Barnes & Thornburg recently issued the firm's inaugural 2025 Healthcare Compliance Outlook.
The majority of health care and life sciences professionals surveyed feel stretched thin as they navigate complex regulations and newer risks. Challenges include the increased frequency cyberattacks, the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and increased scrutiny of health care mergers and acquisitions.
Some key findings include:
- Only 31% of health care compliance and risk leaders feel “very prepared” to meet future compliance and risk challenges.
- More than half (53%) report resource constraints in program areas like budget, staffing and technology; 56% expect to face more resource limitations in the next year.
- More than half (54%) of organizations are already seeking private equity backing or considering it.
- Nearly 3/4 of respondents are using or considering using AI in their internal legal compliance functions; data analysis, risk assessments and administrative tasks are the most popular applications.
- Six in 10 of those respondents say that AI integration and development will add more than 10% to their budget in the coming year.
- 58% of all respondents say developing a governance structure for AI compliance is difficult.
Barnes & Thornburg is the product of a 1982 merger of Indianapolis-based Barnes, Hickam, Pantzer & Boyd and South Bend-based Thornburg, McGill, Deahl, Harman, Carey & Murray. The firm has been a member of the South Bend and Elkhart communities for almost 100 years.
