Disbursements

Disbursements
A Digital Disbursement Fix To Help SMBs Keep Afloat
July 02, 2020

The pandemic is continuing to throw typical business operations for many industries into flux, resulting in disastrous financial consequences. Small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in particular are struggling against the loss of revenue, something that has already led more than 100,000 SMBs within the United...

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

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 receiving funds from providers and the methods they wanted to use, with one pre-outbreak Ingo Money study noting that less...

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

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, chief technology officer for health insurance provider Clover Health, explains how machine learning can help resolve billing issues, disburse payments...

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Deep Dive: Modernizing Patients’ Reimbursements, Discounts
June 02, 2020

Financial pains are all too common for patients and service providers in the healthcare industry. Patients can struggle to afford the high costs associated with medical care, and hospitals can struggle to keep the lights on when bill payments trickle in slowly. These were significant...

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The Machine Learning Fix For Healthcare Disbursement Delays
June 02, 2020

Financial institutions (FIs), businesses and healthcare providers are adjusting their operations to suit the new reality that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused. Healthcare provideers, for example, are turning to telehealth solutions to service patients for routine appointments as to keep those individuals from entering hospitals...

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The Painful State Of Patient Reimbursements
June 01, 2020

U.S. patients were notoriously overburdened by healthcare costs even before pandemic-related job losses added new financial strains. These high costs and long reimbursement waits often lead cash-strapped consumers to skip critical treatments altogether. In the Faster Healthcare Payments Report, PYMNTS speaks with the National Patient...

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How Faster Disbursements Can Help Solve Patients’ Payment Pain Points
May 29, 2020

The United States healthcare system is notorious for burdening patients with hefty expenses — a reality that existed long before the COVID-19 pandemic turned a national spotlight onto the issue. Financially-strained consumers can struggle to afford medicine and treatment for a variety of conditions, and...

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CVS Returns $43M In Provider Relief Funds
May 20, 2020

CVS Health has agreed to return $43.3 million in payments it received through the CARES Act’s Provider Relief Fund, Fox Business reported. In a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar on Tuesday (May 19), CVS President and CEO Larry Merlo wrote...

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Treasury: 4 Million IRS Stimulus Payments To Be Sent Via Visa Prepaid Debit Card
May 18, 2020

The U.S. Treasury Department and the IRS are planning to send out around 4 million Economic Impact Payments (EIP) via Visa prepaid debit cards rather than paper checks this week, according to a Treasury Department press release. The EIP cards can be used for purchases,...