The Indian Health Service (IHS) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) have written a joint letter addressing improper bills and collection on improper bills targeting IHS-approved Purchased/Referred Care (PRC) program patients. The letter reiterates that the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (IHCIA) prohibits medical providers, suppliers or...
Though it’s a truism that the world’s become more digitized — Venmo, PayPal, and Cash App are all staples of everyday life while we bank online, order online, and stream movies — healthcare has lagged a bit. Which is not to say the sector has...
Weave has debuted a feature to help healthcare practices collect more outstanding balances. The experience platform for small and medium-sized medical practices has introduced Payment Reminders, a feature that lets clients turn payment invoices or text-to-pay requests into a “set-it-and-forget-it” collection campaign, the company said...
Motherhood is one of the most important things in the world. But like many other important things, it can leave little time for much else, especially when taking action around women’s preventative health and wellness. “There’s a priority shift when women become mothers,” Bethany Weeby,...
RevSpring has integrated lockbox payments into its digital payment platform, allowing healthcare financial leaders to get a single, unified view of payments made through all modalities. The firm accomplished this by expanding its PersonaPay platform to include a lockbox solution that encompasses patient payments made...
PatientPay and Higher Standards have partnered on a payment acceptance solution for healthcare organizations. With this collaboration, healthcare facilities that use Higher Standards’ payment processing solution for all types of businesses and organizations will have access to PatientPay’s platform for acute, ambulatory and specialty care,...
Health is wealth — but all too often, wealth can have an outsize impact on health. Financial stability directly influences an individual’s ability to access healthcare, particularly preventative services. And in an increasingly interconnected world, the relationship between financial health and physical health has become...
More than 6 in 10 U.S. consumers who earn below $50,000 annually have less than $500 on hand for medical emergencies — and they are nearly twice as likely than the average American to be in poor health. These are just two key findings uncovered...
Healthcare technology platform Wellfit has teamed with FinTech HFD to offer consumers more health financing solutions. “This collaboration signifies a pivotal step towards enhancing accessibility to healthcare financing solutions across the entire credit spectrum,” the companies said in a Tuesday (April 9) press release. With the partnership,...
