2025 Payer Trends: Navigating Complexity, Compliance, and AI Disruption

By Chris Rigsby, SVP Payer Solutions   For payers, 2024 was a challenging year. Sweeping policy changes squeezed reimbursement, and rising medical utilization sent costs soaring. Managed care stocks underperformed significantly, plummeting 13 percent and lagging far behind the S&P 500’s 23 percent growth, as investors reacted to worsening margin pressures and growing regulatory scrutiny. […]