Healthcare Payments

PatientPay and Higher Standards Partner on Healthcare-Focused Payment Acceptance Solution
PatientPay and Higher Standards Partner on Healthcare-Focused Payment Acceptance Solution
June 18, 2024  |  Healthcare

PatientPay and Higher Standards have partnered on a payment acceptance solution for healthcare organizations. With this collaboration, healthcare facilities that use Higher Standards’ payment processing...

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Amazon Expands Prescription Offering to Medicare Members
Amazon Expands Prescription Offering to Medicare Members
June 18, 2024  |  Retail

Amazon said it has expanded its prescription drug program to include Medicare beneficiaries. Beginning Tuesday (June 18), more than 50 million enrollees in the government...

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Synchrony GM Explores Synergy Between Consumers’ Financial and Physical Wellness
Synchrony GM Explores Synergy Between Consumers’ Financial and Physical Wellness
June 18, 2024  |  Healthcare

Health is wealth — but all too often, wealth can have an outsize impact on health. Financial stability directly influences an individual’s ability to access...

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Abett Raises $11.6 Million for Health Plan Data Management Platform
Abett Raises $11.6 Million for Health Plan Data Management Platform
May 24, 2024  |  Investments

Abett has raised $11.6 million to grow its software platform that helps large employers manage and analyze health plan data. The company’s Lockbox product helps...

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Care.com Debuts Employer-Based Spending Accounts
Care.com Debuts Employer-Based Spending Accounts
May 22, 2024  |  Personnel

Care.com has introduced a spending account to help workers cover the cost of care. The new accounts, announced Wednesday (May 22), are designed to give employers a solution...

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Zelis Launches Platform for Healthcare Payments, Communications
Zelis Launches Platform for Healthcare Payments, Communications
May 20, 2024  |  Healthcare

Zelis has launched a platform designed to handle both healthcare payments and communications. The new Zelis Advanced Payments Platform (ZAPP) helps payers process high volumes of claims payments...

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Women Earning Over $100K Spend Nearly $1K on Their Own Health Every Year
Women Earning Over $100K Spend Nearly $1K on Their Own Health Every Year
May 17, 2024  |  Healthcare

For most women, a complex cluster of building blocks — their life stage, household responsibilities, financial circumstances, age and dependents, among others — shape how...

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Steep Hospital Costs Help Inflation Persist
Steep Hospital Costs Help Inflation Persist
May 16, 2024  |  Economy

American medical care costs have gone up, and that’s reportedly helped inflation remain high. Hospital prices climbed 7.7% between April 2023 and April 2024, the biggest monthly increase...

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Report: Waystar Plans to Launch IPO in Early June
Report: Waystar Plans to Launch IPO in Early June
May 14, 2024  |  IPO

Waystar is reportedly planning to launch its initial public offering (IPO) in early June, seeking a valuation of $5 billion or $6 billion. The healthcare payments company will...

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