Health Care Payments news and trends

Flywire’s OnPlan Acquisition Ups The Healthcare, Tuition Payments Game
Partnerships / Acquisitions // January 18, 2018

What do the health care and education segments have in common? They both have customers who must make large payments prior to receiving services, such as taking classes at a college or visiting a doctor’s office or hospital for medical treatment. When those payments are...

The RX For Healthy Payments Processes
Payment Methods // November 14, 2017

Amid momentous changes in healthcare, debt is on the rise, while deductibles are high. How to set in place a positive practice management payments process? Matt McCammon, general manager of Integrated Payments at TSYS, offers up a prescription for healthy cash flow.

WEX Talks Acquisition Strategy, From Fleet To Health Care
B2B Payments // October 28, 2015

When corporate payments firm WEX, known best for its fuel card services, announced this month it struck a $1.1 billion deal to acquire peer Electronic Funds Source, the fleet industry perked up. As gas prices decline and fleet card technology evolves, WEX’s buyout of EFS...

Patientco Rebuilds Patient Payments
B2B Payments // June 17, 2015

Business solutions developers are bringing the health care industry into the world of high-tech. Apple’s partnership with IBM, for example, has introduced a slew of new mobile applications for the sector, including Hospital RN, which deploys iBeacon technology for health care providers to access patient...

Interviews & Exclusives
Flywire’s OnPlan Acquisition Ups The Healthcare, Tuition Payments Game

January 18, 2018
What do the health care and education segments have in common? They both have customers who must make large payments prior to receiving services, such as taking classes at a college or visiting a doctor’s office or hospital for medical treatment. When those payments are cross-border, the lack of transparency around exchange rates and transfer times created […]

The RX For Healthy Payments Processes

November 14, 2017
Amid momentous changes in healthcare, debt is on the rise, while deductibles are high. How to set in place a positive practice management payments process? Matt McCammon, general manager of...

Quick Reads
Patientco Rebuilds Patient Payments

June 17, 2015
Business solutions developers are bringing the health care industry into the world of high-tech. Apple’s partnership with IBM, for example, has introduced a slew of new mobile applications for the sector, including Hospital RN, which deploys iBeacon technology for health care providers to access patient information on their mobile device when they are near that […]

Prosper Buys American Healthcare Lending for $21 Million

January 28, 2015
One industry that could be considered a prime candidate for innovation is health care spending, particularly financing elective health procedures. On Jan. 27, TechCrunch reported that loan servicing agency Prosper Marketplace bought...