Healthcare

Health care, health-care, or healthcare is the maintenance or improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people. Health care is delivered by health professionals in allied health fields.

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Zelis Launches Platform for Healthcare Payments, Communications
Zelis Launches Platform for Healthcare Payments, Communications
May 20, 2024  |  Healthcare

Zelis has launched a platform designed to handle both healthcare payments and communications. The new Zelis Advanced Payments Platform (ZAPP) helps payers process high volumes of claims payments...

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Women Earning Over $100K Spend Nearly $1K on Their Own Health Every Year
Women Earning Over $100K Spend Nearly $1K on Their Own Health Every Year
May 17, 2024  |  Healthcare

For most women, a complex cluster of building blocks — their life stage, household responsibilities, financial circumstances, age and dependents, among others — shape how...

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Amazon, Walmart Aim to Retain Lower-Income Shoppers Amid Luxury Push
Amazon, Walmart Aim to Retain Lower-Income Shoppers Amid Luxury Push
May 17, 2024  |  Retail

Amazon and Walmart may be setting their sights on high-income consumers, but as the two retail giants compete for shoppers’ spending, they are working hard...

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Steep Hospital Costs Help Inflation Persist
Steep Hospital Costs Help Inflation Persist
May 16, 2024  |  Economy

American medical care costs have gone up, and that’s reportedly helped inflation remain high. Hospital prices climbed 7.7% between April 2023 and April 2024, the biggest monthly increase...

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Instant Payments Emerge as Balance Sheet Boost for Independent Restaurants
Instant Payments Emerge as Balance Sheet Boost for Independent Restaurants
May 15, 2024  |  Real-Time Payments

Small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) in the restaurant segment now use instant payments more than other payment methods. PYMNTS Intelligence finds that 74% of businesses...

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Report: Waystar Plans to Launch IPO in Early June
Report: Waystar Plans to Launch IPO in Early June
May 14, 2024  |  IPO

Waystar is reportedly planning to launch its initial public offering (IPO) in early June, seeking a valuation of $5 billion or $6 billion. The healthcare payments company will...

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Sift Healthcare Raises $20 Million to Grow Payments Intelligence Platform
Sift Healthcare Raises $20 Million to Grow Payments Intelligence Platform
May 10, 2024  |  Investments

Sift Healthcare has raised $20 million in a Series B funding round to grow its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered Payments Intelligence Platform for the healthcare industry. The...

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Dell Data Breach Underscores Rising Cost of Cybersecurity Complacency
Dell Data Breach Underscores Rising Cost of Cybersecurity Complacency
May 10, 2024  |  Cybersecurity

As digital becomes an operational imperative, so too does enterprise cybersecurity. Progress must be protected. With the news Thursday (May 9) that Dell suffered a security breach earlier this...

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Biden Administration to Propose Cybersecurity Standards for Hospitals, Other Entities
Biden Administration to Propose Cybersecurity Standards for Hospitals, Other Entities
May 09, 2024  |  Cybersecurity

In response to a recent cyberattack that exposed the data of 100 million Americans, the Biden administration reportedly intends to require hospitals to meet minimum...

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