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Meet the Neobank That Counts Only Doctors as Customers
Banking // January 24, 2024

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Telemedicine’s Post-COVID Evolution Paves Way for Digital Therapies, Diagnostics
Healthcare // July 14, 2022

Catapulted from relative obscurity to mainstream status by COVID-19, telemedicine has obvious limitations in treating disease, but the emerging world of digital therapeutics is changing that. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

athenahealth Deal Shows Promise and Potential of Connected Health
Healthcare // November 23, 2021

Connected health is having a lively year in the wake of a pandemic that exposed weaknesses in several areas, including how patient data is shared and how payments are handled.  Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Rising Prescription Volumes Reflect Return of In-Office Doctor Visits
Healthcare // November 03, 2021

Vital signs are improving for in-office doctor visits after they cratered in 2020. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today....

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Meet the Neobank That Counts Only Doctors as Customers

January 24, 2024
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Telemedicine’s Post-COVID Evolution Paves Way for Digital Therapies, Diagnostics

July 14, 2022
Catapulted from relative obscurity to mainstream status by COVID-19, telemedicine has obvious limitations in treating disease, but the emerging world of digital therapeutics is changing that. Get the Full Story...

Flywire’s Massaro: Healthcare Payments’ $375B Efficiency Opportunity

February 17, 2020
A digital-first world needs a digital-first healthcare payments reboot, especially as consumers become among its largest payors. It’s one of the reasons that Flywire CEO Mike Massaro tells Karen Webster...

The Role Of Digital Identity In Growing The Healthcare Services Gig Economy

June 17, 2019
The United States is currently weathering a healthcare worker shortage that is estimated to get quite a bit worse before it gets better.  According to healthcare staffing consultancy Mercer, to...

Quick Reads
Report: Biotech Research Firm Thermo Fisher Considers Selling Diagnostics Business

June 13, 2025
Biotechnology research firm Thermo Fisher Scientific is reportedly looking to sell part of its diagnostics business amid industrywide concerns about federal cutbacks in spending on research. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS […]

InComm Payments Partners With Convey Health For OTC Services

July 27, 2021
InComm Payments is teaming up with Convey Health Solutions to offer wider access to over-the-counter (OTC) services to its health plan associates. The collaboration between the two firms will make...

First Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccines Administered In US

December 14, 2020
The first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, outside of clinical trials, started being administered to healthcare workers and nursing home staffers on Monday (Dec.14). Get the Full Story Complete...

Bill Gates Enthusiastic About Promise Of COVID-19 Vaccines 

December 03, 2020
Microsoft Co-founder Bill Gates told “TODAY” on Thursday (Dec. 3) that he expects that by June, anyone who wants a coronavirus vaccine will be able to get one. Get the...