Arielle Trzcinski
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Sycamore Partners’ $10 Billion Prescription For Walgreens
Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) announced it will go private in a $10 billion deal with Sycamore Partners. It comes at a crucial time for Walgreens, which faces declining sales, profitability issues, and scrutiny for its role in the opioid crisis. The formation of WBA in 2014 was intended to deliver a wider range of products and services globally and become a leading player in the international healthcare retail industry.
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Health Insurers: Poor Communication Harms Your Customer Experience
Plain language is a key driver of CX quality in health insurance, but only half of US online adults who are health insurance customers say it’s easy to understand their coverage. This key indicator has been trending downwards: It was 57% in 2023 and reached a high of 59% in 2022. Health insurers must act […]
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The State Of Trust In US Health Insurers Is Fragile
Just 56% of consumers trust their health insurer to act in their best interest, putting trust in US health insurers at a three-year low during a watershed moment for the industry. Insurers that create value for customers and earn their trust reap considerable benefits.
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Health Insurers: It’s Time For Better
In 2024, trust in health insurers hit a three-year low, with just 56% of consumers saying that they trust their health insurer to do what's in their best interest. Regain consumer trust by taking these actions.
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Get Ready For A Wild Ride: What Proposed Appointments Mean For US Healthcare
The ride for healthcare leaders is about to get wild. Before the election, healthcare stood at a critical precipice. Now the industry is bracing for a reckoning under the second Trump administration.
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Fueling The Consumer’s Healthcare Journey — Focusing On Ease And Individualized Care Will Accelerate Trust
Opaque experiences and complex jargon have eroded consumer confidence and incentivized some to leave brands behind. Consumers will choose healthcare organizations that emphasize their needs and that increasingly gather and rely on their feedback to deliver value.
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How Health Insurers Can Regain The Medicare Advantage
Higher medical utilization by members, the growing difficulty of achieving CMS Star Ratings, and reimbursement pressures are pushing many health insurers to the brink. Learn how insurers can regain the Medicare advantage in this preview of a new report.
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HLTH 2024: Bold Commitments And Key Takeaways
This year’s HLTH conference embraced the theme of “Be Bold.” Speakers committed strongly to tackling some of the toughest challenges in healthcare, such as lack of access, clinician shortages, and frustrating prior authorization (PA) processes.
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Predictions 2025: Healthcare Tackles Tough Terrain To Reach New Horizons
Healthcare organizations will have a challenging yet opportunity-abundant year in 2025 as they prioritize cybersecurity enhancements and generative AI investments. Find out more in our 2025 healthcare predictions.
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CVS Eyes A Splitting Heart Decision: Separating Its Core Business To Shock Future Growth
A potential split at CVS marks a significant shift in the retail company’s strategy from one-stop-shop for all things healthcare.
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Get Visibility Into Healthcare’s Biggest Blind Spot: Concentration Risk
It’s been a banner year for healthcare, and not in a good way. As a healthcare provider, if your patients had trouble filling a prescription, if you struggled to submit claims to generate much-needed revenue, or if you had to ask a patient to reschedule a non-essential medical procedure, your organization has been a victim of healthcare concentration risk.
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CX Platforms For Healthcare Transform Engagement From Transactional To Trustworthy: Key Takeaways From The Forrester Wave™
Healthcare providers and health insurers are exhausted from point-solution fatigue. Narrow focus on the “digital front door” in healthcare has yielded some success on customer acquisition but left much to be desired on the trust frontier. To earn trust, healthcare organizations (HCOs) must create value with customers. To create value, HCOs need to curate personalized […]
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The PBM Paradox: Catalysts Of Concentration Risk In The Healthcare Ecosystem
A recent study by the American Medical Association (AMA) noted that just four firms dominate 70% of the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) industry, a textbook definition of an oligopoly. Learn more about what's driving this trend and what the impact could be.
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US Health Insurer CX Quality Plummets To A Five-Year Low
There’s just no way to sugarcoat this: US health insurer Customer Experience Index (CX Index™) ratings for 2024 have landed with a resounding thud. This is the second time since 2021 that the industry average rating had a statistically significant decline — and it’s easy to see why: Ten brands scored their lowest ratings in […]
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Redefining The Fate Of Virtual Care
Following shocks to virtual healthcare, providers, payers, and partners will have to revitalize this important modality of care. Learn how in this blog post.
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It’s Not A Mirage: We Need A Way Out Of The Medical Desert
All healthcare ecosystem players must act swiftly and boldly to curb the rise of medical deserts before the healthcare system reaches a point where more preventable tragedies sweep the US.
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It’s Time To Wake Up To Healthcare’s Concentration Risk
The US healthcare industry is riddled with concentration risk. Now regulators are getting involved making the pain too great to ignore.
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Navigating The Regulatory Maze: Enhancing Customer Experience In Finance And Healthcare
No regulation was designed to ruin the customer experience, yet poor experiences in regulated industries abound. At CX Summit North America, we'll explore how leading organizations are navigating these challenges.
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Introducing The Customer Experience Platforms For Healthcare Landscape, Q2 2024
Healthcare consumers’ expectations for easier, faster, retail-like experiences are not fading away. It is no longer enough to offer a digital front door alone — healthcare organizations must intercept consumers and customers as they navigate an increasingly complex and diverse healthcare ecosystem.
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Stormy Seas Ahead: Top Trends On The Horizon For Healthcare In 2024
Healthcare organizations (HCOs) are navigating turbulent waters as they confront long-standing industry challenges and broad economic currents. Learn how how HCOs can weather the storm and overcome these challenges.
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