Fact Based List:

Managed Care Executive Group's Top 10 Issues Facing Health Plans in 2011

  1. Administrative Mandates (Compliance HIPAA 5010, ICD-10, etc.)
  2. Care Management, Data Analytics, and Informatics
  3. Health Insurance Exchanges and Individual Markets
  4. New Provider Payment & Delivery Systems (ACOs, PCMHs, etc.)
  5. Bend the Cost Trend
  6. Medicare and Medicaid
  7. Health Information Exchanges and EMRs
  8. Consumer's Role in the Modernization of Healthcare
  9. Reform Uncertainties
  10. Payer/Provider Interoperability

Source: "Top 10 issues for health plans in 2011," Government Health IT, April 5, 2011
Source URL: http://govhealthit.com/news/top-10-issues-health-plans-2011