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Amwell Announces Pact to Power CVS Virtual Care Offering During Q2 Call

August 04, 2022
Vetster Unveils Digital Pet Pharmacy
Healthcare // August 24, 2021

Veterinary telehealth and pet care company Vetster on Tuesday (Aug. 24) announced the creation of VetsterRx Online Pharmacy, an online pet pharmacy with a veterinary telehealth platform that includes pet medication delivery service for U.S. customers, available online and through the mobile app. About 40...

US Companies Advised To Add Health Experts To Manage Pandemic Response
Coronavirus // August 16, 2020

The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is urging U.S. companies to appoint COVID-19 experts to their board of directors as a way to manage the pandemic threat that could linger for years, the Financial Times (FT) reported. “I think what COVID does is...

UnitedHealth To Fasttrack $2B In Healthcare Payments
Healthcare // April 08, 2020

UnitedHealth is working on getting around $2 billion in payments to doctors and other health professionals over the next week, the insurance giant says. The move will try to ease the financial stress that the coronavirus has stricken upon the U.S. economy, particularly to stop...

Jumio Go For Good Will Help Companies Identify Fake Accounts
Security & Fraud // March 24, 2020

Given the massive new shift towards an all-online lifestyle for Americans as the coronavirus takes its toll, Jumio’s new “Jumio Go for Good” program will provide free analysis of whether accounts are fake or not for a number of crucial industries. Jumio, which specializes in...

Interviews & Exclusives
Meal Kits Sizzle, iTunes Cards Fizzle, Tariffs Just Confuse

March 09, 2018
Who fizzled most this week from the news that a trade war looms, courtesy of the Donald Trump administration? There was the continued drain of the Trumpian brain trust. Gary Cohn, economic adviser at large, former Goldman executive and widely liked by Wall Street, is out the door. There was the fizzle of the stock market […]

The Payments RX For Health Care No-Shows

March 07, 2018
Patient no-shows are a serious problem – for the patient who does not get necessary care, and the provider who loses revenue.  Transportation is a point of friction for the...

Blockchain: A Cure For What Ails Health Care Payments?

January 18, 2018
Healthcare could be, well, a bit healthier when it comes to payments, and data management…and coordinating care in general. One firm, SimplyVital Health, sees blockchain as some timely medicine, along...

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
Vetster Unveils Digital Pet Pharmacy

August 24, 2021
Veterinary telehealth and pet care company Vetster on Tuesday (Aug. 24) announced the creation of VetsterRx Online Pharmacy, an online pet pharmacy with a veterinary telehealth platform that includes pet medication delivery service for U.S. customers, available online and through the mobile app. About 40 percent of Vetster appointments have led to prescriptions for parasites, […]

US Companies Advised To Add Health Experts To Manage Pandemic Response

August 16, 2020
The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is urging U.S. companies to appoint COVID-19 experts to their board of directors as a way to manage the pandemic threat that...

UnitedHealth To Fasttrack $2B In Healthcare Payments

April 08, 2020
UnitedHealth is working on getting around $2 billion in payments to doctors and other health professionals over the next week, the insurance giant says. The move will try to ease...

Jumio Go For Good Will Help Companies Identify Fake Accounts

March 24, 2020
Given the massive new shift towards an all-online lifestyle for Americans as the coronavirus takes its toll, Jumio’s new “Jumio Go for Good” program will provide free analysis of whether...