BOSTON, Aug. 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Arcadia® (arcadia.io), a leading healthcare data platform, today announced the publication of its latest research report, Scaling Smarter: The Data Strategies Powering High-Performing Health Plans. The report highlights a widening gap between the data capabilities today’s payers need and the tools, infrastructure, and analytics strategies many still lack. For example, without a unified data foundation built around complete member 360 profiles, efforts to apply agentic or generative AI will fall short, missing the savings and experience improvements these technologies promise.
The report also reveals how leading health plans are making meaningful progress with data-driven strategies that improve outcomes, manage costs, and strengthen provider performance. Key findings include:
- Data integration lags behind data sharing: While 66% of payers rated their ability to share data externally as “very good” or “excellent,” only 57% said the same about integrating data from external sources. In fact, 85% have yet to integrate all available data into a centralized analytics platform, which limits their ability to generate comprehensive and actionable insights.
- AI and advanced analytics are an untapped opportunity: Less than 20% of plans use AI to develop care plans, summarize records, or drive member …