Tuesday 7 July 2015

Analyzing the Genpact Payer infographic

I recently saw an infographic from Genpact (available here) on the top concerns for Payers and found it very interesting and insightful. The survey was conducted across 920 senior executives in Payer organizations in North America.

The survey found that the top three concerns were: Compliance, Customer Satisfaction and Cost Reduction. It then goes into what solutions Payers believe would have a material effect on these concerns. At this point, I'd like to present the data in a slightly different way. The table below shows the percentage of survey respondents who believe that the solution on the left can have a material impact on the top three concerns at the top.


* Colours represent heat mapping from low response % (red) to high response % (green)

There are several ways of looking at this but one of the biggest takeaways for me personally is in the BI & Analytics row. 

Almost 3/4 of survey respondents believe that BI and Analytics can help reduce costs. This may not be where your eye is immediately drawn to from this table but when you read further down, it then shows you that Payers' BI & Analytics capabilities are still viewed as immature by almost a third of respondents and that 40% believe they are unprepared. It seems as though, even across industries, we have only just scratched the surface of what is possible through the use of analytics and so it is understandable that Payers will require support to achieve the full potential of this solution area.

If we work our way down the infographic, we then see that 51% of respondents believe that an improved use of Information Technology can have a material impact on the function and that 70% have initiatives underway in BI & Analytics. Although this is a large percentage, why isn't it higher? Presumably, some Payers are holding back to see what lessons are learned by early adopters but at this stage, surely they are risking falling behind the pack. 

If we finally look at the last two rows, interestingly we find that respondents do not believe that BI & Analytics doesn't necessarily require Business Process Re-engineering or Advanced Organizational Structures. Other areas such as Customer Service and Claims Processing & Adjudication score much higher as necessary for improvement.

If we therefore look at BI & Analytics in its entirety, in regards to this infographic, we see that the potential value to the Payer is huge as is the opportunity for IT vendors to support them in making this a reality. 

Best Regards,

Jonathan Cordwell
Research Analyst, Healthcare Strategy
ResearchNetwork, CSC
  1. Genpact, Healthcare COO’s untapped strategic lever: Advanced operating models, http://www.genpact.com/docs/resource-/healthcare-coos-untapped-strategic-lever-advanced-operating-models

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