Tune in as PwC specialists discuss the 2025 healthcare outlook, reflecting on 2024’s significant events and exploring how payers and providers can navigate rising costs, scrutiny, AI advances, and policy shifts with resilience and adaptability. Topics include:

• Medicare and Medicaid drive industry growth amid rising competition, market exits, M&A, AI adoption, and policy challenges.
• AI's potential to enhance healthcare delivery, improve workforce management, and optimize patient care.
• The care-at-home market is growing rapidly, driven by demand and cost efficiency, but sustainability remains a challenge.
• Encouragement for healthcare organizations to adapt and innovate in response to policy shifts and technological advancements.

Topics: Health services, sustainability, value-based care, insurers, pharmaceuticals, innovation, transformation, technology, business model reinvention, trust, providers, patients, economics, AI, healthcare, consumer, payers, M&A, deals, strategy, health systems, Generative AI, investments, health industries, consumerism, cyber, cyber attacks, regulatory

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