It’s been a busy week for health insurers.
First, UnitedHealth announced plans to pull out of most Obamacare exchanges. Cigna talked about taking a completely different tack, by expanding in those same exchanges. And we’ve learned that Anthem is teaming up with 15 hospitals in Wisconsin to form a new insurance company.
What all these headlines suggest is that the health insurance industry is evolving in real time. What the giant insurers offer – that all hospitals crave – is data; data that help hospitals keep patients out of expensive care.
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