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From an employer's viewpoint, healthcare costs turn up as the second-largest expense after employee wages. On average, employee absenteeism and poor health cost employers around $530 billion dollars a year. Forestalling these issues requires employers to create efficient benefits package for their employees, and understand their employee health journey at each step.

Struggling with chronic life-limiting illness results in extreme pain, discomfort, and physical as well as mental stress. With no permanent cure available to treat the disease, palliative care can still make a significant difference in enhancing end-of-life care quality by alleviating pain and managing uncomfortable symptoms. 

Every decision in the healthcare segment has high stakes associated with it, not just because a huge amount of money is spent on it, but because people’s lives depend on it. People evaluate all the information available on quality and costs before finalizing providers, payers, and treatment plans, which is giving rise to consumerism in healthcare.

Transitioning and succeeding in value-based care (VBC) is increasingly becoming the focus of many providers. Despite initial reservations, many providers are becoming ardent supporters of VBC payment models and are often the catalysts for change in their organizations.

Innovation has been driving the US healthcare and steering it on the wheels of novel payment models towards better outcomes in quality of care and cost. However, these new payment models seem to be perpetually stuck in a state of delay. 

Imagine your favorite football team is in a real neck-to-neck with another team, and the game could tip in anyone’s favor. It is the last minute, and in an insane turn of events, the quarterback throws the ball in the air, hoping the player in the end zone could make a touchdown. Instead, the reckless throw results in confusion, the guy in the end zone gets tackled, and the game ends in disappointment.