Healthcare Payer Business Process Transformation 2026 RadarView™

June, 2026

This report provides a holistic view of the leading service providers offering healthcare payer business process transformation services. It begins by summarizing key trends shaping the market’s supply side and continues with a detailed assessment of 28 service providers. Each profile presents an overview of the service provider, its key IP assets, a list of clients and partnerships, and brief client case studies. Each profile concludes with analyst insights on the provider’s practice maturity and future-proofing.

Why read this RadarView?

Healthcare payer service providers are competing on measurable business outcomes, deep domain expertise, and regulatory readiness, with commercial models shifting toward outcome/KPI-based and hybrid pricing structures. Service providers are increasingly supporting payers beyond claims management as cost pressures, member-centricity mandates, and value-based care adoption drive strong demand for operational transformation across financial management, member and provider services, and care management. There is also a focus on AI-native alliances for agentic automation, interoperability, and outcome-driven care.

The Healthcare Payer Business Process Transformation 2026 RadarView™ highlights key supply-side trends in this space and Avasant’s viewpoint on them. It helps companies identify top service providers to support their healthcare payer business process transformation. It also analyzes each service provider’s capabilities in technology and delivery support, enabling organizations to select the right strategic partners for their healthcare payer processes.

Featured providers

This RadarView includes a detailed analysis of the following healthcare payer business process transformation service providers: Accenture, Capgemini, Coforge, Cognizant, Concentrix, Conduent, EXL, Firstsource, Genpact, HCLTech, HealthEdge, Hexaware, Infosys, Mphasis, NTT DATA, Omega Healthcare, Optum, Sagility, Shearwater Health, Smart Data Solutions, SS&C Technologies, Sutherland, Tech Mahindra, VBA Software, Vee Healthtek, Viaante, Wipro, and XBP Global.

Methodology

Our evaluation of service providers is based on primary input from the providers, focused briefings, public disclosures, validation from their clients, and Avasant’s ongoing market interactions. The assessment is across the two dimensions of practice maturity and future-proofing, leading to our recognition of service providers that have brought the most value to the market over the past 12 months.

Table of contents

About the report (Pages 3–5)

Executive summary (Pages 6–13)

    • Definition and scope of the healthcare payer business process transformation
    • Avasant recognizes 28 top-tier providers offering healthcare payer business process transformation services
    • Provider comparison
    • Tech pioneer comparison

Supply-side trends (Pages 14–19)

    • Strong revenue and client expansion are fueled by payer demand for measurable outcomes, deep domain expertise, and regulatory-ready service delivery.
    • Outcome-based pricing leads adoption; hybrid models see fastest growth, reflecting payer shift toward value-aligned engagements.
    • Claims remain the leading revenue stream; rapid growth in financial management, member, and care services reflects a shift toward value and cost efficiency.
    • Two-thirds of planned investments target AI/ML R&D and acquisitions to deepen payer domain capabilities.
    • AI-native alliances reshape payer operations as providers partner for agentic automation, interoperability, and outcome-driven care.

Service provider profiles (Pages 20–73)

    • Detailed profiles for Accenture, Capgemini, Coforge, Cognizant, Concentrix, Conduent, EXL, Firstsource, Genpact, HCLTech, HealthEdge, Hexaware, Infosys, Mphasis, NTT DATA, Omega Healthcare, Optum, Sagility, Shearwater Health, Smart Data Solutions, SS&C Technologies, Sutherland, Tech Mahindra, VBA Software, Vee Healthtek, Viaante, Wipro, and XBP Global.

Appendix (Pages 74–77)

    • RadarView assessment
    • Research methodology and coverage
    • Interpretation of classification

Key contacts (Page 78)


Read the Research Byte based on this report. Please refer to Avasant’s Healthcare Payer Business Process Transformation 2026 Market Insights™ for demand-side trends.

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Avasant’s research and other publications are based on information from the best available sources and Avasant’s independent assessment and analysis at the time of publication. Avasant takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any error/omission or the accuracy of information contained in its research publications. Avasant does not endorse any provider, product or service described in its RadarView™ publications or any other research publications that it makes available to its users, and does not advise users to select only those providers recognized in these publications. Avasant disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. None of the graphics, descriptions, research, excerpts, samples or any other content provided in the report(s) or any of its research publications may be reprinted, reproduced, redistributed or used for any external commercial purpose without prior permission from Avasant, LLC. All rights are reserved by Avasant, LLC.

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