The healthcare landscape is undergoing a digital transformation, witnessing a surge in consumer adoption of centralized online healthcare portals for managing a spectrum of medical services and benefits in one place. These multifaceted platforms serve as centralized hubs, facilitating payment processing, overseeing prescriptions and pharmacy...
Healthcare’s digital transformation took center stage during day one of J.P. Morgan’s annual healthcare conference. For the 42nd year in a row, J.P. Morgan has drawn around 10,000 attendees to its pivotal healthcare industry event in San Francisco, bringing together key players, innovators and investors to...
CVS Health is warning that its fourth-quarter medical costs may be higher than anticipated. The pharmacy and health insurance company’s finance chief said at a conference Monday (Jan. 8) that CVS’ medical expenses as a proportion of premiums could exceed the company’s goal for the...
Amazon has introduced a program designed to help consumers access digital health benefits. These are benefits offered by insurance plans and employers to help patients improve their health and lower medical costs, but as the company said in its Monday (Jan. 8) announcement, awareness and participation are...
Drugmaker Eli Lilly has launched a digital healthcare platform for obesity, migraine and diabetes patients. LillyDirect, announced on the company website Thursday (Jan. 4), offers things like access to independent healthcare providers and direct home delivery of certain Lilly medicines via third-party pharmacy dispensing services. David A....
Patient payments provider LQpay has introduced a new payment solution for medical and dental practices. The company’s Zero-Click payment solution is designed to streamline payment experiences for patients and providers, and builds on LQpay’s existing “One-Click” Payment option, per a Wednesday (Jan. 3) press release. “By integrating the...
A corporate bank account overdraft happens when a business’ bank account has a negative balance, leading to the account holder incurring a debt. It may be costly, as the outstanding negative balance must be returned in addition to possible fees and with an interest rate...
Employers are increasingly offering wellness chatbots as a worker benefit. About two-thirds of large employers have added access to mental health-related chatbots or apps over the past three years, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Wednesday (Dec. 27), citing data from benefits consulting firm Mercer....
Technical innovations are radically transforming care delivery, and none more so than artificial intelligence (AI). But historically, and for too long, the application of cutting-edge innovations has been mostly the purview of concierge care and the higher end of the healthcare marketplace. Part of the...
