Doctronic raised $20 million in a Series A funding round to expand its services and grow the adoption of its artificial intelligence-native platform designed to deliver healthcare. The platform uses generative AI to deliver health guidance in minutes and provides access to licensed physicians via...
Hello Patient raised $22.5 million in a Series A funding round to continue to expand the capabilities and reach of its conversational artificial intelligence-powered patient engagement platform for healthcare practices. The company’s platform manages patient conversations at the “front door,” which is the communication and...
Oracle Health introduced tools aimed at easing administrative healthcare burdens and costs. The company’s new artificial intelligence-powered offerings are designed to simplify and lower the cost of processes such as prior authorizations, medical coding, claims processing and determining eligibility, according to a Thursday (Sept. 11)...
A Justice Department criminal investigation of UnitedHealth Group is reportedly broader than initially thought. Bloomberg reported Tuesday (Aug. 26), citing unnamed sources, that what was once thought to be a probe into possible Medicare fraud is also looking into business practices at the company’s pharmacy...
Generation Z views digital health services not as conveniences, but as expectations built into their daily lives. The stage has been set for the pivot away from paper-based communications, phone calls and paper checks. As PYMNTS Intelligence found in its far-reaching “How the World Does...
The rise of real-time payments is revolutionizing the patient experience in healthcare, mirroring consumers’ demands for seamless digital interactions across their daily lives. The PYMNTS Intelligence report “Small Business Real-Time Payments Barometer: Healthcare Edition,” part of the broader Real-Time Payments Tracker Series, sheds light on...
Talk of innovation in healthcare often centers on new diagnostic tools, surgical robotics or artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled patient monitoring. But across major health systems and independent providers alike, it’s the financial back office and billing departments where one of the industry’s most transformative shifts is...
At the midpoint of 2025, the digital transformation of healthcare and insurance has moved fully from experimental to expected. Investors are no longer dazzled by technology promises alone; they want numbers, margins and credible paths to profitability. Second-quarter earnings reports from companies like Amwell, Oscar...
While many sectors have embraced the swift currents of digital innovation, a significant portion of the U.S. healthcare industry remains anchored in outdated payment practices, creating inefficiencies and straining financial health. A recent report, “Healthcare Payments Need Modernization to Drive Financial Health,” illuminates how manual payment systems...