Key Businesses & Institutions

Historically, health systems have delivered acute care services in hospitals and ambulatory facilities. Their business models centralize care delivery in expensive settings to optimize their operations and revenue. In avoiding lower-cost, community-based services, they’ve shown little consideration for consumer access, convenience and service. That dynamic is changing.

The U.S. healthcare industry has been notoriously slow to embrace new payment systems and processes, largely due to the complexity that arises from regulatory and privacy requirements. Only 17% of consumers receive a medical bill electronically, despite over 70% preferring electronic statements.

Mid-market companies need funding to support their expansion efforts, and there are a number of creative ways they can go about getting it.

According to the CDC’s National Survey of Family Growth, up to one in eight couples will experience infertility, defined as one year of unsuccessful attempts at becoming pregnant or carrying a pregnancy to term. This exceeds the incidence rates of diabetes (9.4%), asthma (8.3%), and Alzheimer’s (4.4%). Despite the incidence rate, only 15 states mandate that insurers offer coverage for infertility treatments, creating an opportunity for employers to market fertility benefits as a meaningful point of differentiation.