Voya Financial Inc. will purchase the third-party health savings and spending accounts administrator Benefit Strategies, Voya announced in a Monday (May 10) press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
Walmart Health has entered into an agreement to acquire MeMD, a multi-specialty telehealth partner, according to a Thursday (May 6) press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...
Jack Ma’s Ant Group is in talks with regulators in China to revive its crowdfunded medical coverage unit, Xiang Hu Bao, and develop it into a regulated company, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday (May 6), citing sources. Get the Full Story Complete the...
Virtual care provider Doctor On Demand is launching a 24/7 chat-based coaching tool to address subclinical behavioral health needs, building on the company’s clinical practice of therapy, psychiatry, integrated virtual primary care and care team navigation to offer a true end-to-end solution. Virtual care provider...
As anyone who’s ever had an elderly relative go through the healthcare system knows, maintaining consistent patient records is critical. Often, a patient will be treated in a hospital, sent to a nursing home and then sent back to a hospital as health conditions change,...
New York-based Sesame, which offers a direct-pay healthcare marketplace, announced on Tuesday (April 27) that it has raised an additional $24 million in venture capital. In a press release, the company said that the funding would help build its marketplace and “expand access to affordable,...
Dominick Colabella, CEO of Rectangle Health, dives into how the digital shift is transforming the healthcare payments landscape. “Our digital footprint not only includes how we pay for physical items and services rendered, but also what we can afford for our family’s health and our...
Swedish MedTech startup Kry raised $300 million in a funding round that values the telehealth platform at $2 billion, almost triple the $700 million valuation the firm had last year, CNBC reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
On the surface, it appeared as a typical acquisition. A bank, Bank Of America, acquires a healthcare payments platform, Axia Technologies, to strengthen its patient/provider payments capabilities. Under the surface, it was more: a cornerstone for expanding its merchant service offerings in healthcare beyond payments...
