CareCredit, a solution from consumer financing company Synchrony, has launched an enhanced and rebranded installment loan product that helps consumers plan and pay for products and elective health and wellness expenses not covered by insurance, the company said in a Wednesday (Oct. 21) press release. This CareCredit Pay...
Utah is expanding its artificial intelligence sandbox with three healthcare pilots. At the same time, regulators are developing answers to questions about patient protection, such as who bears liability when an automated system causes harm, what evidence establishes its safety and where state experimentation meets...
Independent medical practices operate like small businesses, but the financial tools available to them rarely account for how healthcare works. Physicians must manage insurance reimbursements, medical supplies and operating expenses across disconnected systems, often while running lean. Treso, a startup building a financial operating system...
Employers know exactly what their health plan costs. What they usually don’t know is what it costs them when an employee needs care and doesn’t get it because a credit check got in the way of the bill. That happens more often than most benefits...
Google has launched a women’s health partnership as it deepens its footprint in the wearable fitness-tracking space. The tech giant on Monday (Oct. 12) announced a collaboration with Flo Health, a platform used by more than 80 million women each month. “This collaboration will help...
Clara Quakenbush, a medical assistant at Hancock Health’s Sue Ann Wortman Cancer Center in Indiana, used to make 10 to 15 trips a day carrying specimens to the hospital lab, according to an October 2025 news release from autonomous delivery company Arrive AI. She spent...
Healthcare services companies must provide patients with pricing information that is timely, accurate and complete, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson said in letters sent to 24 of the largest such companies in the nation. Ferguson sent the letters to remind the companies...
WEX has expanded the capabilities of its artificial intelligence-powered claims tool to support more account types, the company said in a Wednesday (Sept. 30) press release. The AI-powered claims tool now supports Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs) and Limited Purpose Health Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), in...
Oura is preparing to launch an initial public offering (IPO) on Nasdaq next week with a pitch that reaches past the smart ring it is known for. The company has spent the past year turning the sleep, heart rate, temperature and stress signals its rings...