This IDC study presents IDC's forecast for healthcare claims process
outsourcing for the U.S. government sector between 2004 and 2008. It has been
developed to help provide a more detailed picture of the opportunity for
providing healthcare claims process outsourcing in the government sector. This
study provides the following:
y An overview of the current state of the healthcare claims processing market
in the U.S. government sector
y A look at how recent trends are impacting spending in this area
y IDC's forecast for U.S. healthcare claims process outsourcing in the
government sector
y Profiles of leading vendors addressing this market segment
y Recommendations to IT vendors that are targeting the healthcare claims
process outsourcing sector, more specifically in the U. S. government sector
"Pharmacy benefits management has become a major trend in the last five years
because pharmacy or drug benefits have become the fastest-increasing cost for
states and the federal government. In an attempt to control these escalating
costs, agencies have turned to external vendors to manage these benefit
programs," said Meredith Whalen, vice president, IDC's U.S. Vertical Market
research. "Interest in healthcare claims process outsourcing in the government
sector is projected to take off in 2004."