In a move set to illuminate the eye care landscape, Bausch + Lomb Corporation launched Opal, an eCommerce marketplace designed to streamline the ordering process for contact lenses and, in the future, select over-the-counter products. The introduction of Opal reflects Bausch + Lomb’s commitment to...
For smaller healthcare providers, manual processes dominate the back office — and when it comes to reconciling remittances with deposits, pain points emerge that rival any sprain or bruise. Cash flows suffer. Productivity suffers too, because staff are so intricately involved in maintaining and updating...
Breast cancer, the leading cost driver in oncology, poses formidable financial challenges for patients and healthcare providers alike. In response, Cigna Healthcare is prioritizing improved patient outcomes and cost management through partnerships and tailored support initiatives. At the heart of this strategy is Cigna’s collaboration...
Doctor visits and medical bills are a fact of life. But occasionally the payments tables are turned in favor of the patient in the form of refunds or disbursements. It’s a happy event, to be sure, and sometimes an unexpected one. But all too often...
The invisible cost of caregiving continues to pose a challenge for women and mothers. Across America, women are making an impossible choice: prioritize their families’ needs or take care of their own health. With grocery bills climbing, healthcare costs rising and the pressure to juggle...
ProviderTrust and Ntracts have partnered to give healthcare organizations clear visibility into their vendors’ payment eligibility at contracting and throughout contract execution. By bringing together ProviderTrust’s healthcare data and technology and Ntracts’ contract lifecycle management software for healthcare organizations, this collaboration aims to improve compliance...
Oracle has debuted a cloud-based solution designed to streamline medical claims processing. Oracle Health Clinical Data Exchange is designed to replace the manual transmission of medical records with a secure, centralized network to reduce administrative time and costs, according to a Monday (Oct. 14) press release. “Healthcare...
Microsoft has added several new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered capabilities to its Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare. These additions are designed to connect care experiences, enhance team collaboration, empower healthcare workers, and provide clinical and operational insights, the company said in a Thursday (Oct. 10) press release....
Inflation may be waning, but Americans aren’t seeing much relief when paying for medical care. Employer-sponsored health insurance costs climbed 7% for the second year in a row, a growth rate unseen in more than a decade, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Wednesday (Oct. 9), citing...
