Performance-based contracting and vendor consolidation in US digital health purchasing

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A survey by PHTI shows that US employers and health plans are increasingly using performance-based contracting for digital health vendors, moving away from simple platform-availability payments. Key trends include tighter vendor verification of outcomes, a shift toward active clinical utilization over signups, portfolio consolidation around fewer vendors, and concentrated AI adoption in administrative rather than clinical workflows.