In PYMNTS’ Provider Ranking of Telemedicine Apps this month, PlushCare enters the scene to start pushing everyone up, and Carbon Health and QuickMD both climb to fight for the No. 8 spot. The Top 5 APPatient takes the No. 1 spot, scoring 98, two points...
Gone are the days when obtaining prescription medications meant navigating long queues at brick-and-mortar drugstores. Today, a wave of healthcare solutions such as digital pharmacies is reshaping the way consumers access and manage medications, bringing unprecedented convenience, accessibility, and efficiency to the process. As further...
UnitedHealth, the largest U.S. health services company by revenue, wants to keep its crown. The company’s third-quarter 2023 earnings results, announced on Friday (Oct. 13), showed strong growth through the first nine months of the fiscal year, raking in $16.9 billion in profit, compared to...
Walmart says it will begin offering virtual primary care services to more of its employees. The retailer announced Tuesday (Oct. 10) that it was expanding the program — already available in parts of the country — to 28 additional states. “In 2019, we knew that similar to...
If you think artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere today, just wait a few years. The technology is advancing at a hyper-rapid pace and is sure to have an increasingly larger impact on the way individuals around the world live — particularly as it relates to...
Samsung is expanding its efforts in health and wellness technologies through new collaborations with universities and academic hospitals. The company launched an Open Innovation Initiative that aims to revolutionize the digital health ecosystem and pioneer novel approaches to wellness through solutions like wearables, Samsung said...
Navigating a friction-filled healthcare system, not to mention the complexities of insurance coverage, can often be overwhelming, particularly for baby boomers and seniors who typically have greater and more frequent healthcare needs than their younger counterparts. For these older consumers, seamless and integrated digital platforms...
Weave, an all-in-one experience platform for small and medium-sized healthcare businesses, has partnered with payment network Affirm to provide flexible payment options for eligible patients. By integrating Affirm’s pay-over-time options with Weave’s patient experience platform, the partnership benefits patients and also allows healthcare practices to receive payments...
J.P. Morgan Payments Global Co-Head of Healthcare Payments Jeff Lin, and agilon health Chief Financial Officer Tim Bensley, told Karen Webster that value-based healthcare has long been a concept — but is finally on the cusp of becoming a reality. As it stands now, attending...
