Sixteen Healthcare Trends for 2022 from mcolblog

1. Pandemic Permanency
2. Advancing Health Equity
3. Increased Utilization
4. Healthcare Pricing Inflation
5. Employer and Public Payer Pushback on Price Increases
6. Stepped-Up No Surprises and Price Transparency Enforcement
7. Increased Payer-Provider Contracting Tensions
8. Increased level of risk assumption in value-based agreements
9. Reduced SDoH investments due to cost pressures
10. Network coverage issues with remote workforce
11. Continued Medicaid and ACA Marketplace growth
12. Provider Workforce Erosion
13. Continued adoption and advances in AI
14. Increased Payer and Provider Stake in Tech Ventures
15. Continued high level of M&A
16. No major healthcare legislation

Notes: See mcolblog: Scrolling Through the Roadmap of 2022 Healthcare Trends, With Sixteen Selected Stops for detailed narrative: https://bit.ly/mcolblog010622