Harness agentic AI to drive payer strategy
Published:
February 10, 2026
Insights into the future of healthcare operations and compliance
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U.S. healthcare payers are adopting agentic AI to navigate cost pressures, new regulations, and complex data environments. We feel the Gartner® Predicts 2026: U.S. Healthcare Payers Bet Big on Agentic Workforce report delivers critical insights for CIOs and technology leaders to steer this transformation.
Why download this report?
We believe this report provides essential analysis for healthcare payer leaders, offering:
- Strategic predictions: Understand how AI agents will handle 80% of inquiries by 2028 and the impact on your technology spending and member trust.
- Actionable insights: Discover strategies to address critical interoperability challenges, with a goal of reducing manual workloads by 40% through intelligent automation.
- Future-proof insights: Learn how AI-enabled, real-time adjudication is predicted to process 80% of ambulatory claims, significantly reducing manual processing costs.
- Analyst recommendations: Gain a clear framework for building an AI-ready data foundation, ensuring governance, and proving ROI with a phased, composable technology approach.
Inclusion matters: Cohere Health is proud to be included in this Gartner report. In our opinoin, our work in AI-driven automation and intelligent prior authorization aligns with the innovative strategies outlined to optimize payer-provider workflows and ensure compliance.
Gartner, Predicts 2026: U.S. Healthcare Payers Bet Big on Agentic Workforce, By Faith Adams, Austynn Eubank, Connie Salgy, 15 December 2025.
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