Andreas Klar joined Boston Consulting Group in 2006. He is a core member of the firm’s worldwide Health Care and Insurance practices. He primarily works with health insurance payers, focusing on large-scale transformations, growth strategies, and digital services. 

Andreas has extensive knowledge of the international health care and health-insurance markets, including applying value-based health care approaches. He has a wide range of project experience developing and implementing strategies for health insurance companies and health systems across Europe and the Middle East. 

Prior to joining BCG, Andreas developed and managed outpatient clinics in Central Eastern Europe.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

EDUCATION

  • PhD, health economics with focus on cross-border health care, University of Bayreuth
  • MBA, Central European University Budapest/Schulich School of Business Toronto
  • BSc, economics, University of Hamburg

Publications and Videos

The Untapped Potential of Ecosystems in Health Care

The Untapped Potential of Ecosystems in Health Care

Ecosystems have the power to reshape the health care industry and end the tradeoff between access, quality, and cost. Here’s how.
How Health Insurers Can Capitalize on a Changing Global Market

How Health Insurers Can Capitalize on a Changing Global Market

Technology, demographic trends, and new players are all disrupting the industry. To respond, insurers need to make smart choices about how—and where—they operate.
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Curbing the Cost Curve in Health Care: Plugging the Leakage

In this perspective, we look at health care systems from a proprietary framework of funding flows, identify the most common “leakages” in the system, and propose ways to address them using principles derived from our case work and experience.
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Digitale Arztkonsultationen in Deutschland

Digitale Arztkonsultationen sind in vielen Gesundheitssystemen in Europa bereits fest etabliert. In Deutschland sind Erst-Konsultationen via Telefon, Videokonferenz, Chat oder Kontaktformulare bisher nur in geringem Umfang erlaubt.
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