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B2B PaymentsDeep Dive: How Manufacturers Are Transitioning To Counter PPE Shortages
Fighting a pandemic takes clear communication, strategic organization and responsive action. It also requires supplies, which has been a major worldwide stumbling...
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DisbursementsHow Faster Disbursements Can Help Solve Patients’ Payment Pain Points
The United States healthcare system is notorious for burdening patients with hefty expenses — a reality that existed long before the COVID-19...
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Intelligence of ThingsSmart Cities Can Emerge Stronger From The Pandemic
There is scarcely an aspect of life that has not been thoroughly disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The crisis has also dramatically...
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LegalAlmost 800 Lawsuits Over Deaths, Safety And Canceled Events Filed
More than 770 lawsuits are piling up against hospitals, nursing homes, gyms, airlines and cruise lines in the U.S. due to the...
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CoronavirusFrontline Workers Want More Pandemic Hazard Pay
Essential workers on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic are asking for more bonus pay although many have indicated that no amount...
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NewsToday In Payments: Amazon Trials Video Onboarding For New Merchants; Hospitals Face Cash Crunch
In today’s top news, Amazon is trialing video onboarding calls to prevent merchant fraud, and hospitals face major financial hardship amid the...
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CoronavirusHospitals Pay Price As COVID-19 Keeps Patients Away
The COVID-19 crisis isn’t just hitting the medical profession hard, it’s pummeling the industry on multiple fronts at once. There are the genuine...
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CoronavirusHospitals Face Financial Hardship As COVID-19 Continues To Surge
Hospitals on the front lines of treating the coronavirus pandemic are projecting staggering losses, some as high as $50 billion a month,...
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Artificial Intelligence‘Paging Dr. Spot’ – How Robots Are Helping Doctors Make The Rounds
Robotics adoption has had something of a rocky road in the U.S. market in the last several years. While the CES show in...
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HealthcareWhat The Ventilator Shortage Teaches Us About The Future Of Connected Healthcare
Benjamin Franklin famously noted that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure — a lesson the U.S. medical industry...
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CoronavirusUS Hospitals Seek Over $1B In Credit From Banks To Stay Afloat
Hospitals across the U.S. have been busy sending banks requests for new lines of credit as they face thin revenue streams from...
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Artificial IntelligenceBringing AI To The Fight Against Healthcare Payments Fraud
The coronavirus pandemic poses an unprecedented challenge to healthcare systems that will likely extend for months — and perhaps even years — to come. More...
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EconomyUS Dems Push For Small Businesses, Hospitals First In Next Financial Aid
Top Democratic officials in the U.S. have a new list of demands for the next round of stimulus funds to fight the...
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Security & FraudHack Of Patient Survey Firm NRC Health Raises Questions Over US Records Security
A cyberattack at NRC Health has prompted questions about the security of its data and overall patient privacy, CNBC reported. On Feb....
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InternationalChina’s Alibaba Sets Up Platform For Coronavirus Medical Supplies
Chinese eCommerce giant Alibaba Group has set up a special platform featuring global medical supplies to help fight the Coronavirus. The Alibaba...
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DeliveryUCSD Tests New Drone Deliveries For Medical Products
A new drone delivery program by Matternet, and operated by UPS, will fly blood samples and other medical necessities to those in...
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HealthcareMicrosoft Health Exec Calls For More Transparency Of Patient Data
Peter Lee, corporate vice president of Microsoft Healthcare, wants to make sure patients have access to their healthcare records. Lee, speaking with...
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DataHospitals’ Sharing Of Patient Data Extends To Other Big Tech Players
In the latest example of hospitals’ influence in the data economy, Microsoft and Amazon now have access to patient records. The deal,...
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HealthcareCan Payments Solve Healthcare’s $20K-Per-Family Cost Burden?
We all know the drill. After receiving treatment at a hospital (whether an in-and-out affair, such as an MRI, or a multi-day...
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HealthcareCould Payment Plans Help Both Patients And Providers?
Consumers are increasingly responsible for out-of-pocket healthcare costs — even with insurance. Some opt for payment plans when available; others just don’t...
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Healthcare5G Starts Adding Fuel To Healthcare Payments And Innovation
As 5G deployments start, the people who run hospitals and medical offices, along with companies that supply healthcare devices and payment services,...
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B2B PaymentsHospital ERPs Find Promise In The Cloud
Cloud technology is relatively old, considering the pace of innovation in the back office. However, that doesn’t mean every business has taken...
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BlockchainBlockchain To Help Cure Hospital Supply Chain’s Ills?
As blockchain cleaves from its association with cryptocurrencies, one way distributed ledger technology is finding new use cases is through the application...
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B2B PaymentsSupply Chain Management’s Impact On Hospitals’ Financial Health
It is generally accepted that digital supply chain management (SCM) strategies are good for business, yet it can be difficult to put...
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Payments InnovationFlywire Surpasses $10B In Total Payments Volume
Global payments and receivables company Flywire enjoyed strong growth in 2018 that it plans to carry into this coming year and over...
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HealthcareHow Payment Plans Can Cure Healthcare Payments’ Biggest Problem
Americans are on the hook for an ever-increasing percentage of their medical bills. As healthcare becomes a tough pill to swallow financially,...
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B2B PaymentsPutting Hospitals’ Supply Chain Spend On The Examination Table
Supply chain management is essential for any company, but in the healthcare field, it can literally mean the difference between life and...
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AmazonAmazon’s Healthcare Push Now Includes Whole Hospital Rooms
One day, your hospital room — yes, the whole room — might be brought to you by Amazon. The eCommerce operator, continuing...
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B2B PaymentsCrowe Launches Cash Management Solution For Hospitals
Accounting, consultancy and technology firm Crowe is rolling out a new solution designed for hospitals to automate daily bank reconciliation processes and...
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HealthcareAre Patients Really Gaining More Power Over Healthcare Pricing?
Information is power, right? Sure. Except when it’s a source of confusion. That’s the emerging — if very early — story so far...
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AmazonAmazon, Xealth, Two Hospitals To Test Medical Supply Project
Amazon is in talks with Xealth, and potentially two more hospital networks, to take part in a test project that would enable...
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HealthcareHow Much Can Technology Improve Healthcare Payments?
Among the latest hopes for healthcare payments is blockchain. Touted by observers and industry players as one of the top trends that...
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FacebookFacebook Tables Health Data Research Project
After the Cambridge Analytica data scandal raised privacy concerns, Facebook reportedly tabled a proposal to work with multiple U.S. hospitals on a...
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RidesharingLyft Teams Up With Allscripts To Provide Patients Rides
To provide rides to people who can’t drive to their doctor’s appointments, Lyft is expanding its partnerships with healthcare providers by teaming up...
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LoansLendingPoint CEO On Medical Payments ‘Last Mile’ Problem
With healthcare costs on the perpetual rise, many employers are offering insurance plans with high deductibles to keep costs down. But that...
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DebtWith Debt Rising, US Hospitals Toy With Charging Patients Upfront
U.S. hospitals, balking at paying the bill for millions of Americans who have high deductible plans under Obamacare, are toying with requiring patients...
