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$3 Billion HealthTech Merger Aims to Cure Late Payments
September 05, 2024

New Mountain Capital is reportedly combining three HealthTech firms in a $3 billion deal. The merger is designed to employ artificial intelligence (AI) to help improve payments from health plans to providers, Bloomberg reported Thursday (Sept. 5). According to the report, the deal will bring...

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25% of Small Healthcare Provider Payments Arrive Late, Data Shows
August 30, 2024

The healthcare sector, often burdened by slow and cumbersome payment processes, is undergoing a transformation aimed at alleviating financial strains. With a high volume of transactions and intricate billing systems, delays in payments have become a pressing issue, impacting cash flow and operational efficiency. A...

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Why the Future of Healthcare Payments Starts With Getting Rid of the Bill
August 29, 2024

The healthcare sector is riddled with change-the-game opportunities, frequently hidden behind entrenched fragmentations and inefficiencies. And at the center of this ecosystem, caught between traditional processes and the promise of technologically driven transformations, sits better healthcare payments. To understand how the evolution of healthcare billing and...

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RevSpring Adds Payments Tools to Oracle Healthcare Marketplace
August 21, 2024

Healthcare payments firm RevSpring has added its Arrived and PersonaPay solutions to Oracle’s Healthcare Marketplace. “RevSpring’s Arrived and PersonaPay provide patient self-service and staff-assisted tools for scheduling, patient intake, and payments, creating one coordinated experience for patients and clinicians without leaving the workflow,” the company...

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Teladoc Health’s New CEO Emphasizes Potential for Improvement Amid Mixed Results
August 20, 2024

Teladoc Health boasts substantial strengths and is positioned for enhanced performance, but according to new CEO Chuck Divita, there is work to do. “The company has many strengths to build upon and to drive higher levels of execution and performance,” he said during the company’s...

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The Road to Digital Healthcare Payments Starts With a Few Cashless Steps, Says Bank of...
August 09, 2024

There are few sectors outside of healthcare that are more emblematic of both digital technology’s potential and the challenges that come with implementing it. In an era where digital transformation is sweeping across industries, the healthcare sector finds itself grappling with the challenge of modernizing...

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Fabric Buys Walmart’s Telehealth Business and Stitches AI Into Digital Healthcare
August 08, 2024

Telehealth has evolved from a niche service to a central element of healthcare, a shift accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. This evolution reflects a broader move toward digital health solutions that fundamentally change patient care. “We’re creating that on-demand experience for patients to get care...

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Spring Health Taps AI to Help With Mental Health Care
August 05, 2024

April Koh, at 31, stands as the youngest woman to lead a multi-billion dollar company as CEO of Spring Health, a mental health tech startup now valued at $3.3 billion. Koh’s journey began at Yale University, where personal experiences with mental health challenges sparked an...

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Huma’s 13-Year Journey to Creating a Global Healthcare Network
July 29, 2024

Digital innovation, no matter the sector, relies on scalable, secure and interoperable technological infrastructure. Within healthcare, where innovation is often spoken about but rarely fully realized at scale, those needs are crucial to transforming — and standardizing — the way care and research are delivered...