Behavioral healthcare has been underserved during the pandemic. Although the Census Bureau has estimated that 42 percent of Americans reported pandemic-related depression symptoms during the month of December, the sector has had to become secondary to an unprecedented global healthcare crisis. “Physical distancing has consequences...
The idea of spreading payments over time is not new in healthcare — certain practitioners, such as orthodontists, have successfully offered buy now, pay later (BNPL)-like plans for 20 years. But the idea has not been widely adopted across the healthcare industry. That is starting...
Going to the pharmacy is something of a singular experience in American retail life. The reason for that is simple. Usually, the consumer has no idea what the cash register is going to tell them. There is almost no such thing as looking at a...
Paying for healthcare is a unique experience for many reasons. But at the top is the fact that for the majority of patients, price is never something they are quite clear on until long after they’ve had the service and it comes time to pay...
A new startup, Truveta, is looking to improve healthcare for patients and care facilities in 40 states in relation to the pandemic through the use of anonymous data from patients, a company blog post written by ex-Microsoft exec Terry Myerson stated. The effort will also...
FinTech startup PayZen said it has raised more than $5 million in seed financing. In a press release, PayZen said the company “was incubated with Viola Ventures in 2019, with more recent investments coming from Picus Capital, TWO39 Ventures and others.” The company bills itself...
The Super Bowl had its share of expected commercials — the touching, the silly, the nostalgic and the celebrity-laden. But genuinely surprising ads are harder to come by, simply because when it comes to advertising the big game, consumers have seen it all. But this...
Sydney, Australia-based Healthcare Ventures has launched a new fund dedicated to early stage and growth companies in the digital healthcare space, the company announced in a press release. The new fund’s Dec. 16, 2020 registration statement with Australian regulators describes its goal as: “Investment in...
Historians will remember 2020 as the year when a global health crisis cratered hospital and medical practice financials when they would otherwise have been strong. Healthcare’s own visit to the economic ER is one of many contradictions arising from the COVID-19 era. As PYMNTS’ January...
