Top 10 Health Care Industry Predictions For The Year 2020

Here is how I see the dialog around our nation’s health care system evolving in 2020.

1. The push to deliver home-based care will continue
2. The balance of power will begin to shift from hospital systems back to physician groups
3. Drug pricing will continue to be a front-page issue; at the same time, pharmaceutical innovation will also dominate headlines
4. Medicare-for-All will quickly morph into “Medicare Advantage-for-All
5. Big Tech and Silicon Valley will continue to play in health care, but they won’t upend the system anytime soon
6. On a related note, big box retailers and other atypical organizations will attempt to enter the health care market with a big splash
7. Amid revelations about data privacy, companies that are transparent and ethical will come out ahead
8. When it comes to social determinants of health, expect more talk than action
9. Mental health conditions and substance abuse disorders will take the main-stage
10. The public will begin to examine the behaviors and practices of “non-profit” health systems

The full Forbes article can be viewed at this link.