Medicare

Hospitals Ask Congress To Forgive $100B In Medicare Loans
Hospitals Ask Congress To Forgive $100B In Medicare Loans
July 28, 2020  |  Healthcare

U.S. hospitals want Congress to forgive $100 billion in Medicare loans that were made earlier this year to help the healthcare system amid the coronavirus...

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Deep Dive: How The COVID-19 Pandemic Is Pushing Digital Healthcare Disbursements Adoption
Deep Dive: How The COVID-19 Pandemic Is Pushing Digital Healthcare Disbursements Adoption
June 04, 2020  |  Disbursements

Healthcare providers were facing problems with slow, disorganized disbursements before COVID-19 shook the industry to its core. There was already disparity in how patients were...

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Why Insurers Must Make Healthcare Provider Disbursements Digital
Why Insurers Must Make Healthcare Provider Disbursements Digital
June 03, 2020  |  Disbursements

Complex billing codes and paper-based disbursements have long troubled independent primary care practitioners — frictions that result in treatment delays during the pandemic. Andrew Toy,...

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Medicare Expands Advance Payments To Healthcare Suppliers
Medicare Expands Advance Payments To Healthcare Suppliers
March 30, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Medicare will start offering extra funds to healthcare suppliers across the U.S., including up to 125 percent of the normal amount for critical response hospitals,...

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US Chamber Leader Criticizes Presidential Candidates
US Chamber Leader Criticizes Presidential Candidates
January 09, 2020  |  Politics

The head of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the largest and most powerful business lobbying group in the country, criticized presidential candidates challenging President Donald...

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Medical Equipment Cos Charged In $1.2B Healthcare Fraud
Medical Equipment Cos Charged In $1.2B Healthcare Fraud
April 10, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

U.S. authorities announced that they have charged a number of individuals in connection with one of the biggest healthcare frauds ever prosecuted in the nation....

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

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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New Medicare Cards Are Hitting Mailboxes along the East Coast
New Medicare Cards Are Hitting Mailboxes along the East Coast
May 09, 2018  |  Fraud Prevention

The new Medicare cards are on their way to consumers, a process that includes giving users of the health payment service numbers that differ from...

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FTC Announces New Medicare Cards And Scam Prevention Tips
FTC Announces New Medicare Cards And Scam Prevention Tips
March 07, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that new Medicare cards will be mailed out starting next month. The new cards are being issued to...

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