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Walgreens Boots Alliance Accelerates Rollout Of Primary Care Clinics
January 06, 2021

Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) has turbo-charged its investment into VillageMD to facilitate the opening of between 600 and 700 new Village Medical at Walgreens primacy care clinics in the next four years, according to a press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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UnitedHealth’s Optum Buys Change Healthcare For $13 Billion
January 06, 2021

After being bought by UnitedHealth, Change Healthcare will join with OptumInsight to boost software and data analytics, tech-fueled research and revenue cycle management offerings for healthcare, according to a press release Wednesday (Jan. 6). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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Moving Healthcare Providers To A New Payments Business Model
January 06, 2021

The U.S. healthcare industry is plagued with two- and three-month billing delays and confusion about what is and isn’t covered by insurance. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

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High-Profile Healthcare Venture Haven Shuts Down; Could Signal Shift For JPMorgan, Amazon
January 04, 2021

In the end, there was no haven for Haven. As reported on Monday (Jan. 4), the healthcare startup – created in 2018 through joint efforts between Amazon, J.P. Morgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway – will be shuttered and dissolved next month. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Amazon, Berkshire, JPMorgan Fold Healthcare Disruption Startup Haven
January 04, 2021

Haven, the Silicon Valley healthcare disruption startup launched in 2018 by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase, is being dissolved.  Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

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Flywire Sees 2021 As The Year To Advance Healthcare Payment Plans
January 04, 2021

The demand for digital services and payments that COVID-19 has carried in its wake is turning digitization from an aspiration to a necessity for health systems. So creating a digital front door for patients to access their healthcare plans is getting more attention as a...

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Digital Payments Easing Pains For Hurting Medical And Dental Practices
December 29, 2020

In a time of mass illness and economic contraction, are doctors and hospitals feeling OK about payments? We hope so ­— but it takes more than hope to run a medical practice. It takes money, and for the medical profession, money has been a strangely...

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Flywire Says It Processes $14 Billion In Healthcare Patient Transactions, About A Third Of US...
December 10, 2020

Software and payments company Flywire has announced record growth for its healthcare business, according to a press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to...

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AWS Unveils Amazon HealthLake Data Services For Healthcare Industry
December 09, 2020

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched Amazon HealthLake, a data services unit aimed at helping healthcare organizations store and analyze their data. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...