consulting-friendly story.
The industry is in the throes of a "huge transformation," asserts Kurt Salmon Senior Partner Jeff Hoffman. "Any time we go through pivotal changes in healthcare, it creates an incredible opportunity for consultants."
