Healthcare Payments

How Payment Plans Can Cure Healthcare Payments’ Biggest Problem
How Payment Plans Can Cure Healthcare Payments’ Biggest Problem
February 14, 2019  |  Healthcare

Americans are on the hook for an ever-increasing percentage of their medical bills. As healthcare becomes a tough pill to swallow financially, 57 percent of...

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Onward Financial’s Employer-Backed Payday Loan Alternative
Onward Financial’s Employer-Backed Payday Loan Alternative
February 05, 2019  |  Loans

You know the story. Critics say that short-term, small-dollar loans push consumers into the hamster wheel of a never-ending debt cycle – one that turns a two-day...

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Putting Hospitals’ Supply Chain Spend On The Examination Table
Putting Hospitals’ Supply Chain Spend On The Examination Table
January 30, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Supply chain management is essential for any company, but in the healthcare field, it can literally mean the difference between life and death. Having the...

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Amazon’s Healthcare Push Now Includes Whole Hospital Rooms
Amazon’s Healthcare Push Now Includes Whole Hospital Rooms
January 25, 2019  |  Retail

One day, your hospital room — yes, the whole room — might be brought to you by Amazon. The eCommerce operator, continuing its push into...

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Crowe Launches Cash Management Solution For Hospitals
Crowe Launches Cash Management Solution For Hospitals
January 22, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Accounting, consultancy and technology firm Crowe is rolling out a new solution designed for hospitals to automate daily bank reconciliation processes and manage cash flow,...

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Insurers Consider Bringing Apple Watches To Seniors
Insurers Consider Bringing Apple Watches To Seniors
January 16, 2019  |  Mobile Commerce

In an effort to help consumers over the age of 65 to use the Apple Watch as a health tracker, Apple has reportedly been in...

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How Payment Plans Could Cure A $7.5B Medical Malady
How Payment Plans Could Cure A $7.5B Medical Malady
January 15, 2019  |  Healthcare

In medicine, it seems there is a side effect for every treatment. The Affordable Care Act (ACA), or Obamacare, which was signed into law in...

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Are Patients Really Gaining More Power Over Healthcare Pricing?
Are Patients Really Gaining More Power Over Healthcare Pricing?
January 11, 2019  |  Healthcare

Information is power, right? Sure. Except when it’s a source of confusion. That’s the emerging — if very early — story so far with the new...

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Hospital Cyberattacker Receives 10-Year Prison Sentence
Hospital Cyberattacker Receives 10-Year Prison Sentence
January 11, 2019  |  Cybersecurity

A Massachusetts man has been sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for a cyberattack that disrupted Boston Children’s Hospital‘s network for two weeks. Reuters...

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